Some additional reading December 16th from 01:33 to 01:50:
- Not so sweet on Caroline – Ben Smith and Glenn Thrush – Politico.com – “She’s never demonstrated much appetite for the folksy, repetitive rituals of retail politics. The most potent argument being used against her, however, is the little matter of Kennedy’s backing of Barack Obama in the primary over New York’s native (if adopted) daughter Clinton, a genteel betrayal many Clinton supporters haven’t quite forgotten. “Special elections should be the norm instead of simply appointing via whim of the Governor, in Illinois, in NY, wherever.
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- Bill Kristol defends UAW. ‘ I don’t think it’s very smart for a bunch of Southern Republicans to decide the future’ of GOP – An average automobile, 10% of the cost comes from wages and they were going to cut wages by ten or twenty percent, so it’s one or two percent of the cost of the automobile