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Walter: Dems search for filibuster-proof margin

Democrats have a real chance to score a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate. The question is how they get there.

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Newsweek: Candidates ignoring key issue

By 2050, retirees and younger and poorer immigrants will compete for government social services and benefits. Squeezed in between will be middle-class and middle-aged workers, facing higher taxes. Meanwhile, the candidates offer nothing but platitudes.

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Merkel uneasy on Obama Brandenburg address

July 7: Countdown’s Rachel Maddow talks with WashingtonPost.com’s Chris Cillizza about Barack Obama’s decision to address the Democratic National Convention in the 75,000-plus Invesco Field instead of the 20,000 capacity Pepsi Center. (Countdown)The German Chancellor has signaled unease over the prospect of a possible speech by the Democratic presidential hopeful at Berlin's historic gate.


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McCain to unveil education plan

Sen. John McCain intends to talk about how teachers are paid and tutoring for poor kids when he speaks at a civil rights group's convention next week.

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Newsweek: Obama's risky stadium strategy

The Democrat's plan to accept the Democratic nomination in a 75,000-seat outdoor football stadium in Denver - just as JFK did at the Los Angeles Coliseum in 1960 - is an historic but risky gambit.

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