Friday, August 28, 2009

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Crist Picks Ex-Aide for Senate

Florida governor selects Former Chief of Staff George LeMieux to replace Sen. Mel Martinez. News conference planned for 11:15 am in Tallahassee.

Memorializing Kennedy

Private ceremony is scheduled for Friday evening at the JFK library in Boston.   VP Biden slated to speak. SCHEDULE: Get it here.

Gathering in Boston

No public events for Obama or Biden Friday, but they'll both travel to Boston later for the Kennedy services.

Consumer Spending Up in July

Personal spending increased 0.2%, income remained unchanged.

Afghan Violence Worsens

U.S. casualty Friday in Afghanistan brings August death toll to 45, deadliest month of the war so far. 2009 is already the bloodiest year for American forces in the eight-year-old-conflict.

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Kennedy's Great Mistake

At least, Kennedy thought so: his refusal to cut a deal with Richard Nixon in 1971 on universal health insurance. (Well, it was his greatest public policy mistake.) As Steve Pearlstein writes in the Washington Post today, there are lessons in that for Democrats. I think Pearlstein's prescription is generally ok, with one exception: the [...]

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