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	<title><![CDATA[Paul Krugman: Franken "A Big Policy Wonk," Will Raise Senate Discourse]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/05/paul-krugman-franken-a-bi_n_225859.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>... First, implicit in this characterization of Franken is the notion of the Senate as a decorous gentlemen's club. I doubt that club ever existed in reality; but in any case, these days the World's Greatest Deliberative Body is, not to put too fine a point on it, chock full o' nuts. James Inhofe: I rest my case.</p>

<p>Second, Al Franken's dirty secret is that ... he's a big policy wonk. [...]</p>

<p>So what will Franken do to the level of Senate...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Politics]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2009-08-05T05:12:00-04:00</date_published>
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