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Merkley's Right: CBO Should Score Jobs

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.14.2011

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Chris Weigant

This will force the public debate to cover the entire scope of the proposals being offered up, and it would do so by providing the data the public most cares about right now: how will this create or destroy jobs?

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Friday Talking Points [168] -- Zombie Attack!

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.20.2011

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Chris Weigant

Now all Americans can breathe a huge sigh of relief because the Centers for Disease Control just posted instructions so we can all adequately prepare for "Zombie Armageddon."

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111th Congress Ends With Bang, Not Whimper

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

Pundits are now beginning to say Obama is on a comeback, which is a stunning turnaround from less than two months ago, when the president sheepishly began using the word "shellacking" for the midterm results.

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To Lefties: How Does Obama Disappoint?

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

While the major fallout from Gibbs' "the professional left" flap has died down a bit, a second round of examination seems to have begun -- one much more introspective and much less knee-jerk than the first round.

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