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Kevin Drum puts the

by Josh Marshall
05.21.05 | 8:12 pm

Kevin Drum puts the whole ‘nuclear option’ drama into perspective. This is really a post you must read. As Kevin says, the Republicans really brought this whole mess on all of us. For further discussion of the point, see this post by ‘Hunter’ at Dailykos.com.

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