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Unintended Consequences

by Josh Marshall
05.13.10 | 5:25 am

You might not have thought a Supreme Court nomination would have much to do with a Democratic primary in Pennsylvania. But the Kagan nomination has come at the worst possible time for Arlen Specter and could provide Sestak with the lever to pry him out of the Senate.

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