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To get a sense what might be coming after the election in GrandBargainville, regardless of who wins the presidency, check out the last few pieces here by our Brian Beutler on Schumer and the tax reform consensus.
Eric Lach has our in-depth story on an Obama megadonor who has come out of nowhere this year to become one of the largest contributors to Democrats.
New jobless claims fall to 339,000. Lowest weekly number since 2008.
Tea-leaf reading from yesterday’s Supreme Court oral arguments on affirmative action in university admissions.
Elizabeth Warren: “I want to be blunt: We should not be fighting about equal pay for equal work, and access to birth control, in 2012. These issues were resolved years ago — until the Republicans brought them back.”
More from last night’s Massachusetts Senate debate.
It’s pretty clear where Harry Reid is coming down on the choice between a more hard-nosed, more progressive tax reform plan and a more centrist, “bipartisan” one.