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May 01, 2014
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Wedge Issue
By allowing initiatives on marijuana, the minimum wage, and mining to hit November’s ballot, Republican legislators in Alaska may have helped Democratic Sen. Mark Begich get reelected.
Governor’s Race
She’s a political novice—and that may be what it takes to knock off Wisconsin’s governor, of whose jobs plan she says: ‘I’ve seen eighth-graders’ term papers that are more thoughtful.’
Snob Appeal
Newly declassified documents show the British foreign office eyed the American president with disdain.
EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
Turning the insurgents’ own tactics against them, the party used a ‘firehose primary’ of rabid voters to give the congressional nomination to an insider’s insider.
Spring
Could Mitch McConnell be thrown off the ballot? That’s one of the huge political questions that will be settled in the next four weeks.
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