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Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.)
“Senator Reid’s bill is appropriate for the season. It’s the same turkey you didn’t like in August, and it’s not going to taste any better on Thanksgiving. It’s still more premiums. It’s still higher taxes. It’s still Medicare cuts. It’s still a 2,000-page bill.” [...]

The possibility prompts fervent opposition from Republicans, who say the 9/11 terrorists should never be allowed anywhere on U.S. soil, let alone in a civilian U.S. court.

As the health care debate twists and turns through the Senate, the prospects for a public option remain murky. This scoreboard, updated daily, can serve as your one-stop shop for senators’ stances on a public plan — in their own words. See our methodology here. Last updated: Nov. 10, 5:22 p.m.

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An early adopter of counterinsurgency strategy, now conventional wisdom, will serve as observer to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s visit to the White House.

Last year several Senate Republicans supported the “cap and trade” idea, but are now shying from President Obama’s push.

The career of another senator-turned-president offers valuable lessons. Lyndon B. Johnson transformed the ties between the legislative and executive branches. ‘If it’s really going to work,’ LBJ said, ‘the relationship between the president and the Congress has got to be almost incestuous.’

Ana Marie Cox is stationed at Sen. John McCain’s election night headquarters in Arizona, where she will be filing dispatches throughout the day and tonight.
Letting us know what it’s like in the press center, here’s her first Election Day video:

For most of the summer and through the Democratic and Republican conventions, I spent a considerable amount of time traveling with both Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama. And while I’ve remained in awe of the discipline of the Obama campaign — it’s stayed completely on message — and the efficiency of its operatives, I’ve [...]

I’m in the air right now, on my way to Sen. John McCain’s first stop of the day in Tampa, Fla. Next comes Blountville, TN. Then we’re off to Moon Township, PA. — sadly, not the home of a “Moon Township Victory Rally” but rather a final stab at Pittsburgh. That ends at 2:30 p.m., [...]

And the walkback of the year award goes to …
Former Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger!
Less than 24 hours after he told National Public Radio that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is thoroughly unqualified to assume the presidency, should the need arise, a despondent and, at times, stammering Eagleburger appeared today on Fox News to repent and [...]