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November 11, 2008: Headlines

The danger of overreaching before inauguration

Posted Tue, Nov 11, 9:17 p.m.

President-elect Obama should wait until January before pushing economic legislation. Defeat by a lame-duck Republican president and a rump Congress would not be good for anyone.

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Why the governor's race never was close

Posted Wed, Nov 12, midnight

A pollster explains how conventional framing of the campaign missed the real dynamics. Gov. Chris Gregoire was thought more "likeable," and the tax revolt didn't impress voters outside the Republican base. Add a "blue tide," and Dino Rossi was toast.

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On Veterans Day, a brief history of U.S. war

Posted Tue, Nov 11, midnight

More often than not, ham-handed politics have led to the conflicts in which our soldiers have sacrificed.

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