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Politics Live: Signs of GOP Life?


ABC News' Sam Donaldson, David Chalian and Rick Klein talk over the implications of Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss' victory in Georgia on Wednesday's edition of Politics Live.

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Latinos Anxious on Obama Cabinet


ABC News’ Rick Klein and Huma Khan Report: Our colleague Jake Tapper has a good posting up about diversity in the emerging Obama Cabinet. Despite Wednesday’s naming of Gov. Bill Richardson, D-N.M., as Obama’s nominee for Commerce, Latino groups are...

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Will Georgia Vote Reverberate in Minnesota?


ABC News’ Rick Klein Reports: Georgia Sen. Saxby Chambliss’ resounding reelection win in Tuesday’s run-off election forecloses any chance Senate Democrats had of reaching the magical number of 60 members of their caucus. And it may have an additional impact:...

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The Note, 12/03/08: New Hopes


By Rick Klein with Hope Ditto Fresh from the glow of their historic electoral sweep, Democrats are getting a glimpse of their own limits. President-elect Barack Obama’s pull wasn’t enough to bring out voters in Georgia one more time, for...

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Senator Bush?


ABC News’ Rick Klein Reports: Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is putting his name in the mix for a possible Senate run in 2010, in the wake of Sen. Mel Martinez’s announcement that he won’t seek a second term. “I...

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The Note's Must-Reads for Wednesday, December 3, 2008


Compiled by ABC News' PETER MARTINEZ, LAURA GREENE, CARRIE HALPERIN, JAYCE HENDERSON, STEPHANIE WASH and JUSTIN GRANT 2008: ABC NEWS VIDEOS: "Biden Jokes With Palin: 'No One Pays Attention to Me'" LINK "Hasselbeck Hits Obama on Iraq" LINK "Bush Highlights...

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