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Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA) fields media questions during a news conference at his campaign reception hall during his U.S. Senate democratic primary re-election event in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 18, 2010. REUTERS/Bradley Bower (United States - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS) (Reuters)

Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa. emerges from a voting booth after casting his vote, Tuesday, May 18, 2010, in Philadelphia. Specter is running for the Democratic nomination to run for re-election. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) (Associated Press)

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Rand Paul talks with a person in the foreground as opponent C.M. "Trey" Grayson, top, and host Bill Goodman await the beginning of a televised candidate forum in Lexington, Ky., Monday, May 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Ed Reinke) (Ed Reinke)

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Bob Brady greets his campaign supporters on Tuesday, May 15, 2007, in Philadelphia, following the Democratic primary for mayor. (AP Photo/ Joseph Kaczmarek) (Associated Press)

Philly Dem boss tries to deliver for Specter

In this provided by NBC Sunday, April 25, 2010, Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., appears on "Meet the Press" in Washington, Sunday, April 25, 2010. Dodd, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, who drafted the financial overhaul bill, said he hoped at least one or two Republicans would vote Monday with Democrats on beginning debate on the bill. He said he held out hope a deal could be struck in the coming days. (AP Photo/Meet the Press, William B. Plowman) MANDATORY CREDIT: MEET THE PRESS. NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES (William B. Plowman)

Dodd guts Blanche Lincoln's derivatives ban

U.S. Republican congressman from Indiana Mark Souder (C) congressman
Eliyah E. Cummings (L) and congressman John Shaddeg talk to the press
after meeting the deposed king of Afghanistan Mohammad Zahir Shah at
the king's residence in the outskirts of Rome November 9, 2001.
Referring to the capture of the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif by the
anti-Taliban Northern Alliance in Afghanistan, Souder welcomed the news
and added that the U.S. are clearly putting the pressure on in all
parts of Afghanistan. REUTERS/Paolo Cocco

PC/AA (Â© Reuters Photographer / Reuters)

Mark Souder had trysts in state parks

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FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2010 file photo, Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal announces his candidacy for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by the retirement of fellow Democrat Christopher Dodd in Hartford, Conn. Blumenthal is defending himself against a New York Times report he misstated his military service in Vietnam. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File) (Jessica Hill)

5 keys to following the Richard Blumenthal story

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Rand Paul talks to supporters in Bowling Green, Ky. Monday, May 17, 2010. Paul faces fellow Republican Trey Grayson in Tuesday's primary election. (AP Photo/Bowling Green Daily News, Joe Imel) (AP)

Rand Paul supporters accused of voter intimidation

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in Philadelphia, Tuesday, May 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) (Matt Rourke)

Philadelphia's strange polling place locations

FILE - In this June 9, 2009 file photo, a Chevron customer pumps gas at a dealership in South San Francisco, Calif. Many analysts who predicted that retail gasoline prices would top $3 per gallon for a short time this summer, 2010, now are looking for prices to move lower or at least stabilize heading into the summer driver season. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file) (AP)

(Reuters)

Joe Sestak swings through Philly polling place

FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2002 file photo, Jay Bybee testifies before a congressional committee investigating ties between the agency and organized crime in Washington. Justice Department officials have stopped short of recommending criminal charges against Bush administration lawyers who wrote secret memos approving harsh interrogation techniques of terror suspects. (AP Photo, Evan Vucci, File) (Associated Press)

Bush admin may save Arizona immigration law

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House Oversight and Government Reform Committee member Rep. Mark Souder, R-Ind. is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, in this photo taken Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010. Media reports say that Souder has decided to resign from Congress over an affair with a staffer. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) (Alex Brandon)

GOP congressman resigns over affair

Glenn Greenwald

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Monday link dump

Transocean's 2009 "safety award"

Lou Dobbs to headline Tea Party convention

Representative Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) poses with California Secretary of State candidate Orly Taitz at a Tea Party event on Friday, May 14

Michele Bachmann pals around with Orly Taitz

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