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Mike Madden has covered politics and government for Salon since 2007. He has appeared as a political analyst on CNN, MSNBC, ABCNews.com and Air America, as well as other outlets. You can follow him on Twitter here. He wrote for Gannett’s Washington bureau from 2000 to 2007 and covered the South Jersey suburbs for the Philadelphia Inquirer from 1998 to 2000. He’s also written for Charlotte magazine, Philadelphia magazine, Wonkette, Time.com and USA Today. A native of Washington, D.C., Madden lives in the District’s Petworth neighborhood with his wife, Mindy Saraco.

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Salon's Mike Madden watches Barack Obama bowl, not very well, during a campaign stop in Altoona, Pa., during the 2008 presidential primary.

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Open mic catches Fiorina on Boxer’s hair: “So yesterday”

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U.S. national soccer team midfielder Landon Donovan, right, speaks as coach Bob Bradley, left, looks on during a news conference in Irene, South Africa, Wednesday, June 9, 2010. The U.S. team is preparing for the upcoming World Cup, where it will play in Group C. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola) (AP)

Why does Wall Street hate America (in the World Cup)?

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Sharron Angle and Mitt Romney

Mitt Romney sends Sharron Angle some love

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Sharron Angle wins primary, will face Harry Reid

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Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark. (Danny Johnston)

Blanche Lincoln stuns Bill Halter

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Carly Fiorina, Sharron Angle and Bill Halter

What to watch in tonight’s primary elections

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This week in crazy: Tony Hayward

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In this photo taken May 25, 2010, Arkansas Lt. Gov. Bill Halter in North Little Rock, Ark. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston) (Danny Johnston)

Poll: Bill Halter should beat Blanche Lincoln Tuesday

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Democratic Senate candidate Andrew Romanoff and Pennsylvania Congressman Joe Sestak

White House made itself vulnerable to bogus bribe charges

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Florida Gov. Charlie Crist and former state Republican Party chairman Jim Greer.

Arrest in Florida could be bad news for Crist

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Rep. Parker Griffith (R-Ala.) and Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.)

2010: Not the year for party-switchers

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Sharron Angle

Sharron Angle has her own newspaper

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** ADDS INFORMATION ON TUESDAY'S PRIMARY ** U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak, D-Pa, center, is interviewed outside the Consol Energy Center construction site in downtown Pittsburgh, Monday, May 17, 2010. Sestak is in a close race in Tuesday's Democratic primary with Sen. Arlen Specter. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) (AP)

The press attacks Joe Sestak over “scandal”

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Matt Drudge, classy as ever

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New House GOP site costs more money if it succeeds

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Clint Didier (left) and Dino Rossi

Meet Clint Didier, Sarah Palin’s favorite in Washington state

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Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.)

Issa’s office calls Gregg deal just as bad as Sestak’s

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Club for Growth ad attacks Sue Lowden in Nevada

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President Barack Obama, escorted by Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Terrance Gainer, waves as he arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 25, 2010, to meet with Senate Republicans behind closed doors for talks ranging from jobs to the massive Gulf oil spill and prospects for strengthening border security this election year. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) (AP)

Obama’s “candid” lunch with Senate Republicans

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McCain: J.D. Hayworth is dumb

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U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., enters her polling place in Little Rock, Ark., before voting in the Democratic primary election Tuesday, May 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston) (Danny Johnston)

Blanche Lincoln named to bank reform conference

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For Vitter, two sets of rules on publicizing oil spill

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Rand Paul, Senator Arlen Specter and President Barack Obama

What Tuesday’s results mean (and what they don’t)

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