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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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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)

Small crowd gathering at Specter party

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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)

Joe Sestak defeats Arlen Specter in Pennsylvania

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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 Democratic boss Bob Brady tries to deliver for Specter

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

Sestak-Specter contest playing out in some weird places

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At Philadelphia polling place, Joe Sestak is a popular guy

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Arlen Specter and Joe Sestak.

Specter and Sestak both aim for Obama appeal

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U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa., shakes hands with Danny Grace, right, Secretary-Treasurer of Local 830, during the Delivering for Pennsylvania: Upgrading the Port of Philadelphia campaign rally at the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal, Saturday, May 15, 2010, in Philadelphia. With Specter on stage from left are his wife Joan Specter, and granddaughters Lilli Specter and Silvi Specter. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) (AP)

Philly is key to Arlen Specter’s primary math

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Rep. Joe Sestak, D-Pa., a candidate in the Senate Democratic primary race, is seen during a campaign stop near the Olney Transportation Center in Philadelphia, Friday, May 14, 2010. Sestak is in a close race in Tuesday's Democratic primary with Sen. Arlen Specter. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) (Matt Rourke)

Sestak just ahead of Specter in final poll

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Rep. Joe Sestak, D-Pa., a candidate in the Senate Democratic primary race, is seen during a campaign stop near the Olney Transportation Center in Philadelphia, Friday, May 14, 2010. Sestak is in a close race in Tuesday's Democratic primary with Sen. Arlen Specter. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) (AP)

Joe Sestak asks for help against Arlen Specter

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Dem. congressman Joe Sestak arrives for a debate with Dem. Sen. Arlen Specter at Fox Philadelphia studios Saturday, May 1, 2010. Pennsylvania's two Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate dueled over character issues and their devotion to Democratic principles in the live debate. (AP Photo/Mark Stehle) (Mark Stehle)

MoveOn endorses Sestak over Specter

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In this photo made from video taken by BP PLC on Tuesday, May 11, 2010, oil leaks into the Gulf of Mexico from the end of the pipe that was supposed to pump oil from the sea floor before the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded and sunk last month. Right: President Obama.

Will anger be enough to deal with BP oil spill?

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Warren Jensen holds a sign along U.S. 395 during a tea party rally and tax protest on the Capitol grounds in Carson City, Nev., Thursday, April 15, 2010. The 73-year-old Jensen says he's new to political activism, but became involved because he's angry over government. (AP Photo/Sandra Chereb) (Sandra Chereb)

The GOP has created a voter anger monster

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Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa., leads a Senate field hearing, in Philadelphia, Monday, March 29, 2010. Experts invited to speak debated whether secret video recordings should fall under the federal wiretap statute. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) (AP)

Obama won’t bail out Arlen Specter

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U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) speaks during a debate with Arkansas Lt. Gov. Bill Halter in Little Rock on April 24.

New poll shows Arkansas runoff likely

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House Minority Whip Eric Cantor of Va., walks to a caucus on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg) (Harry Hamburg)

GOP budget-cutting gimmick turns out to be popular

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Coroner vouches for Specter: He’s not dead

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Screen shot from Joe Sestak's latest ad.

New Sestak ad hits Specter twice

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House Minority Whip Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Virginia).

GOP wants to cut federal budget, .16 percent at a time

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Why the GOP is going to Tampa in 2012

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Specter: Help me, Barack Obama, you’re my only hope

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David Vitter’s plan to ease offshore oil drilling

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U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., speaks at a candidate forum in North Little Rock, Ark. Lt. Gov. Bill Halter is shown during an interview in his office at the state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark.

Can Bill Halter even force a runoff against Blanche Lincoln?

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U.S. Solicitor General Elena Kagan

A flaw in Democrats’ Kagan pushback strategy?

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In this Friday, Jan. 26, 2007 photo, White House Counsel Harriet Miers is interviewed by The Associated Press in her office in the White House in Washington. White House counsel Harriet Miers was "livid" and CIA counsel John Rizzo was "clearly upset" that the spy agency destroyed interrogation videos showing waterboarding in 2005, newly released CIA documents show. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds) (Ron Edmonds)

Why Elena Kagan won’t be the next Harriet Miers

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