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Updated Friday, Nov. 27, 2009, at 10:06 AM ET
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On this week's Slate Political Gabfest, John Dickerson, Emily Bazelon, and David Plotz discuss the Obama administration's upcoming decision on Afghanistan, the president's dropping approval ratings, and a few reflections on Thanksgiving.
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President Obama's approval rating dips below 50 percent.
Emily chatters about a vote by the Baltimore City Council requiring crisis pregnancy centers to post signs stating they do not provide abortion services.
David talks about the Gabfest effort to collect the best Political Gabfest episodes of 2009 and asks for help from listeners on our Facebook page or via e-mail. He also chatters about Frances Trollope's "Domestic Manners of the Americans"
John chatters about a story by Politicoon the unprecedented use by President Obama of the word unprecedented.
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David Plotz is the Editor of Slate. He's the author of The Genius Factory: The Curious History of the Nobel Prize Sperm Bank and Good Book. He appears on Slate's Political Gabfest.
Emily Bazelon is a Slate senior editor and writes about law, family, and kids. She's working on a book about bullying.
John Dickerson is Slate's chief political correspondent and author of On Her Trail. He can be reached at slatepolitics@gmail.com. Read his series on Risk. Follow him on Twitter.