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On this week's Slate Political Gabfest, John Dickerson, Emily Bazelon, and David Plotz discuss President Obama and the BP spill, California's Proposition Eight, and the unlikely Democratic candidate from South Carolina.

Here are some of the links and references mentioned during this week's show:

Alvin Greene's interviewwith Time.
Chris Cillizza's piecediscussing theories about Alvin Greene's South Carolina Senate primary win.
David chatters about the World Cup.
Emily chatters about Ontario v. Quon.
John chatters about study finding that doctors recouped cuts in Medicare payments.

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Posted on June 18 by Gail Sullivan at 9:34 a.m.