Notes from the political sidelines.

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• The Best Revenge Obama reminds his own party to keep its head and the other party to stop losing its mind.
  Bruce Reed Jan. 28, 2010
  
• Cowboy Up Taking Tuesday's tough defeat to heart can make Democrats tougher to beat the next time.
  Bruce Reed Jan. 21, 2010
  
• Pops and Robbers How Mike Huckabee got my 81-year-old father arrested for bank robbery.
  Bruce Reed Jan. 8, 2010
  
• The Year of Running Dangerously In a tough economy, incumbency is the one job nobody wants.
  Bruce Reed Jan. 7, 2010