Notes from the political sidelines.

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• The Wisdom of Crowds The current system of filling Senate vacancies was a bad idea even before Rod Blagojevich ruined it.
  Bruce Reed Dec. 18, 2008
  
• Bare Ruined Careers The last humiliations of Larry Craig, who knows what Rod Blagojevich meant about giving up a Senate seat for bleeping nothing.
  Bruce Reed Dec. 11, 2008
  
• The Mound Is Flat India's first two professional baseball players make a passage to Pennsylvania.
  Bruce Reed Dec. 4, 2008
  
• Famous Patoots In Idaho's 1st District, they don't make right-wing nuts like they used to.
  Bruce Reed Nov. 18, 2008
  
• Well North of 50 Senate Democrats don't need 60 seats to reach their magic number.
  Bruce Reed Oct. 20, 2008
  
• The Financial Crisis Is Good News for the Next President Whoever it is.
  Bruce Reed Sept. 23, 2008
  
• What Won't You Do for Us Lately? The next president doesn't have to solve everything at once.
  Bruce Reed Sept. 9, 2008
  
• Where's the Rest of That Moose? Why Democrats needn't rush to trash Sarah Palin.
  Bruce Reed Aug. 30, 2008
  
• They Shoot Dark Horses, Don't They? Ralph Reed's novel plan to blow up the GOP Convention.
  Bruce Reed Aug. 22, 2008
  
• Bush Owes to China The Olympics ad this administration doesn't want you to see.
  Bruce Reed Aug. 11, 2008
  
• Romneymania Could he be the first completely programmable running mate?
  Bruce Reed July 29, 2008
  
• Great American Pyro Why fireworks are safer than the Supreme Court.
  Bruce Reed July 8, 2008
  
• A Girl Worth Fighting For What Hillary did right.
  Bruce Reed May 28, 2008
  
• Defining Deviancy Down How Pat Moynihan predicted Vito Fossella.
  Bruce Reed May 13, 2008
  
• Candidate of Conviction Idaho puts a felon on the ballot with Clinton and Obama.
  Bruce Reed May 6, 2008
  
• The Other Dream Ticket The Democratic case for why McCain should pick Romney.
  Bruce Reed April 21, 2008
  
• Coming Home Larry Craig reveals that he'd decided to leave long before he decided not to.
  Bruce Reed April 1, 2008
  
• Hey, Democrats, It's Time To Start Sucking Up to Pirates Fans 
  Bruce Reed March 28, 2008
  
• Iron City Blues How to root for one of the most mediocre sports teams ever.
  Bruce Reed Feb. 25, 2008
  
• When Mitt Met Ralph Romney tries to be the next Reagan, even in defeat.
  Bruce Reed Feb. 5, 2008
  
• Sorry, Mr. President. Someone Just Took Your Dream Job. 
  Jan. 18, 2008