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By Emily Bazelon, Andy Bowers, John Dickerson, and David Plotz
Updated Friday, May 4, 2007, at 12:28 PM ET

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Friday, May 4, 2007
In the middle of a conversation about Thursday night's Republican debate, David, Emily, and John set themselves a challenge: Could they name the 10 GOP candidates within 30 seconds? Tune in to find out (the name-those-men contest comes around the 12:30 mark). Other topics in this week's Gabfest: the war vote and the president's veto; George Tenet's new book; the latest from the presidential contests; and Rupert Murdoch's bid for the Dow Jones Co.

Here are some pieces the gabbers referenced:

Christopher Hitchens on George Tenet's new book
John's take on the Republican candidates' debate
The Vanity Fair piece on Rudy Giuliani
Larissa MacFarquhar's profile of Barack Obama in The New Yorker
Emily's dispatch from former Deputy Attorney General James Comey's testimony before Congress

Our e-mail address is . Posted by June Thomas at 12:25 p.m.

Friday, April 27, 2007

Update: Here's John's late-night post-debate dispatch from his hotel room:


Posted by Andy Bowers at 11:40 a.m.

Here's the rundown for this week's show: Congress throws Bush some veto bait; John McCain announces that—surprise—he's running for president (while John, Emily, and David ponder whether McCain's brain is too old); and a new book argues that women who don't work outside the home are endangering their own futures.

And we're waiting for John to send us some audio from the South Carolina debate last night. I'll post it whenever it comes in. Posted by Andy Bowers at 11:17 a.m.


Friday, April 20, 2007
Listen to the April 20 Gabfest here, or you can subscribe to the weekly Gabfest podcast feed in iTunes by clicking here.

On this week's show, the Gabfest panelists offer their take on the Virginia Tech shootings, Alberto Gonzales' amazingly bad performance before the Senate, and the hugely significant "partial-birth abortion" decision from the Supreme Court. We also have a slew of links for you:

Emily on colleges detecting a troubled student.
Video of Colbert at the 2006 White House Correspondents' Dinner.
Robert Kennedy on Martin Luther King Jr.
Official Rich Little Web site.
ABC News/Washington Post Poll.
News stories on Hillary's favorable rating and Romney's bad number.

Our e-mail address is . Posted by Andy Bowers at 12:25 p.m.

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Emily Bazelon is a Slate senior editor. Andy Bowers is the editor of Slate V. John Dickerson is Slate's chief political correspondent and author of On Her Trail. He can be reached at . David Plotz is Slate's deputy editor. He is the author of The Genius Factory: The Curious History of the Nobel Prize Sperm Bank. You can e-mail him at .
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