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• The Triumph of … Liberalism? What the ballot initiatives mean.
  David Plotz Nov. 6, 1998
  
• Party of Virtue, Party of Vice Who needs pundits when you can have weathermen?
  David Plotz Nov. 4, 1998
  
• D'Amatoing D'Amato Chuck Schumer has to be Sen. Pothole if he is to beat Sen. Pothole.
  David Plotz Oct. 30, 1998
  
• The Gambling Gamble South Carolina's Democrats Bet the Farm
  David Plotz Oct. 23, 1998
  
• Foghorn Leghorn Meets an Owl Sen. Fritz Hollings vs. Rep. Bob Inglis.
  David Plotz Oct. 22, 1998