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It's All Politics
8:03 am
Sat November 17, 2012

Do We Really Need A Second Inauguration?

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Credit Charles Dharapak / AP
President Obama dances with first lady Michelle Obama on the night of his inauguration, Jan. 20, 2009, in Washington.
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This drawing depicts George Washington arriving in New York by barge on his first Inauguration Day on April 30, 1789.
Credit Greg Gibson / AP
President Clinton plays the saxophone with an unidentified musician at the Arkansas ball on Inauguration Day, Jan. 20, 1993.
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Originally published on Sat November 17, 2012 3:53 pm

For the sake of argument, let's agree that when we use the word "inauguration" in this particular post, we are talking about the multiday, ball-bestrewn, soiree-soaked, tuxedo-dappled extravaganza that costs tens of millions of dollars and often leaves many Americans out in the cold — figuratively and literally.

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It's All Politics
5:02 pm
Fri November 16, 2012

Florida Judge Denies Call For Recount, But Allen West Continues Quest

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Rep. Allen West, R-Fla., has refused to concede defeat in his House race.
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Originally published on Fri November 16, 2012 6:56 pm

A Florida judge on Friday denied Republican Rep. Allen West's last-ditch bid for a recount of early-voting ballots in the close and ugly re-election race he is losing to Democrat Patrick Murphy.

West's effort to wrest the race from Murphy, who is leading in a race that has yet to be officially called, now goes to the St. Lucie County elections board, which was scheduled to review his complaint late Friday.

It was unclear when it would rule.

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It's All Politics
2:55 pm
Fri November 16, 2012

Republican Lock On Florida's Cuban-American Vote May Be Over

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American and Cuban flags in the Little Havana neighborhood of Miami.
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Vice President George H.W. Bush toasts with cups of Cuban coffee on June 17, 1987, in the Little Havana neighborhood of Miami. Bush, who was in Florida to raise funds for his bid for the Republican presidential nomination, stopped at the restaurant after ceremonies renaming a street in the neighborhood for President Reagan.
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Florida Sen. Marco Rubio (foreground), a Cuban-American, introduces Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney in Miami on Aug. 13 as Romney embraces former Florida Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart, who was born in Havana.
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Originally published on Fri November 16, 2012 8:07 pm

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Technology
12:57 pm
Fri November 16, 2012

Looking Back On 2012 Election Technology

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Originally published on Fri November 16, 2012 3:02 pm

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IRA FLATOW, HOST:

This is SCIENCE FRIDAY. I'm Ira Flatow. If you're a political junkie, I'm guessing a couple of words will make your skin crawl: hanging chads. Or you might like pregnant chads or whatever - we didn't know what a chad was before then. After the problems counting ballots in the 2000 election in Florida, municipalities around the country moved to adopt electronic voting systems with the thought that they would be easier to use, more straightforward to count.

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It's All Politics
8:46 am
Fri November 16, 2012

Can A Lame-Duck Congress Save The Day?

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The Capitol on Monday, as Congress prepared to return for its post-election lame duck session.
Credit Clifford K. Berryman. Via U.S. Senate Collection - Center for Legislative Archives; Wikimedia Commons
This 1915 cartoon highlights the biennial departure of "lame duck" members of Congress after losing re-election. This illustration is meant to depict defeated Democrats heading to the White House in hopes of securing political appointments from President Woodrow Wilson.
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Originally published on Tue December 4, 2012 7:23 pm

As the lame ducks waddle up to Capitol Hill for the final few weeks of this Congress, some political observers are hoping they will bring the "Spirit of 2010" with them.

Despite all the partisan bickering, the lame-duck session two years ago — bolstered by a bevy of outgoing Democrats with nothing to lose — actually got big things done, including the $850 billion stimulus and tax cut deal, a measure setting in motion the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell," passage of the defense authorization bill and an arms treaty.

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