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Labor pains in Michigan, President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner head to the cliff, U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice is steamed, and we're still waiting for a Senate replacement for Jim DeMint in South Carolina.
It looks like the only folks smiling in this week's podcast are Ken Rudin and Ron Elving.
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