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What’s past isn’t necessarily prologue, but the outcomes of some recent political battles – and a look at who will be coming and going when Congress reconvenes in January – give us a pretty good sense of the dynamics that will shape the next two years of American politics. So while we don’t have a crystal ball, here’s our preview of what you can expect in the final quarter of Barack Obama’s presidency. 1. Gridlock, and an Endless Game of Chicken The past two sessions of Congress have been the least productive in our history, and the next likely will...

Oh golly, what a horrifying thought! Yes, rumor has it that those conservative Big Oil Koch brothers may purchase and politically pollute the Tribune Co., a company which owns the Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Hartford Courant, Baltimore Sun and other bastions of mainstream moderation. Can you imagine that? Isn’t it bad enough to have Rupert Murdoch and his Fox Cable News and Fox Broadcasting Company Network out there stirring things up? Liberal Doses of Angst: As noted by Joe Strupp of Media Matters, this prospect is downright scary. He writes: “The Kochs are major funders of the American conservative...