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    Red State-Blue State

    Every Monday between now and Election Day in November, we'll have a regular conversation we're calling, "Red-State, Blue-State," covering the political news of the past weekend and looking ahead at what's likely to come. Wayne Slater is senior political writer for the Dallas Morning News in the Red State of Texas.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Every Monday between now and Election Day in November, we'll have a regular conversation we're calling, "Red-State, Blue-State," covering the political news of the past weekend and looking ahead at what's likely to come. Wayne Slater is senior political writer for the Dallas Morning News in the Red State of Texas. Carla Marinucci, our Blue State reporter, is the senior political writer for the San Francisco Chronicle.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Wayne Slater

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      Carla Marinucci

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    The full episode

    3 of 3
    Democrats and Public Sector Unions: A Rift between Friends
    1. 0:00Spain Receives a Bailout, but Is That Enough?
    2. 7:36Public Unions and Democrats: A Rift between Friends?
    3. 41:03Red State-Blue StateYou’re reading this
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