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After Hours: Owning the Message (02/25/08)

In this second chapter of our new After Hours feature, David asks Mary, "Why do we always hear from the same set of 'party big dogs?'"

Vote for Me! (02/19/08)

After months of pestering lawmakers — and gaining insight into their lives — David answers the question, "Are politicians normal people?"

After Hours: State of the State (02/15/08)

David turns the tables on Mary, firing the questions at her, in this first chapter of our new After Hours feature. The subject? Pawlenty's State of the State.

The Mind of a Politician (02/12/08)

In the fourth chapter of An Outsider's Essay on State Government, David probes the "car wash effect" that leads politicians to overly scrub and polish their answers.