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No Split Ticket

By Philip Klein on 11.17.06 @ 10:53AM

In all my blogging about the outcome of the Boehner v. Pence race, I haven't noted that Blunt also defeated Shadegg, so any hope that House Republicans would throw conservatives a bone with the whip position is gone. Make no mistake about it. This was a landslide victory for the old guard and a thumpin' for believers in limited government.