Depleted Dems look to Senate for 2020 nominee

    The Senate is emerging as Democrats’ most promising recruiting ground for a presidential candidate in 2020 — in part because of the party’s deep losses in gubernatorial mansions.  The ranks of Democratic governors have been hit, with a string of losses reducing their numbers to a paltry 16. That’s leaving the Senate as perhaps the…

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      Woo-Hoo! Shell Ditches Its Arctic Drilling Plans

      To the cheers of environmental groups, fossil fuel giant Shell announced Thursday that it is shelving its plans to drill in the Alaskan Arctic in 2014. The company cited a court decision from last week that found that the U.S. Department of the Interior did not accurately assess the potential environmental impacts from a spill…

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