Monday's Daily Brief: Sheldon Adelson's $150 Million Campaign Bust

Monday, December 3, 2012 $150 Million Bust POLITICS Judicial Vacancies Skyrocket During President Obama's First Term MEDIA SHUTTING DOWN TECHNOLOGY Rumors Of U.N. Internet Takeover 'Completely Untrue,' Official Says GREEN New Climate Change Study Contains More Bad News DC LOOK: Obama Thanks Led Zeppelin For Unusual Reason BLOG POSTS George Lakoff: Why It's Hard to Replace the 'Fiscal Cliff' Metaphor Writers on economics have been talking since the election about why the "fiscal cliff" metaphor is misleading. But none of the alternatives has stuck, nor has the fiscal cliff metaphor been abandoned. Why? Mohamed A. El-Erian: Fiscal Cliff Takeaways From the Sunday News Shows Television networks devoted much of their Sunday news shows to the fiscal cliff, reflecting the urgency and importance of the topic. So did you end up wasting precious weekend hours watching shows that just covered familiar old ground? No. Dr. Peggy Drexler: Hillary Clinton: Finally the Cool Kid This year, Clinton has been called, at turns, "the coolest person on the planet" and "The James Dean of our generation." Here was a woman so many other women could either relate to or emulate: A woman who got things done -- and then went and had a beer. Gary Hart: The Club If the filibuster rule continues to be abused in the Senate, little will be accomplished in the second Obama term. But proposed reform of the rule is not as simple as it looks from the outside. Alana Stewart: How I Survived My Divorce From Rod Stewart When Rod and I broke up, I thought my world was coming to an end. I was totally devastated and I had no idea how to pick up the pieces of my broken heart

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