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Why Liberals Like Joe Scarborough

Conservative pundit takes relaxed, questioning attitude on new morning show

By Harry Kimball, Newser Staff

Posted Jul 14, 2008 12:19 PM CDT

(Newser) – Joe Scarborough was a conservative Republican congressman who gained office in the 1994 House sweep that launched Newt Gingrich. His MSNBC show Scarborough Country was initially devised as a like-minded answer to Bill O’Reilly. But, as Mark Binelli puts it in New York magazine,... Read full story »

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