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Bad news: President-elect Barack Obama says the recession is not going away anytime soon.

Good news: We have a winner for the last ScuttleButton puzzle!

You'll be forgiven if you can't remember. It was back in December of 2008. The rebus consisted of three buttons; your job was to take one word or one concept per button to arrive at a saying or a name.

The buttons:

Mary Louise Foust for Governor -- she was a 1963 Democratic hopeful in Kentucky.

Run Chris Run -- Chris Spirou was the Democratic nominee for governor of New Hampshire in 1984.

What a MESS / McGovern Eagleton Sargent Shriver -- a button mocking the 1972 Democratic presidential ticket(s).

The answer: Merry Christmas! (Mary ... Chris ... Mess)

The winner, selected at random among the correct responders, is (drum roll) ... Chris Collins of East Greenbush, N.Y.

A new puzzle appears tomorrow. Note: People at NPR who had an early look either got it immediately or couldn't solve it at all. Good luck!

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5:09 - January 8, 2009

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