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A busy Political Junkie segment on today's Talk of the Nation.

Good news for the GOP: Florida Gov. Charlie Crist announces he'll run for the Senate.

But what to make of the announcement that Sen. Jim Bunning (R-KY) will run for a third term? Is that good news for the Democrats?

Plus: Same-sex marriage advances in New York, a look ahead to next week's special congressional race in California, Obama brings 'em to their feet at the Correspondents Dinner, and the no longer camera shy Dick Cheney chooses Limbaugh over Powell.

Join host Neal Conan and me every Wednesday at 2 p.m. ET for the Junkie segment on TOTN, where you can often, but not always, find interesting conversation, useless trivia questions and sparkling jokes. And you can win a Political Junkie T-shirt!

Last week's segment, with special guest Alan Simpson, can be heard here.

If your local NPR station doesn't carry TOTN, you can hear the program on the Web or on HD Radio. And if you are a subscriber to XM/Sirius radio, you can find the show there as well (siriusly).

And speaking of Alan Simpson, this email, from Oliver Cabana of San Diego, came in during the week:

Was listening to TOTN and I was just wondering why did the senator call you a rascal? He even said to Neal that if he only knew you would be there, he would not agree to do the discussion.

Simpson was just kidding (I think). We first met at the 1980 Republican convention when he was a newly elected senator from Wyoming, and I went up to him and asked, "Say, didn't you used to be Alan Simpson?" We've been friends ever since.

categories: On The Air

11:42 - May 13, 2009

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