The Friday roundtable
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Midmorning takes a look at the week that was in news and politics.
Our guests:
Tim Nelson, MPR News reporter.
Bob Collins, writes the NewsCut blog for MPR News.
Dane Smith, president of Growth and Justice. He spent 30 years as a reporter with the Star Tribune and the Pioneer Press.
Ben Golnik, founder and principal of Golnik Strategies, a political consulting firm.
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