{"article":{"__typename":"BlogArticle","id":"BlogArticle:2761","categories":[],"content":[{"__typename":"ArticleParagraphContent","subtype":null,"idAttr":"","innerHtml":"Regarding my musings on Obama and trade, former co-blogger Mindles H. Dreck writes:

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Yeah, me neither. Who's keeping an eye on the LP nominations?"}],"editorialProject":null,"primaryCategory":{"__typename":"Channel","displayName":"Business","url":"https://www.theatlantic.com/business/","slug":"business"},"reviews":[],"embeds":[],"authors":[{"id":"Author:825","displayName":"Megan McArdle","url":"https://www.theatlantic.com/author/megan-mcardle/","biography":{"default":"Megan McArdle is a columnist at Bloomberg View and a former senior editor at The Atlantic. Her new book is The Up Side of Down.","__typename":"Biography"},"socialMedia":[{"platform":"TWITTER","url":"https://twitter.com/asymmetricinfo","__typename":"SocialMedia"}],"__typename":"Author","slug":"megan-mcardle"}],"preview":null,"layout":"standard","secondaryByline":"","dek":"","url":"https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2008/02/the-pellet-with-the-poison-apos-s-in-the-vessel-with-the-pestle/2761/","title":"The pellet with the poison's in the vessel with the pestle . . .","seoTitle":"The pellet with the poison's in the vessel with the pestle . . .","dateModified":"2008-07-18T19:11:04Z","datePublished":"2008-02-20T19:20:44Z","hasMeter":true,"primaryChannel":{"displayName":"Business","__typename":"Channel","slug":"business"},"shareImage1x1":null,"shareImage16x9":null,"shareImage4x3":null,"shareImageDefault":null,"shareImageSquareDefault":null,"shareImageLeadArt":null,"shareDek":"","shareText":null,"shareTitle":"The pellet with the poison's in the vessel with the pestle . . .","editorsNote":null,"leadArt":null,"narratedAudio":null,"narratedAudioImage":null,"fbiaUrl":"https://www.theatlantic.com/facebook-instant/article/2761/","canonicalUrl":"https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2008/02/the-pellet-with-the-poison-apos-s-in-the-vessel-with-the-pestle/2761/","syndication":"ALL","shareImage2x1":null,"shareImageSmall":null,"channels":[{"slug":"business","__typename":"Channel"}],"watsonInfo":{"keywords":["co-blogger Mindles H.","LP nominations"],"__typename":"WatsonInfo"},"slug":"the-pellet-with-the-poison-apos-s-in-the-vessel-with-the-pestle","grapeshot":{"segments":["shadow9hu7_pos_bofa-kwlist","gs_politics","gs_tech_compute_net_social","politics_tbs_anyrisk","shadow9hu7_pos_lexus_fy23","gt_positive","gt_positive_curiosity","gs_politics_issues_policy","gs_politics_american","gs_tech_social","gs_tech","gs_tech_compute","gs_tech_compute_net","gv_death_injury","gb_death_injury_news-ent","shadow9hu7_pos_safe_core","shadow9hu7_pos_safe_strict","tbs_anyrisk","elections"],"__typename":"Grapeshot"},"advertisingInfo":{"disableHouseAd":false,"__typename":"AdvertisingInfo"}}}

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