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Jeff A. Taylor at Reason's Hit and Run blog argues it's OK for Maria Shriver to report for NBC and help to govern California, which she's been doing by pressuring politicians to fall in line with the Schwarzenegger team. In fact, he calls it "utterly absurd" to suggest otherwise.
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