Candles and flowers are placed outside the office of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz. in Tucson, Ariz. on Saturday, Jan. 8, 2011 after Giffords and others were shot outside a Safeway grocery store as she was meeting constituents. (Chris Morrison/ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Questions abound after Arizona shooting
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Midmorning examines the fallout from the shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in Arizona. While the motives of the shooter are not yet known, discussion has begun about the state of political discourse in America, and the role it might have played.
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Keith Ellison: DFL congressman representing Minnesota's 5th District.
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Jeremy Mayer: Associate professor in the school of public policy at George Mason University.
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