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• Ramstad's retirement means a battle for the 3rd District
  Longtime Minnesota Rep. Jim Ramstad's retirement means Republicans and Democrats will be gearing up for a battle to win the open seat in Minnesota's 3rd District.9:06 a.m.
  Guests
  Larry Jacobs: Professor of political science at the University of Minnesota's Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs.
  David Wasserman: U.S. House editor for the Cook Political Report.
  Matthew Continetti: Associate editor at the Weekly Standard, and author of "The K Street Gang: The Rise and Fall of the Republican Machine."
  More from MPR
  Ramstad announces his retirement from Congress (09/17/2007)
  Ramstad -- a moderate in a partisan world (08/16/2007)
  Long-stalled mental health parity bill will see Congressional action Wednesday (07/17/2007)
  Resources
  About Larry Jacobs
  About Matthew Continetti
  The Cook Political Report
  Rep. Jim Ramstad
• Revisiting the Summer of Love
  The images and the music of the summer of 1967 endure, but some would say the hopes and dreams of the counter-culture died with that summer. Midmorning talks with a music critic and a historian about the music, the mayhem, and the meaning of the summer of love.10:06 a.m.
  Guests
  Maurice Isserman: Professor of history at Hamilton College and the co-author of "America Divided: The Civil War of the 1960s."
  Joel Selvin: Senior pop music critic for the San Francisco Chronicle and author of "The Summer of Love: The Inside Story of LSD, Rock & Roll, Free Love and High Time in the Wild West."
  Resources
  About Maurice Isserman
  Summer of Love: Forty Years Later
  Whitney Museum Summer of Love exhibit

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