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Andrew Card to remain chief of staff
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 CNN's Joe Johns reports on Bush's second term agenda.
 CNN's Bill Schneider on the perils of many second terms.
 CNN's Jim Bittermann on vote reactions of Americans abroad.
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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Check out the links below to hot political stories around the country this morning.
CARD REMAINS: Andrew Card will continue as President Bush's chief of staff, suggesting that Bush does not intend any shakeup of his most senior White House aides. The New York Times: Card will stay on as chief of staff
DISCUSSING SECESSION: Secession, which didn't work very well when it was tried once before, is suddenly red hot in the blue states. In certain precincts, anyway. The Washington Times: Blue states buzz over secession
KERRY IN 2008: While John Kerry is ''profoundly disappointed'' with losing his presidential race last week, it is ''conceivable'' he will run again in four years, his brother and political confidant, Cameron F. Kerry, said yesterday. The Boston Globe: Kerry run in 2008 called conceivable
BACK TO THE SENATE: John Kerry plans to use his Senate seat and long lists of supporters to remain a major voice in American politics despite losing the presidential race last Tuesday, and he is assessing the feasibility of trying again in 2008, friends and aides said Monday. The Washington Post: 'Fired up' Kerry returning to Senate
HISPANIC INDEPENDENCE: With 44 percent of their votes going to President Bush, Hispanics can no longer be considered reliably Democrat. The New York Times: Hispanic voters declared their independence
TREADING SOFTLY: Sen. Harry Reid, the leading candidate for Senate minority leader, plans to oppose vigorously President Bush's second-term agenda, especially on such issues as tort reform and Social Security partial privatization. The Washington Times: Nevada's Reid tells Bush to tread lightly
MCGREEVEY'S FAREWELL: A contrite Gov. James McGreevey delivered a farewell address Monday in which he said he does not apologize "for being a gay American but rather for having let personal feelings impact my decision-making." The Associated Press: New Jersey governor's farewell mixes regret and pride
POINTING FINGERS: Senior advisers to Senator John Kerry said that Kerry lost because he had failed to turn the election into a referendum on the economy. The New York Times: Kerry advisers point fingers at Iraq and social issues
YOUTH BALLOTS INCREASE: The 2004 presidential race, as far as the youth vote was concerned, was a landmark election, bringing out nearly 21 million voters under the age of 30 to the polls. The Washington Post: Vote or die? Well, they did vote
Compiled by Heather Riley
