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Hello and welcome to the Slate Political Gab Fest for Friday, August the 5th, 2011, the first day of Barack Obama's second half century.

Maybe two of three, maybe he'll have two or three half centuries, maybe four half centuries.

We'll see.

If he did come up with immortality drug, I think that might get him a second term.

You think so?

Yeah.

I'm sure the Republicans would find some reason to say that he was trying to bankrupt Medicare and Social Security or something like that.

He lived long enough to not just run again, but to possibly run again even, to see term limits repealed on presidents.

Yeah, that's a long time.

This could be a whole new topic.

We could be immortality drug.

So I'm David Plotz, the Enderf Slate.

You've heard our two special guests.

John Dickerson and Emily Bazelon are off wandering in the desert somewhere.

I don't know what they're doing.

They're skipping out on me.

So we have as guest number one, our very regular Dave Weigel, Slate political reporter, Dave, great to have you back.

Good to be back.

And a GabFest Virgin. Adam Surwer, he is a staff writer for the American prospect.

And have you been a Slate contributor?

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