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23 Sep 2010 11:07

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Politics: Different poll from yesterday: Andrew Cuomo waaaaay ahead in NY

  • 57%
    favor Andrew Cuomo for New York governor
  • 24% favor weird Tea Party dude Carl Paladino instead
  • 19% support other candidates like Rick Lazio, or have no opinion source
  • » Yeah yeah, we know: Yesterday we ran a similar poll which suggested Carl Paladino was very close in the race; well, this different poll completely disagrees with that. What are ya gonna do?
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22 Sep 2010 21:00

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U.S.: Not a “contract,” a “pledge”: The GOP’s new doohicky to America

  • 21 pages of trying to relive a fleeting footnote in history source
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22 Sep 2010 10:44

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Politics: Andrew Cuomo leads in NY Gov. race; Carl Paladino holding his own

  • 49% support popular New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo
  • 43% support Carl Paladino, who tried winning political points from the “Ground Zero Mosque” issue
  • 8% support hiding in a dark room until election day is over source
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21 Sep 2010 10:51

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Politics: Group: Tea party, GOP conspiring against Wisconsin voters

  • what A group called One Wisconsin Now claims that the state’s GOP and Tea Party plan to disenfranchise voters using a process called “voter caging.” They also claim to have proof of conspiracy in the form of audio.
  • how Basically, they claim that those involved will use a list of people whose mail was marked as undeliverable to prevent them from voting on election day and to create unbearably long lines. How true is this, anyway? source
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21 Sep 2010 10:24

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Politics: John McCain plans to hold defense bill hostage over “Don’t Ask”

  • This is turning legislation related to our national defense and military preparedness into a vehicle to force a partisan agenda through the Senate, often on a party-line vote. Their desperation – because they see a Nov. 2 election coming up – is palpable.
  • Sen. John McCain • On his plans to filibuster the defense bill wending its way through the Senate because it includes a measure to repeal “don’t ask, don’t tell.” While McCain and the rest of his family supports repealing the measure, along with three-quarters of Americans, he feels that it should be done after the Pentagon completes its review of the impact the change would have on the military. Democrats are unsure if they have the 60 votes to override McCain’s appeal. They also claim he’s playing politics. Funny, because he claims they are. source
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20 Sep 2010 20:41

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Politics: Tough crowd: Obama’s toughest town hall question today

  • Wow. That stings. At Obama’s town hall today, the president took a couple of questions like this one, which seems really pointed for a town hall. That said, Obama’s answer to the question was effective and not one bit pandering. Still though, you have to wonder if he’s going to be able to bounce back from a sluggish recovery in one piece. source
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19 Sep 2010 20:31

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Politics: Posted without comment: Christine O’Donnell’s witchcraft comments

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18 Sep 2010 16:11

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Politics: Montana GOP: 1997 called, said homosexuality should be illegal

  • We support the clear will of the people of Montana expressed by legislation to keep homosexual acts illegal.
  • The official Montana GOP stance on homosexuality • As expressed in the platform page on their Web site, under the “crime” section. It apparently was added back in 1997, before Matthew Shepard, before civil unions, before gay marriage in Massachusetts and other states, and before Prop 8. Uh, perhaps they should change that. source
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18 Sep 2010 10:52

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Politics: Lisa Murkowski jumps into the abyss with write-in senate campaign

  • She most assuredly won’t win, and Sarah Palin and her friends are angry. Lisa Murkowski isn’t going to let a guy with a beard into the Senate without a fight. The Alaska senator is launching a write-in campaign to get her seat back. “My heart is Alaska, and I cannot leave you. I cannot stop what we have started,”she said. For the Republican party as a whole, this is fairly misguided. See, a write-in senate candidate has won ONCE in U.S. history – Strom Thurmond’s 1954 election. It has the potential to split the vote between Murkowski and Republican nominee Joe Miller, plus she has to deal with petty attacks like this one from sworn enemy Palin: “It’s a futile effort on her part, it really is.” source
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15 Sep 2010 01:08

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Politics: How the Tea Party’s beacons fared in their races tonight

  • winThe biggest bellwether of the night was in Delaware, where Christine O’Donnell somehow showed lifelong GOPer Mike Castle the exit in their Senate race. The GOP isn’t backing her.
  • lose? While Delaware’s Senate race went Tea Party, New Hampshire’s Senate race is still close. Kelly Ayotte is tied with Ray LaMontagne’s possible long-lost brother Ovide LaMontagne.
  • winThe most surprising of the three? Rick Lazio’s gubernatorial primary loss in New York to complete frickin’ unknown Carl “gonna lose to Cuomo anyway” Paladino. source
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