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    Election: Democrats gain two in House
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    by masbury  11-4-2009    5
     Was 256, will be 258. Both will support public option.
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    The Birth Certificate's back
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    by masbury  6-24-2009    9
     Is this Congressman ignorant or unethical?
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    Is the "Southern Strategy" killing the GOP?
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    by masbury  6-3-2009    4
     It's staying overwhelmingly white while the electorate becomes much more diverse.
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    MN: Can the loser prevent the seating of the winner forever?
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    by masbury  5-10-2009    8
     Donald Kaul on the Minnesota elections: get on with it. Coleman prevents Franken from being seated, after having lost recount after recount. Is Coleman trying to win or is he just trying to influence Senate votes by keeping a Democrat off the floor?
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    Indonesia: Radical Muslim parties in steep decline
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    by masbury  4-25-2009   
     Bravo, Indonesia - the world's fourth largest nation and largest Muslim nation rejects radical Muslim parties at the polls.
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    WSJ admits Employee Free Choice won't remove secret ballot
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    by masbury  3-21-2009    4
     After years - years - of insisting it did just that.
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    El Salvador's long civil war is finally over
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    by masbury  3-17-2009   
     Right-wing government voted out after decades of mismanagement and rampant crime.
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    Iranian reformers unite; seek ouster of Ahmadinejad
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    by masbury  3-16-2009    3
     Ahmadinejad may be losing support; could be new day for Iran.
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    12,000 US troops in Iraq will not be replaced
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    by masbury  3-10-2009   
     The drawdown begins - though not because of successes as much as payoffs and ethnic cleansing.
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    Want to see Obama's birth certificate?
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    by masbury  2-27-2009    4
     And look here: http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/born_in_the_usa.html for FactCheck.org's thorough rebuttal of the "it's a phony copy" issue. They have hand-held the original, and confirmed its validity with the State of Hawaii. Two more articles are cited in the clip. The radical right's refusal to admit the obvious here is becoming more and more like simple disloyalty.
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    The Republican Death Spiral in Graphic Form
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    by masbury  2-1-2009   
     And why the moderates can't revolt. Good analysis of the difference in House composition after the 04 and 08 elections
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    Repubs in House unanimously oppose stimulus bill
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    by masbury  1-30-2009   
     President listens, removes elements they object to, they lemming-out over the snit cliff. Did the last two elections tell them nothing about the American mood toward partisan politics?
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    Israel bans Arab citizens' parties from running in election
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    by masbury  1-13-2009    4
     Both parties now have representatives in the Knesset, who could not be re-elected, under this ban. Supreme Court may intervene. Some democracy, eh? You don't like a party's views, you just pass a law that prevents citizens from voting for them.
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    Tom Hayden on the Obama silence about Gaza
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    by masbury  1-8-2009    2
     "As the bombs fall on Gaza children and civilians, his credibility comes under greater question. The bright promise of moral leadership is sullied and squandered, along with the potential of America's ability to be an even-handed diplomatic mediator"
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    Will the GOP ever learn?
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    by masbury  1-1-2009   
     "Barack the Magic Negro" represents the remnants of the Cro-Magnon wing of the GOP, still clueless about why voters left them in droves.
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    Long lines at polls: Just an accident?
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    by masbury  11-26-2008    2
     Hardly! They happen most in states with high numbers of African-Americans where GOP operatives run the show. It may be the new poll tax. Those who live in minority districts in GOP states may be discouraged from voting by a delay of hours that white districts may not have.
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    The Nine Nations of North America by Joel Garreau
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    by Lexica  11-25-2008    1
     Have you ever wondered why San Francisco has more in common with Portland and Seattle than it does with Los Angeles, even though it's in the same state as LA while Portland and Seattle are in two different states? Joel Garreau would say that it's because Seattle, Portland, and SF all fall in the North American nation of Ecotopia , while LA is part of MexAmerica . Written in 1981, a lot of his ideas seem to be holding up. The book's webpage looks at the recent elections in terms of this model, and says that the regionalism he describes continues on, 27 years after the book was written. I read it several years ago, and was reminded of it now by {{wiccantexan}}'s clip Russian Professor Predicts Not-So-United States .
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    Iranian Americans in US elections
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    by masbury  11-9-2008   
     Six Iranian Americans were on the ballot on Election Day, November 4th, 2008.
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    What's wrong with Alaska's election?
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    by masbury  11-8-2008    2
     Despite a record-setting early vote throng, the overall participation supposedly decreased by 11% - the lowest participation by Alaskans in any presidential race ever! How could that be? Further, polls turned out way wrong, only here. Pre election polls had both Mark Begich-D and Ethan Berkowitz-D solidly beating incumbents Senator Ted Stevens and Congressman Don Young by at least 6-10 points. Stevens is currently ahead by 3,353 votes with 49,000 ballots left to count. Berkowitz, however, is behind by 16,887 votes; a 51-43 margin.
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    "Nation Finally Awful Enough to Make Social Progress"
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    by masbury  11-6-2008   
     ""Today Americans have grudgingly taken a giant leap forward," Williams continued. "And all it took was severe economic downturn, a bloody and unjust war, terrorist attacks on lower Manhattan, nearly 2,000 deaths in New Orleans, and more than three centuries of frequently violent racial turmoil." Said Williams, "The American people should be commended for their long-overdue courage."
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    How a Dale Earnhardt guy helped three Jewish oldsters
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    by masbury  10-25-2008    7
     They're denied entrance to the polling place because of their Obama gear - and a McCain backer helps them out . . . here's a good American story. (Apparently they were unaware that you can't be making partisan displays at polling places)
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    Notice quiet on ACORN? There's a reason ...
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    by masbury  10-22-2008    9
     Two McCain-paid voter registration firms are embroiled in real voter registration scams - including the destruction of Democratic registrations. One was arrested Saturday. Not Mickey Mouse, this is the real thing.
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    Al-Qaida website wants McCain elected
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    by masbury  10-22-2008    19
     Their recruitment "requires presence of an impetuous American leader such as McCain..." They want the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to continue. Urges strikes against US prior to election to stimulate revenge votes for McCain.
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    "I don't want everybody to vote!"
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    by masbury  10-22-2008    10
     Conservative activist Paul Weyrich in 1980 lays out long-term strategy to suppress voting, insisting "our leverage in the elections...goes up as the voting populace goes down.
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    Drudge ad pictures Obama and Mohamed Atta
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    by masbury  10-18-2008    1
     Maybe this is just what we need in order to bankrupt the long-lived idea that elections can be won by pitching fear of the Scary Black Man. Farewell, Carl Rove. Farewell, Lee Atwater. Most Americans don't want your ways anymore. Let's go out and trounce them.
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    Bush Admin forcing ACORN harassment?
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    by masbury  10-16-2008    1
     It wouldn't be the first time - much of the US Attorney firing began over this - and likely violates DOJ guidelines
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    "I am so upset that issues are predominating"
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    by masbury  10-15-2008    3
     "People want to talk about issues. And Republicans can't win in this environment. It's not fair." - Joe Scarborough, Morning Joe
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    Is a McCain comeback possible?
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    by masbury  10-15-2008    2
     Only one candidate in US history has been down this badly this late and won - and he was not of the incumbent's party.
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    Why the ACORN kerfuffle is a GOP hoax
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    by masbury  10-15-2008    6
     ACORN hires canvassers. ACORN checks all the names they bring in. ACORN marks the ones that don't add up, and turns them in, as required by law. We hear about them BECAUSE ACORN HAS IDENTIFIED THEM. And federal law requires those who register in this manner to show an ID when they come to vote the first time. Will Donald Duck be voting? Not unless he has an ID to show. Not one known instance of voting fraud has come from any ACORN-registered voters. Not one!
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    Nobody in this election is a true "leftist"
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    by masbury  10-14-2008    1
     Both candidates - and nearly all American politicians - fall within a narrow band of center-rightists. Nobody in this election is even on the same side of center as socialism is - and raising the socialism alarm is pretty un-informed. Here's a graph from the primary days that explains it well. By the way, Ron Paul is not the most libertarian of the early candidates, either!
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    Iranian reformist challenges Ahmadinejad
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    by masbury  10-12-2008    1
     First to declare candidacy for the presidency.
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    How will election change the Senate?
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    by masbury  10-10-2008   
     How will the blue/red balance change? See probability graph at the bottom of the clip.
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    NYT: Voter purges in 6 states may violate law
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    by masbury  10-9-2008    1
     Does not appear to be a partisan attempt
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    50% and +8% in October usually mean a win
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    by masbury  10-5-2008    3
     Of 16 who've reached 50% in October, 14 won. Of 14 who've had an 8% lead in October, 13 won .
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    Prevent bailouts? Prohibit campaign contributions
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    by masbury  10-3-2008   
     We must advance to a system where elections are publicly funded and private donations are prohibited. Both of our candidates are connected by money to the banking industry. The industry's influence toward killing regulation far exceeds the public's influence in preserving it. Separating money from politics - as other nations have long done - is the only way home.
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    Obama opens comfortable lead in Iowa
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    by masbury  9-14-2008    2
     Up by 12!
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    Mississippi GOP hides hot race illegally at ballot-bottom
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    by masbury  9-9-2008   
     Restraining order now issued preventing ballot distribution; violation of MS election law
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    Greenwald: The Republicans' Cheerful Viciousness
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    by masbury  9-5-2008    1
     Rendering issues irrelevant and converting campaigns into culture wars (h/t ratilfar!)
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    Super Tracker poll averages - note the trend
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    by masbury  9-3-2008   
     Look at projection and trend since January and tell me which way we're headed.
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    What Obama's done in the US Senate, Part 1
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    by masbury  9-1-2008    6
     It's a rather distinguished record for a four-year Senator.
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