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• Teabaggers Tussle

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  Who could not see this coming? The grass-roots activists driving the movement have become increasingly divided on such core questions as whether to focus their efforts on shaping policy debates or elections, work on a local, regional, state or national level or closely align themselves with the Republican Party, POLITICO found [...]

  Posted: November 20, 2009, 3:09pm EST
  by dekerivers

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• WMC, Cohorts Return for Another Round of Deception

  —Paul Soglin: Waxing America

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  With the statewide elections less than twelve months away, Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce (WMC) returns touting misleading and deceptive studies. Citing a 'new study" WMC Urges Rejection of Global Warming Task Force Proposals In the wake of a new study citing massive job and personal income loss, Wisconsin Manufacturers &'" [...]

  Posted: November 20, 2009, 8:22am EST
  by paul soglin

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• What's Going On With Elections?

  —Dad29

  Barone--a very astute observer:
  
  Sometimes a poll result slaps you in the face. That was the case for me when I saw Public Policy Polling’s results in the 2nd congressional district of Arkansas. PPP has the incumbent, Democrat Vic Snyder, leading three unknown Republicans (two-thirds to three-quarters [...]

  Posted: November 17, 2009, 8:26am EST
  

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• Deep thought*

  —Brew City Brawler

  How does one square a) the assertion that Milwaukee is home to massive, election-swaying voter fraud and b) the fact that Scott Walker has consistently won low turnout (and thus easier to sway) elections in Milwaukee County?

  * With apologies to Jay Bullock, who's been riffing on this internet tradition of [...]

  Posted: November 15, 2009, 10:54am EST
  by brewcitybrawler

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• Blogging School Drop Out

  —Cognitive Dissidence

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  There are many examples of the right side being too busy eating their own to be very effective in upcoming elections.
  
  We have Sarah Palin going rogue (or is it rouge) in a race on the east coast, causing the Republican to drop out and endorse the Democrat. Meanwhile, [...]

  Posted: November 13, 2009, 10:49am EST
  by capper

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• John King Replaces Lou Dobbs

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  Minus Lou’s angry white man anti-immigrant rants………. Heading into the critical 2010 midterm elections, CNN will launch a new weekday political program that will be hosted by award winning correspondent John King. “I’m thrilled to have the opportunity, at this busy and consequential time, to have a platform to discuss and explore [...]

  Posted: November 12, 2009, 10:49am EST
  by dekerivers

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• Go Ahead. Make Our Day. "Nationalize" the 2010s

  —Dad29

  Obama and his Trotskyite Brain Trust want to 'nationalize' the 2010 elections.
  
  Hooboy.
  
  For the first time, Republican Rob Portman is inching ahead of the two Democrats in the 2010 race for Ohio’s U.S. Senate seat, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today. Also for the first [...]

  Posted: November 12, 2009, 9:58am EST
  

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• Democratic Polling Firm: GOP Disunity Overblown

  —Lakeshore Laments

  To get myself into the mindset of the modern politically-blogging liberal, I like to look back at my old posts from late 2005 and early 2006 when I was frankly cocky, over-confident on my political observations, and thought the 2004 elections meant the Democratic Party was waning and maybe we [...]

  Posted: November 12, 2009, 4:00am EST
  by kevinbinversie

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• Who Would Run on a Tea Ticket in Wisconsin?

  —Eye on Wisconsin

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  National establishment-type Republicans have reportedly been worried for months that the Tea Bagging frenzy that they started may actually damage their plans for the 2010 midterm elections. If recent events are any indication, then they certainly have reason to fear such a development. In New York we now have a [...]

  Posted: November 10, 2009, 12:24pm EST
  by Cory Liebmann

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• Meanwhile in Pennsylvania

  —illusory tenant

  A familiar scenario:Once again, judicial elections have left a bad taste in the mouths of Pennsylvania voters. It's as if we all watched from the sidelines as some celebrities threw an expensive party, got into a fistfight and traded barbs in the tabloids the morning after. We were entertained for' [...]

  Posted: November 10, 2009, 7:27am EST
  

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• We should be proud of our Supreme Court

  —illusory tenant

  ... for its thoughtful consideration of this difficult issue.* The justices had to consider the First Amendment rights of individuals and organizations to participate in elections and the due process rights of litigants to receive a fair and impartial hearing before a court. These are both fundamental rights and weighing [...]

  Posted: November 09, 2009, 7:58pm EST
  

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• Elections mean something

  —FoxPolitics.net: Blogs

  The successful Stupak-Pitts amendment? Representative Steve Kagen voted for federally-funded abortions, voting against the amendment. Voting for Stupak-Pitts from the Wisconsin delegation were Represe... [...]

  Posted: November 09, 2009, 11:00pm EST
  

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• Huh?

  —Apostle Islands Navigator

  Posted in Cartoons Tagged: Barack Obama, Elections [...]

  Posted: November 06, 2009, 8:58pm EST
  by The Admiral

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• Republicans Lost 20 Of Past 29 House Special Elections

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  I am still amazed at the Democratic victory in the 23rd Congressional District in New York, and the way the conservatives imploded by thier own design.   I really have found the analysis of this race fascinating, and the trivia aspect of it is worth remembering. Lost amid the Republican euphoria surrounding Tuesday’s elections is this [...]

  Posted: November 06, 2009, 12:01am EST
  by dekerivers

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• Myron Gordon, R.I.P.

  —Shark and Shepherd

  I only really knew Myron Gordon as a judge on senior status and tried only one case before him. It was a challenge by the NAACP to the method of electing judges in Milwaukee County. The plaintiffs alleged that county wide elections of judges denied black voters the opportunity to [...]

  Posted: November 05, 2009, 11:47pm EST
  

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• A Long and Winding Road

  —Dad29

  Klein has a sad story.
  
  Conservatives who are excited about Republican victories in last night's elections should read this article in the Politico and remember that the GOP has a long way to go before it has any credibility as a small government party. The piece takes [...]

  Posted: November 04, 2009, 9:05pm EST
  

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• The Party Purge That Wasn't

  —Griper Blade

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  I've never given much credit to "signs." If you read my roundups, you know I haven't been taking the off-year elections that took place last night all that seriously. In my opinion, a big part of all this "referendum on Obama" talk has been [...]

  Posted: November 04, 2009, 10:43am EST
  by Wisco

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• See Election Result When Teabaggers Run The Show

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  Everyone knows elections can not be won by the GOP if moderates are thrown from the ship.   But in New York’s 23rd Congressional district they had to learn the hard way.  Time now for the GOP to get control of the children in the party, and steer them back to small table in [...]

  Posted: November 04, 2009, 9:27am EST
  by dekerivers

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• Take That and Shove It Up Your Healthcare, B Hussein

  —Dad29

  Elections matter. [...]

  Posted: November 04, 2009, 7:46am EST
  

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• GOP Wins Big, Loses Small

  —Badger Blogger

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  Not a lot of time to comment this morning, but did catch this article written  by Liz Sidoti, AP National Political Writer which contains an interesting summary of yesterday’s elections and an almost overlooked blurb from Harry Reid announcing that healthcare won’t be finalized this year.

  GOP won big in the NJ [...]

  Posted: November 04, 2009, 6:26am EST
  by Roland_Melnick

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• Chairman Priebus calls Obama visit a "smoke screen"

  —Wisconsin GOP Blog

  From the Wisconsin State Journal:
  
  

  State GOP chairman Reince Priebus said Wednesday that President Barack Obama's visit to Madison is meant to be a distraction from Republican victories in Tuesday's elections.

  Priebus said the defeat of New Jersey Democratic incumbent Gov. Jon Corzine and the victory of Republican Bob McDonnell in an [...]

  Posted: November 04, 2009, 6:14am EST
  

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• Off Year Election A Split Decision, “Conservative” Candidate Backed By Palin, Beck, Limbaugh Loses

  —Left on the Lake

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  Democrats win two seats in Congress from New York and California, Republican win two Governor’s mansions in New Jersey and Virginia in the off year election yesterday. Like most elections, it was nearly a split decision.

  I hadn’t paid too much attention to any of the elections that were held yesterday, [...]

  Posted: November 04, 2009, 6:09am EST
  by Dan Cody

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• Obama Defeated in Virginia and New Jersey

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  Obama can't be feeling too good about the elections yesterday. He wasted a lot of time in New Jersey.
  
  Obama's only been in office nine and a half months and already people have had enough.
  
  From FOX News:
  Republicans swept to victory in the New' [...]

  Posted: November 04, 2009, 12:34am EST
  by Mary

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• RINO Season

  —Beer, Bicycles and the VRWC

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  And there's no bag limit.
  
  I don't think the elections today are a reflection of Obama per se, but rather a reflection on the GOP. For entirely too long, we Conservatives have put up with RINO's who are no better than Democrats. Government just kept getting bigger and bigger.' [...]

  Posted: November 03, 2009, 8:58pm EST
  by Deekaman

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• Robert McDonnell (R) wins Virginia governor’s race

  —Apostle Islands Navigator

  Robert F. McDonnell handily defeated R. Creigh Deeds in Virginia’s gubernatorial contest — a victory that ends nearly a decade of Democrat wins in statewide elections. The Associated Press called the race for Mr. McDonnell about an hour after polls closed at 7 p.m. The result was hardly a surprise. Mr. [...]

  Posted: November 03, 2009, 7:06pm EST
  by The Admiral

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• Today's elections, a referendum on President Obama?

  —Stepping Right Up!

  Are today's election a referendum on President Obama?I am kind of with Dana Milbanks on this today...it depends on who you ask.Of course, if you ask President Obama and the Democrats in NJ, they are trying to sell the idea that it is a referendum on President Bush.All of those [...]

  Posted: November 03, 2009, 6:24am EST
  

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• Karzai Elected President of Afghanistan

  —Lakeshore Laments

  With the run-off officially over with the news of challenger Abdullah Abdullah dropping out, the ruling President Hamid Karzai was declared the winner by the nation's elections commission.

  Afghan election officials canceled a presidential runoff and proclaimed the reelection of President Hamid Karzai on Monday, a day after Karzai's' [...]

  Posted: November 02, 2009, 8:07am EST
  by kevinbinversie

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• Moderate Republicans Aren't the Reason the GOP has been Losing Congressional Elections, Conservative Republicans Are

  —The Chief

  Here's a variation of line I've been reading a lot lately:
  We have already suffered huge losses because of liberal Republicans why put up with any more? [sic.]The problem with statements like this is that the evidence doesn't suggest this conclusion at all.
  
  Between 2006 and 2008, 39 [...]

  Posted: October 25, 2009, 7:31pm EDT
  

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• Glenn Grothman: wrong on campaign finance reform

  —The Motley Cow

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  A bill that would diminish the financial power of corporations to elect Supreme Court Justices sounds like it might be a good idea, but not to Glenn.
  
  Bill could add finance funds for justice elections
  

  There is opposition to the bill, with some [...]

  Posted: October 24, 2009, 9:59am EDT
  

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• Glenn Grothman: wrong on campaign finance reform

  —The Motley Cow

  Hi everyone,
  
  A bill that would diminish the financial power of corporations to elect Supreme Court Justices sounds like it might be a good idea, but not to Glenn.
  
  Bill could add finance funds for justice elections
  

  There is opposition to the bill, with some [...]

  Posted: October 24, 2009, 9:59am EDT
  

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