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huffingtonpost.com - 16 days ago
Chris Kelly: Biased Media, Dirty Tricks and Special Interests Drive Out Republican
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Three days before the special election in New York's 23rd congressional district, the Republicans have lost their candidate. Dede Scozzafava has dropped out. This leaves upstate New York, parts of which have voted for the party of Lincoln since Lincoln, without a Republican choice. They ...
RNC To On Blanche Lincoln: Don't Make Us Turn You Into John Kerry
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 14 days ago
RNC To On Blanche Lincoln: Don't Make Us Turn You Into John Kerry
— tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com — As the full focus of the health care debate shifts to the Senate, the GOP has a tough job targeting nervous moderate Democrats. The easy part is taking advantage of Democratic Party rifts. Explaining the rules of parliamentary procedure? That's hard. ... (more) RNC To On Blanche Lincoln: Don't Make Us Turn You Into ...

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talkbusiness.net - 21 days ago
LINCOLN'S NUMBERS TAKE A DOWNTURN
— talkbusiness.net — From July to October, Sen. Blanche Lincoln’s poll numbers slipped according to our Talk Business Quarterly Poll of 600 likely Arkansas voters. Lincoln had a favorable rating of 42% in our most recent poll and an unfavorable rating of 46%. Ten ... (more) LINCOLN'S NUMBERS TAKE A DOWNTURN

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washingtonmonthly.com - 14 days ago
A counter-intuitive strategy for Blanche Lincoln
— washingtonmonthly.com — A COUNTER-INTUITIVE STRATEGY FOR BLANCHE LINCOLN.... Brian Beutler highlights the six members of the Senate Democratic caucus whose votes will be the most difficult to get on health care reform. Near the top of the list is the senior senator... (more) A counter-intuitive strategy for Blanche Lincoln

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The Sideshow — ... and pro-choice and pro-gay marriage." Which made her more liberal than the Democrat, an Air Force captain and law professor named Bill Owens. So Kos endorsed her, and the wingers went nuts, lots of money went into creating fake web sites lauding her as a progressive in terms right-wingers assume would completely alienate the voters, and some right-wing guy who isn't even from inside the district jumped into the race and had lots of out-of-state money backing him - and a bunch of dirty tricks supplied by people from places like Club for Growth. So Scozzafava dropped out of ...

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