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jammiewearingfool.blogspot.com - 26 days ago
Democrat Civil War: 'Maybe Anthony Weiner Should Have Manned-up and Run Against Michael Bloomberg'
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One of the more shocking results last night was how close the New York City mayoral race turned out. Despite outspending Bill Thompson by 10 to 1, Michael Bloomberg barely squeaked out re-election. Well, now Democrats are asking what if Barack Obama had campaigned for the African-American ...
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gouverneurtimes.com - 29 days ago
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— gouverneurtimes.com — Fred Thompson Doug Hoffman, the Conservative Party candidate for Congress (NY-23), today received the endorsement of former... United States Senator Fred Thompson. In his letter of endorsement Thompson, a Republican and a nationally recognized leader of ... (more) The Gouverneur Times

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A New Conservative Star Wrestles With the Spotlight
washingtonindependent.com - 27 days ago
A New Conservative Star Wrestles With the Spotlight
— washingtonindependent.com — WATERTOWN, N.Y. – Fred Thompson sounded like he was about to choke up. The former Tennessee senator... and current conservative radio host, one of the first national political figures to endorse Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman in New York’s ... (more) A New Conservative Star Wrestles With the Spotlight

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In wake of 5% loss to Mayor Bloomberg, Dems left asking, 'What if we'd done more for Bill Thompson?'
nydailynews.com - 26 days ago
In wake of 5% loss to Mayor Bloomberg, Dems left asking, 'What if we'd done more for Bill Thompson?'
— nydailynews.com — The most nagging question among Bill Thompson's supporters on Wednesday is this: What if fellow Democrats had... actually backed - rather than abandoned - him? (more) In wake of 5% loss to Mayor Bloomberg, Dems left asking, ...

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Hot Air » Top Picks:  Dems miss an opportunity in New York City

RedState: Conservative News and Community:  White House rises to the level of junior high in wake of NYC elections.

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Dems miss an opportunity in New York City
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... (via JWF ): Mayor Mike Bloomberg’s stunningly narrow re-election in New York was a moral defeat for the billionaire incumbent, and a profound embarrassment for a Democratic establishment – from the White House on down — that abandoned his rival, City Comptroller Bill Thompson, as a hopeless loser. Bloomberg’s meager five-point win left Democrats pondering what might have been if New York’s Democratic donors hadn’t turned their back on Thompson, if its politicians had worked for him, and most of all if President Barack Obama had offered anything more than the lamest words of ...

White House rises to the level of junior high in wake of NYC elections.
RedState: Conservative News and Community — ... attributed the night’s results across the board to anti-incumbent fervor. …which apparently was not enough to actually eliminate the incumbent in NYC*, but never mind that right now. Anyway, if one is going to trade ‘maybes,’ here’s one: maybe the White House should stop letting people willing to act and talk like a thirteen-year-old speak for it? Even if it’s off the record. Moe Lane PS: See also Hot Air and JammieWearingFool. *Including NYC’s - which I wasn’t, until this came up - ...

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