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Dems see lessons in defeat of Deeds (Politico)
politico.com - 29 days ago
Dems see lessons in defeat of Deeds (Politico)
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Politico - Deeds's indecision produces the worst drubbing a Virginia gubernatorial candidate has received since 1961.
Dems jam GOP with Franken vote (Politico)
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Dems jam GOP with Franken vote (Politico)
— politico.com — Politico - Dems now have a brazen argument for 2010 campaign: that Republicans are insensitive to rape... victims. (more) Dems jam GOP with Franken vote (Politico)

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The Toll: Tragedy freezes politics -- and starts new debates
The Note — ... Picking up Tuesday's pieces: "Faced with the choice of running as an unapologetic Democrat in a state trending toward his party or keeping his distance from Washington in the fashion of a generation of Southern Democrats, Creigh Deeds tried to do both," Politico's Jonathan Martin reports. "The result: the worst drubbing a Virginia gubernatorial candidate has received since 1961. As Democrats try to glean lessons from Tuesday's election losses, Deeds's case offers a vivid example of the difficulties that their candidates from Republican-leaning or swing states ...

Happy Hour Links
Weekly Standard Blog — "Unpleasant as it may be for the president to hear, his policy is objectively aiding the Tehran regime and harming the opposition in their ongoing struggle." Strategic Reassurance, we hardly knew ye. Vulnerable freshman Democrats abandoning ship on health care. Apparently they learned the wrong lesson from the Deeds Disaster in Virginia. Oh wait, two more Dems just bailed on the health care vote. Hoyer isn't sure they have the votes yet, the vote may get pushed to Sunday or next ...

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