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Getting the message, Sens. Hutchison and Cornyn? These nuts will drag you down. Plus final election thoughts
Getting the message, Sens. Hutchison and Cornyn? These nuts will drag you down. Plus final election thoughts
You might have thought there was no more unimpeachably conservative senatorial tandem than Texas's Kay Bailey Hutchison and John Cornyn . Ha! To the Lone Star Loons, they're practically socialists. by Ken As I've pointed out a number of times, the fact that tomorrow's elections offer ...
Creigh Deeds Failed To Run As A Progressive
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thinkprogress.org — Republican Bob McDonnell won a “ landslide ” victory over Democrat Creigh Deeds in yesterday’s gubernatorial election... in Virginia, sweeping the state by a whopping 18 points . Exit polls showed Democrats had “ trouble getting their base to the ... (more) Creigh Deeds Failed To Run As A Progressive
Election Night Preview: GDP Trumps Gay Marriage
huffingtonpost.com — Tomorrow night's election results will be read, discussed and interpreted for weeks to come. But even before... the first vote is counted, we can probably draw some conclusions from those races. VIRGINIA Let's start in the South. A big Republican ... (more) Election Night Preview: GDP Trumps Gay Marriage
Hutchison irks right by including gay judge as U.S. attorney pick
Hutchison irks right by including gay judge as U.S. attorney pick
dallasnews.com — 09:11 AM CST on Sunday, November 1, 2009 WASHINGTON – Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison has sent the... White House two suggestions for the post of U.S. attorney in San Antonio. One of the candidates is a highly regarded career prosecutor and judge who also, it ... (more) Hutchison irks right by including gay judge as U.S. ...
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Hullabaloo — ... between ruling class clones. This is about whether or not LGBT people are going to be allowed to participate fully in society. It's simple, it's real, it's unambiguously necessary. Republicans will take their likely wins in NY and Virginia tomorrow as a mandate for more teabaggery even though it's absurd. And if Corzine loses it's probably a repudiation of Goldman economics, even though Corzine is about the best ex-Goldman exec out there. (On that one, as Ken at DWT says: I've said it before, and I'll say it again. Anyone who's considering ...

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