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huffingtonpost.com - 24 days ago
Kirk Slammed From Right And Left For Courting Sarah Palin
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When word broke that self-described moderate Republican Mark Kirk was angling for kind words from Sarah Palin for his U.S. Senate bid, the response from his rivals was savage and uniform. All three leading Democrats, as well as Kirk's Republican challenger, accused him of inconsistency, a ...
blogs.wsj.com - 25 days ago
Club for Growth Is on Hunt for Republicans Who ‘Don’t Fit the Bill’
— blogs.wsj.com — Jonathan Weisman reports on politics. After pumping more than $1 million into an upstate New York House... race to elect the Conservative Party's Doug Hoffman , the Club for Growth is on the hunt again. Chris Chocola , president of the conservative ... (more) Club for Growth Is on Hunt for Republicans Who ‘Don’t ...

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thehill.com - 27 days ago
Giannoulias poll shows him up 3 on Kirk, better for general
— thehill.com — Illinois state Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias (D) leads Rep. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) by three points, 46-43, in an... internal poll in their Senate race. The Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research poll also shows former Chicago Inspector General David Hoffman ... (more) Giannoulias poll shows him up 3 on Kirk, better for general

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thehill.com - 25 days ago
'Very, very close to zero' GOPers will vote for House health bill
— thehill.com — Republicans will overwhelmingly reject the Democrats' healthcare bill on the House floor, according to a key lawmaker.... (more) 'Very, very close to zero' GOPers will vote for House ...

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GOP 12:  Quite frankly, Kirk steps into it the Palin Zone

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Quite frankly, Kirk steps into it the Palin Zone
GOP 12 — ... to GOP heavy and Palin -friend, Fred Malek , is turning out to be a hot potato. His Democratic opponents are using it to paint Kirk as a flip-flopper and prohibitively conservative for Illinois, while his Republican opponent, Patrick Hughes , is backing up the flip-flop claim, but using it as a way of buttressing his own conservative creds. ...

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