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Op-Ed Contributor: Not Every Vote Counts
Op-Ed Contributor: Not Every Vote Counts
A recount in Minnesota’s too-close-to-call Senate race is a waste of time — the margin is so small, we will never know the real winner. >
Op-Ed Contributor: The Real Bill Ayers
nytimes.com — Now that the election is over, a secondary character in a narrative about Barack Obama separates his... fictional identity from his actual one. > (more) Op-Ed Contributor: The Real Bill Ayers
Op-Ed Contributor: Abortion Politics Didn’t Doom the G.O.P.
Op-Ed Contributor: Abortion Politics Didn’t Doom the G.O.P.
nytimes.com — Pro-lifers want to compromise, but so long as the Supreme Court remains closely divided on Roe vs.... Wade, the movement won’t give up its political goal to have the decision overturned. > (more) Op-Ed Contributor: Abortion Politics Didn’t Doom the G.O.P.
Op-Ed Contributor: Where Are the New Jobs for Women?
Op-Ed Contributor: Where Are the New Jobs for Women?
nytimes.com — A just economic stimulus plan must include jobs in fields like social work and teaching, where large... numbers of women work. > (more) Op-Ed Contributor: Where Are the New Jobs for Women?
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Abbreviated Pundit Round-Up
Daily Kos — Your one stop pundit shop. David Broder thinks that any policy proposals that come from Robert Gates or Tim Geithner should get extra scrutiny. Roger Cohen says that it's time to give the International Criminal Court another look: Only by aligning America again with international law can the damage inflicted on America’s image and appeal by the Bush administration be undone. Charles Seife wants the Minnesota senate race to be decided by the flip of a coin. Ed ...

NYT Guest Columnist: Franken Behind in MN? Declare It 'Statistical Tie' and Flip Coin for Winner
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — ... In every recount of the senate election from Minnesota, incumbent senator Norm Coleman has consistently been ahead of challenger Al Franken by hundreds of votes. At this point it looks like it will be impossible for Franken to exceed Coleman's total in the recount of the few ballots remaining. So what is the solution of New York Times guest columnist and associate professor of journalism at New York University, Charles Seife? Why just declare the election a "statistical tie" and flip a coin to determine the winner. Seife explains how he has come up ...

'Daily Voting News' For December 04, 2008
The BRAD BLOG — ... CA: Riverside County – Opinion - Registrar rallied to count votes http://www.mydesert.com/...01/812030393/1026/NEWS12 CO: Colorado Election Reform Commission, Dec. 2, 2008 http://www.democraticwing.org/?q=node/121 GA: Appeals court hears argument on voter ID http://www.ajc.com/servi.../2008/12/04/voterid.html MN: Opinion - Not Every Vote Counts http://www.nytimes.com/2.../04/opinion/04seife.html MN: U.S. Senate recount results by ...

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