washingtonmonthly.com - 11/12/2008
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THE NEXT PHASE BEGINS IN MINNESOTA.... With the razor-thin margin in the Senate race in Minnesota, the first phase in the Republican strategy was to argue that a statewide recount was a waste of time. It was unpersuasive. So, the...
thenextright.com - 11/8/2008
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thenextright.com —
Ask not what your country can do for
you. Ask what you can do for your country. ...
But you may not have a choice in the matter. Well, this is interesting. Greg Mankiw found Obama's President-Elect transition website endorsing a ...
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And so it begins
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Republicans can't quit Lott
Nitpicker —
As the recount in Minnesota ramps up, the Republicans are already begin to scream conspiracy!, stolen election! fraud! The smart folks on the right, of course, know this is bullshit, but there are damned few of those people left, as I've been saying for some time. The funny part is that embedded in the right's "questions must be asked" narrative is a perfect example of the right's growing bench depth problem. From the WSJ: You'd think Democrats would be content with last week's electoral rout. But ...
Because Invoking ACORN Worked So Well Against Obama
Comments from Left Field —
... As Steve Benen notes, now that trying to derail the recount itself has failed, the next step for the GOP is to wage all out war against the results of said recount before the recount has even begun. The cornerstone in this new strategy is to go after some of the GOP’s favorite manufactured villains such as ACORN and MoveOn.org. ...
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sadlyno.com 11/22/2008 —
Once again this year, rather than destroy Christmas in the usual way — by saying ‘happy holidays,’ and sticking people in the butt with giant, sharpened candy canes, and peeing in creches, and saying “Mmm, these Necco wafers are ...
Phase VI
neptunuslex.com 12/17/2008 — Phases I and II or Operation Iraqi Freedom were deployment and preparation. Phase III was major combat operations - it was over in weeks. Phase IV - post-MCO stabilization and force drawdown - took a very great deal longer and cost more in blood and ...
Obama for America – Phase II
yeswecanracine.ning.com 12/9/2008 — I’m sorry that I could not be at the initial meeting of the Community for Change, but as you heard I spent the weekend in Chicago with a small group of leaders from around the nation. There were just over 300 people there. About a third were Regional ...
It Begins
corner.nationalreview.com 1/23/2009 — Here's the lead paragraph from the Washington Post front page story "Stimulus Plan Meets More GOP Resistence":
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And So It Begins...
openleft.com 11/7/2008 — By "it", of course, I refer to the great post-election debate: why did we win? Far more importantly, now that we did win, what should we do now?
I have been predicting for six months now that on the Thursday after the election, assuming a win, we ...
Minnesota Senate Race Goes to Recount
politicalwire.com 11/6/2008 — The Associated Press "is uncalling the Minnesota Senate race." Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN) finished ahead of Al Franken (D) "early Wednesday in the final vote count, but his 571-vote margin falls within the state's mandatory recount law. That law ...
It Begins
deanesmay.com 1/3/2009 — Pandora’s Box has been opened.
Now the states want a bailout. All they’re asking for us an even trillion dollars .
This can’t end well for any of us.
Obama promised hope, and that may be all that’s left of capitalism ...
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