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themoderatevoice.com - 23 days ago
What Ousted GOP Candidate Endorsing Dem in Messy NY Race Means (Guest Voice)
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What Ousted GOP Candidate Endorsing Dem in Messy NY Race Means by Jon Wells The drama over the special election in NY-23 has taken a variety of surprising turns over the past few weeks. The Republican candidate, Dede Scozzafava, was selected by a county board of GOP supervisors and got a ...
rightwingnuthouse.com - 23 days ago
THE ANTI-REASON CONSERVATIVES
— rightwingnuthouse.com — What is it that possesses certain conservatives to fool themselves so spectacularly into believing that they can... create a majority out of a minority? That kind of alchemy hasn’t been seen since Nostradamus tried to turn lead into gold. In the ... (more) THE ANTI-REASON CONSERVATIVES

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online.wsj.com - 23 days ago
Revolt in New York's 23rd District
— online.wsj.com — Saturday's decision by Republican Dede Scozzafava to drop out of tomorrow's special Congressional election in upstate New... York is a potentially big political moment that could help to return the GOP to first principles—or could lead to internecine ... (more) Revolt in New York's 23rd District

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washingtonmonthly.com - 22 days ago
Taking the model on the road
— washingtonmonthly.com — TAKING THE MODEL ON THE ROAD.... In New York's 23rd, it was the Republican Party vs. the... Republican Party's base. The party wanted a moderate candidate with a history of serving the community; the base wanted a right-wing newbie who... (more) Taking the model on the road

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