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Why No Purple Finger Legislation?
Picking up from a thought by Mark Steyn, why do Iraq and Afghanistan have better protections against voter fraud and multiple voting than the United S... . . .
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The Scramble - 10/14/2008
No Runny Eggs — ... in tomorrow’s debate (which I will be either liveblogging or drunkblogging; I haven’t decided which direction to take yet). Matt Lewis notes that federal judges are the unspoken 8,000-pound hippo in the room. Nick Schweitzer explains why John McCain (and by extension, the Republican Party) is losing this election - lack of market differentiation. Eric is tired of caring more about winning the White House than McCain. Jim Geraghty wonders where the purple-finger legislation is. After all, it ...

A Purple Proposition
Winds of Change.NET — ... This thought was stolen from Jim Geraghty at National Review's Campaign Spot (link), inspired by a comment by Mark Steyn at National Review's Corner ...

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