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blogs.cqpolitics.com - 11/15/2008
You Won, Now What?
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Memorandum   TO:         Newly Elected Officials and Their Staffs FROM:    Taegan Goddard and Chris Riback   Congratulations! The polls are closed, the votes were tallied and you came out on top!  ...
rightwingsparkle.blogspot.com - 11/18/2008
We've Won
— rightwingsparkle.blogspot.com — You didn't hear about Iraq during the Presidential campaign because we were winning and that never fit... the mainstream media's narrative, so they pretty much ignored it and continue to do so. But if you want to hear from Michael Yon and our boys like ... (more) We've Won

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longwarjournal.org - 11/19/2008
US Predator strikes al Qaeda & Taliban outside of Pakistan's tribal areas
— longwarjournal.org — An unmanned US Predator aircraft attacked a Taliban and al Qaeda safehouse in the Bannu Frontier Region... east of North Waziristan early today, according to reports from the region. At least five people were killed in the early morning airstrike, ... (more) US Predator strikes al Qaeda & Taliban outside of ...

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US hits Taliban safe house In North Waziristan
longwarjournal.org - 11/21/2008
US hits Taliban safe house In North Waziristan
— longwarjournal.org — Map of the tribal areas and the Northwest Frontier Province. The government signed peace agreements in the... red agencies/ districts (the military said Shangla was under Taliban control in October); purple districts are under de facto ... (more) US hits Taliban safe house In North Waziristan

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Taegan Goddard's Political Wire:  Now What?

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Now What?
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire — Political Insider: A memo to newly-elected officials and their staffs.

You won, now what?
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth — From Taegan Goddard: Congratulations! The polls are closed, the votes were tallied and you came out on top! With the hard weeks of campaigning barely over, you must remember that the election was not the finish line, it's the starting gun. The tough job of governing lies ahead. Former House Speaker Tip O'Neill may have said it best: "It's easier to run for office than to run the office." The reality for today's newly elected officials and their staffs is little different than the fiction portrayed in the 1972 film, The Candidate. Robert Redford starred ...

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