Tags: politics
Tags: politics
Meanwhile, over at the RNC....
Posted Thursday November 16, 2006, 4:44 am, Over one day old at Midtopia
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Howard Dean: Fool or genius?
Posted Thursday November 16, 2006, 4:44 am, Over one day old at Midtopia
Not only did the Democrats not need his help to win, but his efforts to build a truly national grassroots operation paid dividends in several close races, as well as forcing Republicans to defend seats they might not have otherwise.
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Gerrymandering killed the GOP
Posted Thursday November 16, 2006, 4:44 am, Over one day old at Midtopia
Because they overreached, diluting their strength in key districts in an attempt to maximize the number of GOP-leaning districts. In Florida, meanwhile, state lawmakers had shifted some Republican voters from the secure district of former Rep.
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Party switchers?
Posted Thursday November 16, 2006, 4:44 am, Over one day old at Midtopia
There's a lot of talk about whether Joe Lieberman or Bernie Sanders will switch from independent to one of the other parties. Sanders could turn Democrat; Lieberman could go either way, though he has repeatedly said he'll caucus with the Democrats.
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Blue sky thoughts
Posted Thursday November 16, 2006, 4:44 am, Over one day old at Midtopia
This wouldn't affect employers who are already breaking wage laws by paying illegal immigrants under the table, but it might have an effect on employers who knowingly hire aliens with forged documentation.
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150,000 Iraqi dead?
Posted Thursday November 16, 2006, 4:44 am, Over one day old at Midtopia
The 150,000 figure is something of a back-of-the-envelope calculation: He later told The Associated Press that he based the figure on an estimate of 100 bodies per day brought to morgues and hospitals? though such a calculation would come out closer to 130,000 in total.
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The casualties mount
Posted Thursday November 16, 2006, 4:44 am, Over one day old at Midtopia
In a world of egos, stubbornness, partisanship and payback, the Dems will marginalize the GOP the way the GOP marginalized Dems, the GOP minority will pull out all the obstructionist stops they used to decry and Bush and the Democrats will take turns quashing each others' initiatives.
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Roll call
Posted Thursday November 16, 2006, 4:44 am, Over one day old at Midtopia
Just noting some races that were in the news for various reasons: Democrats took every scandal seat: those once held by Tom DeLay, Mark Foley and Bob Ney. They'll probably have to work hard to keep those seats, but for now they've got them. GOP Rep. So did GOP Rep. Rep.
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Rumsfeld steps down?
Posted Thursday November 16, 2006, 4:44 am, Over one day old at Midtopia
Just heard a report that Rumsfeld will be stepping down; Bush to speak later today. Update: Bush has confirmed it in a White House press conference. Bush was asked about that at the press conference, and basically said "I lied to you a week ago because I wasn't ready to announce it."
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Time for IRV
Posted Thursday November 16, 2006, 4:44 am, Over one day old at Midtopia
That simple fact is proved by the last two elections, in which both Tim Penny and Peter Hutchinson weakened the DFL candidate enough for Pawlenty to win both times with a plurality rather than a majority. Had IRV been in place, Pawlenty would have lost both times.
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