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As went the US, so goes Florida, finally

Source: Deutsche Welle, Nov 10 2012, 4:15pm CST

Four days after Tuesday's election, Florida brings the president's total of electoral votes to 332. Republican challenger Mitt Romney will finish with just 206. With three counties still totaling ballots, Flo ...

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Wolf hunt referendum to go on 2014 ballot

Source: The Mining Journal  |   May 23 2013, 10:26am CDT

LANSING (AP) - Michigan's election board on Wednesday certified the signatures of a group seeking to ban wolf hunting and a referendum will be placed on the November 2014 ballot, but the outcome of the vote coul ...

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Those Two Dreaded Words: "Special Prosecutor"

Source: Washington Monthly  |   May 23 2013, 10:18am CDT

May 23, 2013 10:51 AM The Republicans are looking for some way to tie this bureaucratic screw-up to last year’s campaign, or better still to Obama himself. They know very well the best way to do that: a special pros ...

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Congressional source on Pritzker nomination: 'There's a certain level of hypocrisy'

Source: KSAT San Antonio  |   May 23 2013, 10:16am CDT

Remember that Obama campaign ad featuring Mitt Romney singing "America the Beautiful" to scenes of Caribbean islands where the GOP nominee had invested some of his considerable wealth? So do Republican senators who plan to ques ...

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American politics: How to save Obama’s second term

Source: Economist  |   May 23 2013, 10:05am CDT

PRESIDENTS often have no choice but to react to events. When a giant tornado struck a suburb of Oklahoma City on May 20th, Barack Obama declared a disaster and ordered the federal authorities to help search for survivors. As eme ...

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Polls: Obama Approval Slides Amidst Scandals

Source: Town Hall  |   May 23 2013, 9:34am CDT

Earlier in the week, the lefty meme was that despite the cloud of scandal hanging over the White House, President Obama's approval ratings were unaffected. Not any more. Fox News' new poll of registered voters contains ...

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Florida Governor Signs Election Reform Bill Reversing His Own Voter Suppression Laws

Source: Think Progress  |   May 23 2013, 9:30am CDT

On Wednesday, Scott signed a bill to reverse his own election laws by restoring early voting days and ballot limits, among other measures. The new bill extends early voting from 8 days to 14, extends early ...

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Political Strategy Notes

Source: Democratic Strategist  |   May 23 2013, 9:26am CDT

Alex Altman posts on "For Republicans, Oklahoma Tornado Revives Questions About Disaster Relief" at Time Swampland, noting that Republican Sens. Tom Coburn and Jim Inhofe, who opposed emergency aid for new England in the wake of Hurric ...

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Penny Pritzker not a hit with the 99% | Helaine Olen

Source: Guardian Unlimited  |   May 23 2013, 9:23am CDT

Here's why Americans get cynical about politics: they think they are voting for hope and change and, instead, they find themselves confronted by Wednesday morning's congressional hearings starring Hyatt heiress and Chicago businesswoman Penny P ...

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GOP may waste its opportunity

Source: Baltimore Sun  |   May 23 2013, 9:13am CDT

Regarding the recent Obama administration scandals, The Sun editorial makes a correct analysis that Republican "overreaching," "hyperbolic comparison to Watergate," "calls for a special prosecutor," and "talk about impeachment" of P ...

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Will Scout delegates vote by secret ballot?

Source: Renew America  |   May 23 2013, 9:04am CDT

Alan Keyes This morning, I received by email the following press release asserting that when BSA delegates meet in Dallas this week, the votes they cast on the proposal to modify the ban on homosexuality in Scouting will be given by secret ba ...

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