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Bush: Mukasey or No One (Rawstory) [with poll]

Rawstory, Thursday 01-NOV-07In a speech to the Heritage Foundation, Bush worked to imply that not confirming Mukasey would result in no Attorney General "during this time of war," guaranteed. How is...

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Followup Poll to MB's diary: if IA caucus were today...

One important characteristic of the Iowa Caucus is that if less than 15% of the people in your precinct are for your candidate, you need to pick someone else.In 2004 there were arrangements made...

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#1 Lobbying, #2 Pork, #3 Reelection, #4 Profit [POLL]

Yesterday I was reading in dKos about the kind of reprehensible trading of pork-for-continued-war-support that was going to be in the next budget bill and was physically sick.But it occurs to me that...

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Wonkette: Ron Paul is out

Dude has got to run for his own district.Here's a key paragraph from the "Message from Ron."I also have another priority. I have constituents in my home district that I must serve. I cannot and will...

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Things we can do for Senator Dodd

As we went through the pre-primary season, it was very nice to have a number of candidates that I would consider voting FOR.  High on my list (along with Senators Edwards and Obama) was Senator Chris...

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Mojo Tuesday (P.U.M.A. edition, UPDATED)

This episode of Sure Happy It's Tuesday is brought to you by the Acronym Police.First, let me say that the PUMAs are about to die out, Carville's shoes notwithstanding:So this mojo edition at an...

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Todd Palin, Shadow Governor of Alaska (Updated)

I was doing a little salacious digging (aren't those TUBES fun?) trying to find out more about Gov. Palin and I found this little gem about the scandal in Alaska:article: Shadow Governor(PDF)This...

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Ron Paul goes to the RNC? [POLL]

Will wonders never cease?According to this Moonie Times article Ron Paul is in discussions with Republican Convention officials for him to visit the Convention.Mr. Benton said Mr. Paul is negotiating...

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Gwen Ifill: Palin's _LIFELINE_ for the debate.

Anybody remember the 2004 Debates?Gwen Ifill was "in the tank" for Bush/Cheney.Hopefully people out there better than I can search the "youtubes" for relevant footage, but follow me below as we dive...

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Falling economic dominoes.  Friday is a big day. [POLL]

Are we in an economic crisis?  Oh, you bet.But there is another failure on the immediate horizon that most of you probably don't know about.  The OCC.  Options Clearing Corporation.  Next Friday is...

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Ready for the "Short Squeeze!" [POLL]

Sounds like a title for Elmore Leonard or an Oceans 14 movie, but it isn't.Since September 19th (Witching Friday for September), the market has moved down a long way.  In that time, an immense amount...

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Implications of 60+ in the Senate

I just want everyone to understand that a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate combined with a House majority does not give the Executive a free hand.Flashback to 1933 and follow me below the fold...

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Legal "personhood" for frozen embryos

from the LA Times:Legislation granting fertilized embryos "personhood" has gained momentum in at least three state legislatures. The strategy — which has been used to try to undermine the Roe v. Wade...

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I bet on Dr. Howard Dean.

Former governor of Vermont.  An actual medical doctor.  Able to think on his feet.Presidential front-runner in 2004 (for awhile, anyway).Only one to be against the Iraq war from its outset and the only...

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And now WE might need the Filibuster

I had a number of alternate titles to this diary:• GerryMander 2010• Money CAN buy you love• This was Karl Rove's dry run for 2012• Two years to pull a rabbit out of the hat• Boehner ain't Tip O'Neill....

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Bye-Bye Gibbs.  [expletive deleted]

This just in on CNN.President Barack Obama's press secretary, Robert Gibbs, will leave the White House after the State of the Union address later this month, he told CNN Wednesday.

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beginnings of social media: M-Net

In Ann Arbor, Michigan, a balancing machine salesman by the name of Mike Myers (no hockey mask!) upgraded a bbs that he'd been running on an Atari 800 to an Altos 68K running Unix System III with...

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Arizona tries the "Nullification" gambit.

REFERENCE TITLE: federal legislation; state nullificationState of Arizona Senate Fiftieth Legislature First Regular Session 2011SB 1433Introduced by Senators Klein, Allen; Representatives Burges,...

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Bachmann pulls a Mulligann [sic]

First, most of you may or may not know that the renewal of the Patriot Act passed on the second attempt. (Jeers.)But did you know that Bachmann voted against it before she voted for it -- Yes, Ms. "I'm...

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Mittens is IN. It's official.

And his hair in on video:Only thing he knows how to do is lay people off.  Oh, and the Olympics.

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