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The American Midterm Election – in Afghanistan: Big Men, Big Money, Big Voting Scam
Afghanistan still awaits final results from the nationwide election held last month to fill the 249 seats of the lower house of parliament. Deciding which of the more than …
E.J. Dionne, Jr. | Joe Sestak’s Witching Hour
Harrisburg, Pa - If there is one candidate who truly wishes that Christine O'Donnell had not won the Republican senatorial nomination in Delaware, it is the Republican Senate candidate …
Alaska Judge’s Order Deals Blow to Murkowski’s Write-in Bid
Anchorage - Calling it a “clear violation of Alaska administrative regulation,” a judge on Wednesday ordered the state Division of Elections to remove a list of certified write-in candidates …
Hacking Harry Reid (or Sharron’s Angle)
Sharron Angle should start filing the lawsuits right now. Then again, so should Harry Reid. However, it might be a bit more difficult politically for the Senate majority leader, …
Tom Engelhardt | Handicapping the Global Midterms: Winners and Losers
You can’t turn on the TV news or pick up a paper these days without stumbling across the latest political poll and the pros explaining how to parse it, …
Measure to Legalize Marijuana Trails in California, if Polls Are Right
Los Angeles - If this is Friday, California's ballot measure to legalize marijuana use for adults must be ... losing? That, indeed, is the result of the latest poll …
Beware of Polls That Exclude Cell Phone-Only Voters
Washington - Watching the polls to figure out who's up and who's down this election season? Be careful. The poll may have a pro-Republican bias. The ranks of Americans …
Nine Reasons Why Democrats Will Keep Control of the House
With two weeks to go in the 2010 mid-term elections there are a number of good reasons to believe — contrary to most conventional wisdom — that Democrats will …
Partisanship Is Dead. Long Live Partisanship
In his farewell address to the nation, George Washington's mediation on partisanship was: "... the common and continual mischiefs of the spirit of the party are sufficient to make …
Boo! Halloween for Democrats Comes Early With Spooky Poll Numbers
With Halloween approaching, it’s not goblins and witches and ghosts that Democrats have to fear. It’s mere numbers - poll numbers. And for majority Democrats in Congress and President …