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Dullard Mush (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Ever read one of those articles that claims to explain something and yet you keep waiting for the real, and painfully obvious, reason to be addressed? That's the feeling I got when reading CityLife's Major Party Crashers: What's Behind the Rise of the Independent American Party of Nevada? It's the kind of story that, quite frankly, can be answered in one simple sentence -- "Because a lot of people...
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Daily Kos (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
As noted a couple of days ago , Republicans are now FOURTH in voter registration in Nevada, as they are out-registered by first-place Democrats, second placed "nonpartisan", and third-placed Independent American Party, a hard-right fringe outfit. Even the fringe wackos are out-performing Republicans. Same dynamic is happening in this special election in upstate New York. Dede Scozzafava,...
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Swing State Project (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
? AZ-Sen : Does the persistent rumor of a J.D. Hayworth primary challenge to John McCain boil down to nothing more than a Hayworth grudge against former key McCain aide Mark Salter (and thus a way for Hayworth to keep yanking McCain's chain)? That's what the Arizona Republic is proposing, pointing to a 2005 dust-up between Hayworth and Salter over immigration reform. Hayworth, for his part, says that...
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Daily Kos (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
Republican Party registration is fourth in Nevada this year. Republicans have added just 1,549 voters since February, when the secretary of state’s office cleaned up voter registration rolls. Democrats, meanwhile, added 4,860 and nonpartisan registration grew by 3,783. Even the hard-right Independent American Party registered more Nevada voters in that span than Republicans. "Coming in...
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The Plank (Free subscription) | 08/14/2009
In the latest attempt to prove that, while they might be at a nasty impasse on issues like health care, liberals and conservatives can find common ground on education policy, odd couple Newt Gingrich and Al Sharpton will be hitting the road this fall, along with Education Secretary Arne Duncan, to promote school reform. While discussing the upcoming speaking tour this morning on the "Today"...