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ABC/WMUR Republican Presidential Debate Jan. 7, 9PM EST

I know there are many fun things to do on a Saturday night in January and that watching a group of Pubbies going after each other with wing guns blazing may not be on your short list….but, with the sudden rise of Rick Santorum in the polls, I think this debate may well be worth [...]

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Oslo Explosion: 7 Dead as Pair of Blasts Rock Norway Government Buildings

July 22, 2011: Oslo explosion in which 7 people were killed At least seven people were killed in a pair of explosions apparently targeting Norway’s government buildings in Oslo, police said today. The tangled wreckage of a vehicle was seen near the Norwegian government building that was targeted in the blast, officials said. It was [...]

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A Quick Rebuttal on NAACP Tea Party Comments

Tea Party members have used “racial epithets,” have verbally abused black members of Congress and threatened them, and protestors have engaged in “explicitly racist behavior” and “displayed signs and posters intended to degrade people of color generally and President Barack Obama specifically,” according to the proposed resolution. “We’re deeply concerned about elements that are trying [...]

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Exclusive: All 7 Republicans on Senate Judiciary Committee Ask AG Holder to Appoint Special Prosecutor to Look Into Alleged Sestak Job Offer

In a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder today, all seven Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee “urge the appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate Congressman Joe Sestak’s claim that a White House official offered him a job to induce him to exit the Pennsylvania Senate primary race against Senator Arlen Specter.” The seven [...]

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The Bennett lesson: All incumbents beware

SALT LAKE CITY — It’s on. The first incumbent of the 2010 election year crashed and burned Saturday, and there’s ample cause for alarm for officeholders everywhere. There was no personal scandal, no whiff of corruption, no silver bullet here. Republican Sen. Robert Bennett was one of the most powerful and likable members of the [...]

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Palin outraised by rivals

By: Kenneth Vogel and Andy Barr Sarah Palin’s political action committee, SarahPAC, raised $400,000 in the first three months of the year, POLITICO has learned, falling short of some of her potential 2012 GOP rivals. SarahPAC spent $409,000 in the quarter and finished with $919,000 in the bank, said its treasurer, Tim Crawford. Crawford said [...]

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Rep. John Larson…”Yes: We Have the Votes Now.”

BREAKING – ABC’s Jonathan Karl, on “This Week,” to Rep. John Larson (Conn.), chairman of the House Democratic Caucus: “Let me pin you down. … You have 216 [votes] committed now?” Larson: “Yes. … We have the votes now — as we speak. … President Roosevelt passed Social Security. Lyndon Johnson passed Medicare. Today, Barack [...]

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Mitt Romney’s Book Sets Stage for 2012 White House Run

The title of Mitt Romney’s new book, “No Apology: The Case for American Greatness,” is a not-so-subtle jab at the visits President Obama made overseas when he first took office, derided by the right as the “American Apology Tour.” Romney’s book as a whole, however, may best be remembered not for the contrasts it offers [...]

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President Obama: Federal Government ‘Will Go Bankrupt’ if Health Care Costs Are Not Reined In

ABC’s Karen Travers reports from Washington: President Obama told ABC News’ Charles Gibson in an interview that if Congress does not pass health care legislation that will bring down costs, the federal government “will go bankrupt.” The president laid out a dire scenario of what will happen if his health care reform effort fails. “If [...]

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$18M to Redesign recovery.gov

If there were any integrity left in the Mainstream Media, this story would be a major story.  As they are in the pockets of the White House, they relegated this to a Blog post on ABC News. Obama Administration awarded a 5 year $18 million contract to Smartronix, a Maryland-based IT firm with connections to House [...]

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