Public officials need to take seriously their oath to uphold the Constitution. Just as important, the people of the United States, charged with electing these officials to public office, should spend time on this exercise.

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Sometimes I worry that our country will become more like the former Soviet Union. Americans will wait in lines for hours in order to receive bread for the week.

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The University of Virginia scholar views such slogans as clumsy attempts to insist we all share the same values. In his view, these catch phrases are not only insincere, they're also fundamentally wrong. Liberals and conservatives, he insists, inhabit different moral universes.

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Corzine is seeking a second term in office in a state that leans Democratic but with a generally difficult environment for an incumbent because of a sinking economy, high property taxes and a recent corruption scandal that didn't touch Corzine himself but which also didn't reflec …

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The direction of the great American migration that helped create the Red State-Blue State divide may be changing — and it may significantly affect the 2010 elections

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In Al Franken's race in Minnesota, blue and red tangle for the final time in the Bush era.

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One week after a historic presidential campaign that ended with the election of a man who billed himself as a post-partisan candidate of a unified America, this country is more divided than it was four or eight years ago.

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Reporting from Washington -- As they review the results of Tuesday's election victories and begin looking toward future campaigns, some Democrats have settled on a rallying cry: Texas is next.

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"Nana, I know you're scared, but please, please, just give him a chance. I love you. " _____________________

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Barack Obama has been declared the winner of North Carolina's electoral votes pushing him to a total of 364, with only Missouri left to be resolved with the final count established.

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The first thing I did was go back and read my LJ entry from the day after election day on 2004. I wanted to reacquaint myself with the anger and dismay I felt when Bush won again. I wanted to remind myself of how I felt, how hopeless, how frustrated.

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Social liberals in the country's "blue states" tend to support sex education and are not particularly troubled by the idea that many teen-agers have sex before marriage, but would regard a teen-age daughter's pregnancy as devastating news.

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Of the 32 states which receive more federal money than they contribute, 27 (84%) are Republican. Of the 18 states which contribute more to federal coffers than they receive, 14 states (78%) are Democratic. Source of the tax data is :taxfoundation.org/research/show/266.html bas …

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well, that shocks us here in david dukeville! but the faces we saw in early voting did look a bit sad and remorseful... louisiana blue!

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Satire - An Open Letter to the Red States...(Satire From my Inbox -- You are warned)

Dear Red States: We've decided we're leaving. We intend to form our own country, and we're taking the other Blue States with us. In case you aren't aware, that includes California , Hawaii , Oregon , Washington , Minnesota , Wisconsin, Michigan

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Do these green-light Obama-logo decals represent cute election marketing with a post-advertising twist or a reckless endangerment of drivers? "It's not like we're putting them on actual stoplights," says David Oakley of BooneOakley, the North Carolina ad agency responsible for th …

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Once a solid Red state, Virginia has become an important state for both candidates. McCain has been so busy campaigning in other states that he has basically forgotten this state. Now that his campaign is running low on funds, he finally starts to campaign there.

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I think it is about time for our quadrennial rant about the Electoral College.

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There are indications that the hard-hit state of Indiana, which has been a Republican stronghold in past elections, may be turning blue. There is growing disenchantment with the programs of the Bush administration and potentially the McCain administration should there be one.

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MOMENT OF TRUTH - Two Republican thinks America need to elect Barack Obama for President

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With the pump reading $4.29 a gallon, many of the gas station's patrons are more than a little grumpy. But, one by one, they are approached by Dominique Morson. "Excuse me, sir: Are you registered to vote, and if so is it at your current address?" she asks.

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Hours after I slapped a McCain bumper sticker on my car, somebody tore it off in the parking lot of a local courthouse. No problem; I had bought a pack of ten and replaced it when I got home.

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Did you watch both conventions? It seemed each party was talking about a 'different' America than the other... The last I checked there is only one... Either way each side has a sales pitch tailored for their 'base'...

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Efforts to expand the campaign battlefield this year could, paradoxically, be the first step toward taming partisan gridlock in Washington.

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It will be a red-state Fourth of July for Barack Obama, who hopes to find votes as well as fireworks in places that blue-state Democrats often bypass in presidential elections.

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