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DECISION-2008

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GOP's Chambliss wins Ga. Senate runoff
Source: msnbc.com

The GOP's Sen. Saxby Chambliss won the Georgia Senate runoff Tuesday over Democrat Jim Martin in a race that attracted light voter turnout despite the contest's high stakes.

Franken asks for certificate to take seat
Source: msnbc.com

Democrat Al Franken is asking the Minnesota governor and secretary of state to issue an election certificate that would let him take office in the Senate.

Dems boosted by demography, destiny
Source: msnbc.com

The population trends that gave Democrats an edge in November show no sign of slowing.

Coleman dealt another setback in Minn. race
Source: msnbc.com

The Minnesota Supreme Court has rejected Republican Norm Coleman's request to count an additional 650 rejected absentee ballots in the state's U.S. Senate recount.

Minn. board expected to name Franken winner
Source: msnbc.com

The state Canvassing Board is poised to certify the results of the recount in Minnesota's grueling Senate election in Al Franken's favor - but that doesn't mean the race is definitely over.

GOP's Chambliss wins Ga. Senate runoff
Source: msnbc.com

The GOP's Sen. Saxby Chambliss won the Georgia Senate runoff� Tuesday over Democrat Jim Martin in a race that attracted light voter turnout despite the contest's high stakes.

GOP's Chambliss wins Ga. Senate runoff
Source: msnbc.com

The GOP's Sen. Saxby Chambliss won the Georgia Senate runoff� Tuesday over Democrat Jim Martin in a race that attracted light voter turnout despite the contest's high stakes.

Ohio Supreme Court to decide provisional votes
Source: msnbc.com

With roughly 27,000 special ballots still unopened in Franklin County, the race in Ohio's 15th District between Republican Steve Stivers and Democrat Mary Jo Kilroy is still undecided.

Report: Obama Picks D.C. Lawyer, Eric Holder, as AG; 1st Black in Post
Source: ABA Journal Top Stories

The prominent D.C. attorney is poised for a high-profile position as the Attorney General.

Presidential race pollsters pretty accurate
Source: msnbc.com

Despite concerns over cell phones and 'likely voters,' polls tracking the presidential race were largely accurate.

Barack Hussein Obama, president-elect
Source: msnbc.com

This election was so extraordinary in so many ways that its meaning will take many years to play out and many more to be understood.

NBC: Obama apparent winner in N.C.
Source: msnbc.com

President-elect Obama is the apparent winner in North Carolina, a symbolic triumph in a state that hadn't voted for a Democrat in more than a generation.

Yes We Did
Source: The San Francisco Chronicle

Election Night - Popcorn Included
Source: The New York Times

Pundits and pollsters may be trying to take all the fun out of Election Day. So many have predicted a lopsided victory for Senator Barack Obama over Senator John McCain that you might wonder why even to bother watching the returns on Tuesday night.

What's YOUR Election Night Party Plan? Here's Mine

At first, I thought I would stay home and watch the election on the big screen, but I changed my mind. I've been invited over to Greg the Techie Guy's to monitor Election Night.

Why Obama?
Source: politics

The erratic impulsive actions of McCain vs. the calm, collective, and thorough actions of Obama. This article inspires and lays out each candidates personalities that ultimately lean towards Obama as President.

Lasting images of Decision 2008
Source: msnbc.com

Much of it was temporarily fascinating. And at the same time utterly forgettable. What will endure? What will fade faster than a campaign promise?

Unity, hope must conquer division, hate
Source: MiamiHerald.com

I'm reminded how a young man told me a few years ago that he loathed Bill Clinton because the former president was -- and I quote -- ''a hippie.'' I was floored.

The Consequences of Conservative Health Care Proposals on Our Medicare System
Source: americanprogressaction.org

Over the past several years, a number of plans for health care reform have been proffered by conservative members of Congress, President Bush, and members of conservative think tanks.

Why it's not 'Joe the architect'
Source: msnbc.com

The last detail facing Obama is answering the first question confronted in his campaign: Can he attract enough working-class white voters in communities like this to build a winning coalition?

Obama and the Runaway Train
Source: Wall Street Journal

The case for Barack Obama, in broad strokes:

Wealth Redistribution - The Rhetoric / The Reality

The redistribution of wealth is definitely the buzz phrase of the week. It is such a hot topic you can hardly turn on a news program without hearing the phrase shouted from the rooftops by at least one right wing mouth piece.

Ariz. anti-gay marriage groups seek redemption
Source: msnbc.com

Although the Grand Canyon State voters turned down a 2006 measure banning same-sex marriage, there is a big difference between that initiative and this year's measure, Proposition 102.

A hidden vote for John McCain vote?
Source: msnbc.com

There's little empirical evidence to suggest the so-called "Bradley effect", observed 20 years ago, might reappear next week's national election.

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