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Hoffman Throws in Towell: Conservative concedes after falling behind by 4,337 votes in NY-23
Source: watertowndailytimes.com

Democrat Bill Owens is leading in the 23rd Congressional District race. The Plattsburgh attorney has 60,916 votes compared to Conservative Doug Hoffman, a Lake Placid CPA, with 56,579 votes.

Does the American Public know enough about health care reform to answer intelligently in a poll?

Watching several news channels last evening and, in the process, seeing the results of several different polls on health care reform with vastly different results in the "for" and "against" numbers, one has to wonder if the people in the country really know enough to be polled at …

Why the Gang of Six is Deciding Health Care for Three Hundred Million of Us | Robert Reich's Blog#more
Source: Talking Points Memo

It's come down to these six senators. The House has reported a bill as has another Senate committee, but all eyes are fixed on Senate Finance -- and on these three Dems and three Republicans, in particular.

Class wars - The insured and the uninsured. POLL

The debate heats up between those of us who have health insurance and those of us that don't or are paying way too much for the coverage they have. The "haves" seem to think that ALL of the rest of us are wanting a hand out at their expense.

CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time Blog Archive - Sanford, humbled and broken, makes vow to state « - Blogs from CNN.com
Source: CNN

CNN) – Embattled South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford tried a new tack Sunday to win forgiveness after admitting to an affair and being incommunicado while he left the state for several days.

Poll: Thanksgiving, Obama, The Pilgrims and Kemet

 A conservative Group has tied President Elect Obama to the Pilgrims and they have done a surprisingly good research job, so I as a liberal cannot say they are wrong. In fact, I will add to their thoughts.

Chances Dwindle on Bailout Plan for Automakers
Source: The New York Times

WASHINGTON — The prospects of a government rescue for the foundering American automakers dwindled Thursday as Democratic Congressional leaders conceded that they would face potentially insurmountable Republican opposition during a lame-duck session next week.

Whats the difference between a Partisan Politician and a Gullible Voter?

Not a damn thing. Since I just signed my own death warrant, I have nothing to lose, so I'll plough on.

Votes for Obama not being counted in NC! (Read very carefully if you plan on voting for Obama in NC)
Source: Daily Kos

My mother has been working the polls in North Carolina for early voting and has alerted me to something that I think would be important for NC voters to know.

Joe Biden, Democrats Lead Assault on Joe
Source: New York Post

Yesterday, Wurzelbacher not only found himself under vicious personal attack from the far-left crazies in the blogosphere, he also had to endure uninformed insults from Obama's running-mate, Sen. Joe Biden - who essentially portrayed Joe the Plumber as a greed-crazed plutocrat.

"The View" Gets Uglier: Barbara Can't Stop Elisabeth's Obama-Bashing
Source: The Huffington Post

On Tuesday's "The View," the ladies followed up on a conversation/argument yesterday, in which Elisabeth Hasselbeck pushed Obama's radical views. Today, with Joy back, it was Elisabeth v.

Voting for or voting against?

Both Canada and the USA are in the middle of election time and by the end of this year we will know who the leaders of our respective countries are going to be for the next while.

TPM Election Central | Talking Points Memo | Exclusive: MoveOn To Close Its 527 In Response To Obama's Candidacy
Source: Talking Points Memo

MoveOn, the advocacy group supporting Barack Obama, has decided to permanently shutter its 527 operation, partly in response to the Illinois Senator's insistence that such groups should not spend on his behalf during the general election, I've learned from the group's spokesperso …

Democrat Knocks Out Ex-G.O.P. Speaker Seat - No Republican is Safe
Source: The New York Times

Stunning many who considered the district west of Chicago reliably Republican territory, Bill Foster, a physicist and Democrat, won a special election on Saturday to fill the Congressional seat that J. Dennis Hastert, the former speaker of the House, held for two decades.

Industry Flexes Muscle, Weaker Energy Bill Passes
Source: The New York Times

Pared-down energy legislation cleared the Senate on Thursday by a wide margin after the oil industry and utilities succeeded in stripping out provisions that would have cost them billions of dollars.

Are you...Left of Ghandi? Right of Stalin? Clinton? Guiliani?

Take the Political Compass Quiz "...developed by a political journalist with a university counselling background, assisted by a professor of social history......indebted to people like Wilhelm Reich and Theodor Adorno for their ground-breaking work in this field.

Indiana May Experience Political Shift on Election Night
Source: The Indianapolis Star

As a former resident of Indiana, I can only hope that voters wake up and relize that GOP "values" do not match up with true Hoosier values.

VineSeeders Conversations Podcast w/ theannalog

VineSeeders Conversations w/ theannalog - March 19th, 2006

Democratic Leaders Question Whether Dean's Right on the Money
Source: The Washington Post

Senate Minority Leader Harry M. Reid (Nev.) and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) challenged the former Vermont governor during a session in Pelosi's office, according to Democratic sources.

DNC falling down

I just went over to the DNC website and they have a new commercial coming out bashing the president, that comes to no surprise. However they have an option to find "watch parties" to help support the DNC, so I typed in my zip code here in Illinois.

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