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Tina Fey wins Emmy award for Sarah Palin spoof
Source: Reuters

Actress Tina Fey won an Emmy on Saturday for her uncanny portrayal of former Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin on "Saturday Night Live," while pop star Justin Timberlake also was honored for his appearance on the NBC network's veteran sketch-comedy series.

Virginia Democrats Kick Off 2009 Campaign Season

The pink hues of sunrise are barely creeping over the Blue Ridge Mountains as I arrive at Perry McClure High School.  It is Labor Day 2009 and though school is not in session, the building is far from deserted.  Today is the official kickoff of the Virginia election sea …

Only 19% of Americans say they'd vote for Sarah Palin for president in 2012
Source: Examiner

Much has been said in the last couple of days about a recent Gallup poll that showed that 71% of Republicans would likely vote for Sarah Palin if she ran for president in 2012. While that has cheered some of Sarah Palin's fans, it doesn't really mean much.

Voting With Their Feet: Why America's Red States Are Dieing
Source: esquire.com

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

Slandered And Smeared, ACORN Drops Tarnished Name and Moves to Silence Critics
Source: washingtonexaminer.com

Association of Community Organizers for Reform Now (ACORN) leaders are using the threat of a law suit to silence and intimidate critics, according to current and former members of the liberal activist group. In a letter dated June 11 an attorney for ACORN advised top whistleblow …

If the 2012 Election Were Held Today, Obama Would Win an Epic 445 Electoral Votes
Source: fivethirtyeight.com

Where would Barack Obama be re-elected if an election were held today?

Hannity Interviews Palin Who Seems To Have Just Discovered That The US Borrows Money From China
Source: Gawker

Sean Hannity creepily interviewed Sarah Palin in some wooded area of Long Island, where Sarah proceeded to do what Sarah does—-Spewed out a maddening but hilariously folksy word soup that translates to "I told you so!"

Al Franken to Norm Coleman: You owe me $161,510.63
Source: MinnPost

Team Franken and Team Coleman have found something else to argue about. On this round, instead of votes or election certificates, it's money: specifically how much of it Coleman owes Franken.

BREAKING: MN-Sen: Franken WINS! (Again)
Source: Daily Kos

FINAL TALLY F 198, C 111, O 42 Franken wins by 312. Final steps to certification:

Ask a Wingnut: A Conservative Answers Your Questions: Do Conservatives Really Think It's The Media's Fault That The GOP Lost in 2006 and 2008?
Source: Salon.com

From an undisclosed location, a conservative answers your questions about why his people do what they do. This week: Is it the media's fault the GOP keeps losing?

McCain Won't Endorse Palin for 2012 [Video]
Source: politicususa.com

John McCain was on Meet the Press today, and he gave an interesting answer when he was asked about supporting Sarah Palin for 2012. He only said that Palin should compete, and talked about all the good candidates the GOP has for 2012.

Despite Obama's Opposition, Jim DeMint (R-SC) Planning Legislative Circle Jerk on Fairness Doctrine
Source: Firedoglake

Wingnuts do love their false dilemmas, don't they? Look, in normal times, using the floor of the Senate to kiss El Rushbo's boil-laden ass is bad enough. But while the country slides into another Great Depression? It's criminal.

Ann Coulter under investigation for vote fraud
Source: NY Daily News

Ann Coulter is being probed. Following our Jan.

Bye bye Normie hello Al - Court Blocks Coleman in Minnesota Recount
Source: The New York Times

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Minnesota's highest court on Wednesday ruled against Republican Sen. Norm Coleman's attempt to keep dozens of possible double votes from Democratic-heavy precincts out of the long-running U.S. Senate recount, but left the door open for a lawsuit.

Despite Obama's Assurances, Clinton Is Out $13 Million She Lent Campaign
Source: The New York Times

Having spent more than a year on a failed effort to win the Democratic presidential nomination, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton has officially recognized the multimillion-dollar toll that the campaign took on her personal assets.

Sarah Palin: "The Biggest Mistake Made [In the 2008 Campaign] Was That I Could have Called More Shots"
Source: humanevents.com

The biggest mistake made was that I could have called more shots on this: the opportunities that were not seized to speak to more Americans via media. I was not allowed to do very many interviews, and the interviews that I did were not necessarily those I would have chosen.

Time's Person of the Year 2008: Barack Obama
Source: TIME

In one of the craziest elections in American history, he overcame a lack of experience, a funny name, two candidates who are political institutions and the racial divide to become the 44th President of the United States.

McCain: I can't promise to support Palin for president
Source: CNN

Sen. John McCain said Sunday he would not necessarily support his former running mate if she chose to run for president.

You Decide: What was the Most Inane Punditry of the 2008 presidential campaign?
Source: Media Matters for America

The 2008 election made history, but the long campaign leading up to it included plenty of servings of half-baked commentary.

Swearing in Barack Hussein Obama: When Obama Takes The Oath, He'll Use His Full Name
Source: Politico

President-elect Obama says he plans to use all three of his names when he takes the oath of office in January, giving voice to an unusual name that was rarely heard during the campaign expect by critics.

Joe the Plumber: McCain "Appalled Me"
Source: Politico

Joe Wurzelbacher lashed out Tuesday at former GOP presidential nominee John McCain, the man who made Wurzelbacher famous as "Joe the Plumber."

The Card McCain Didn't Play: Unaired McCain Ad Blasts Obama On the Rev. Wright Issue
Source: The Daily Dish

Just the YouTube video folks. Andrew Sullivan didn't provide much in the way of commentary. Click through and have a look.

Huckabee/Palin 2012?
Source: donklephant.com

A new CNN/Opinion Research poll of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents asking their current choice for the 2012 GOP Presidential nomination shows Mike Huckabee in the lead with 34% and Sarah Palin nipping at the Huckster's heels with 32%.

3 Palin Stylists Cost McCain Campaign More Than $165,000 of Your Tax Dollars
Source: The New York Times

Senator John McCain's presidential campaign spent more than $165,000 over the course of nine weeks on a trio of stylists for Gov.

20 Uncounted Military Ballots From A Pro-Franken District Discovered In Minnesota Senate Race
Source: the-uptake.groups.theuptake.org

Election workers combing the Minneapolis Election Warehouse have found an envelope with less than 20 uncounted ballots. The ballots may be from Minnesotans serving overseas in the US Military. The envelope has not ben opened.

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