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Hey, where's my ballot? I want to vote APPROVED on Ref. 71!

Pams House blend  Oct 20 09

Registered voter? Washington voters should have received their ballots by now in the mail.  If you haven't received yours yet, contact your county auditor/elections department.
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Analysis of the Obama speech in the traditional media, courtesy of AMERICAblog

America Blog  Oct 12 09

While we know someone at the White House (and since John Harwood works for both NBC and the New York Times, it probably wasn't some low-level staffer) spent part of the weekend dissing progressive activists and bloggers, I found it interesting that many in the traditional media used blogs as sources for their reporting on the President's big gay speech.
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Low turn out in elections today

assembloge  Oct 06 09

Several C arolina media outlets are reporting low voter turn out in several municipalities running primaries and elections today.
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Quote For The Day

Men of Color  Sep 18 09

"Queens was where I was born and raised, I’ve lived here my entire life and I never doubted that this could and would happen.
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Incompetence has consequences - health care debacle now jeopardizing global warming legislation

America Blog  Sep 07 09

A few of our readers argue that we're being too hard on President Obama (who we supported in the primaries, and raised nearly $50,000 for).
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Mary Cheney donates money to homophobic Senate hopeful

Bilerico  Sep 01 09

In the summer of 2007 I met up with my teen-years boyfriend to see where we were now. We didn't have much to talk about (which was one of the main reasons we knew it wouldn't ever work out.
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Obama Administration Caving In on Health Care Public Option

Rod Online  Aug 17 09

After jettisoning single payer and universal health care insurance during the primaries, President Barack Obama and his Administration now say the so-called health care insurance "public option", considered the most important element of health care reform by most progressives and.
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Rick rollin' into Iowa -- and 2012 primaries?

Good As You  Aug 12 09

Scared of Palin? Fear da Huckabee? Well then you might want to brace yourself, because it is now being reported that Rick "man on dog sex" Santorum (who most recently popped up as a National Organization For Marriage spokesperson) is.
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Palin at the same place in the polls as Hillary?

America Blog  Jul 28 09

Nate says no to some people who are claiming that Palin's poll numbers are very close to where Hillary's were going into the primaries, thus arguing that the former Alaska governor could become president.
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CNN: Palin is another Huckabee, the party loves her but she can't win

America Blog  Jul 27 09

God bless her, and more like her. The more moderates who leave the GOP, the more conservative and extreme the GOP becomes, and the more the party will pick people like Sarah Palin and Mike Huckabee in their primaries - people who can't win a general election.
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Krugman on Stiglitz and the exclusions of progressives from the Obama team

America Blog  Jul 19 09

There is a larger point here, that Joe and I keep harping on. For some reason, the Obama White House, and even back when they were the Obama campaign, doesn't see much of a need for progressives.
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House, White House back end to federal needle exchange funding ban

Bilerico  Jul 16 09

During the primaries, one of the policy differences between Obama and Clinton was that Obama supported an end to the federal ban on funding needle exchange programs.
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Democratis primaries: In NY, Rep. Maloney will challenge Sen. Gillibrand. In PA, Rep. Sestak will challenge Sen. Specter.

America Blog  Jul 01 09

Two of the newest Democratic Senators, New York's Kirsten Gillibrand, who was appointed by Governor Paterson to take Hillary Clinton's vacant seat, and Pennsylvania's Arlen Specter, who switched parties, will be facing primary challengers.
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SLDN protested against DADT at the White House today

America Blog  Jun 27 09

According to press pool reports, President Obama was at the White House today. I hope he heard the noise from the protest organized by Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN).
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DOMA was an issue in primaries -- when will it be a primary issue?

Good As You  May 21 09

On Monday we showed you how The Advocate's Kerry Eleveld confronted White House Press Secty. Robert Gibbs on the question of a DOMA repeal, leading Gibbs to engage in that all-too-familiar Democratic two-step of underprioritized gay rights support.
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The Fierce Urgency Of Whenever, Ctd

Andrew Sullivan The Daily Dish  May 13 09

A reader writes: I was a tepid Clinton supporter in the primaries last year and an enthusiastic Obama supporter in the general.
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Testy testy, Mitt

America Blog  May 12 09

Someone's a bit touchy. From CNN's Political Ticker: In an unusual move for the person tasked with being his party's top cheerleader, Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele is shining a light on the political vulnerabilities of one of the GOP's top figures and a likely frontrunner for the 2012 Republican nomination — former presidential candidate Mitt Romney.
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Crist makes it official -- he comes out...as a U.S. Senate candidate

Pams House blend  May 12 09

Via MSNBC's First Read: Florida Gov. Charlie Crist announces he's running for the Senate, giving GOPers their most high-profile recruit of the 2010 cycle and improving their odds of holding on to Mel Martinez's seat.
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