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Since barely winning a hard-fought race to replace his former boss John Porter in 2000, Republican Mark Kirk has enjoyed a relatively stress-free tenure in Illinois's 10th Congressional district. In the 2002 midterm, Mr. Kirk coasted to a victory margin...
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As a follow up to my post last night on the new Congressional polls put out by the University of New Hampshire showing bad news for Charlie Bass, the Union-Leader reports today: The Bass campaign earlier yesterday released its own...
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Wow. Is Democrat Mike Hatch in the process of losing the MN Gov race over the E-85 gaffe by his Lt. Gov candidate? He's certainly showing a remarkable lack of discipline for a candidate in the final days of a...
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Some quick thoughts on the six house races in Indiana and Connecticut. Right now my gut feeling is the Democrats win 2 of 3 in each state. That would comport with a Democratic take over in the House, but not...
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Paleontologists have gone back and forth over whether humans and Neanderthals ever interbred (actually, Neanderthals were humans too, just a different species). Some fossil skeletons have been discovered that argue in favor of that rather racy idea, while genetic analysis...
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The joint raid on Sadr City by Iraqi special forces and the U.S. military Oct. 25 was most welcome news.
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Is al Qaeda in Iraq trying to manipulate U.S. elections? CBSNews.com's Mike Wuebben imagines the Election Day scheming being hatched inside the terrorists minds.
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Curtis Gans of American University's Center for the Study of the American Electorate has just published a new report that analyzes nationwide registration data. Based upon the 34 states that have reported registration statistics, he finds that 68% of the...
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Protesters are gathering in London for a rally to urge world leaders to act on climate change. Send us your views.
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Hunt supporters call the ban a "ridiculous law". Anti-hunt campaigners warn hunters could be prosecuted. What do you think?
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The editors of the National Review Online hope Michigan voters will choose to end official discrimination in college admissions in favor of truly equal opportunity.
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The Nation thinks anyone having a few problems paying off student loans will be aghast at the outrageous compensation packages many college presidents and administrators are receiving.
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An editorial in the next issue of the Army Times will call for Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld's resignation: "Rumsfeld has lost credibility with the uniformed leadership, with the troops, with Congress and with the public at large. His strategy...
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Politcally, the story of Ted Haggard may have some impact in Colorado 4, where most people probably know who he is and social conservative Maryilyn Musgrave is in a tough battle to hold onto her seat against Democrat Angie Paccione....
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It’s down to the barbed wire. By Tuesday’s end, the nation will know whether it has returned a measure of power to the Democrats in this prickly midterm year.
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The UNH poll I've already referenced twice (see here and here) is a tracking poll, and the new numbers out this morning show Democrat Paul Hodes extending his lead over incumbent Republican Charlie Bass to 13 points (49 to 36)...
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The most devastating ads in politics are the ones that make themselves - that is, when a candidate's opponent makes a public gaffe that reinforces the most salient arguments against themselves. John Kerry sealed his fate as a flip-flopper with...
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Some responses to the question I asked earlier about the Military Times editorial calling for Rumsfeld's resignation: I'm a Major with 18 years of service in the USAF. In the USAF, the AF Times is understood to be useful source...
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With three days until the election, the situation in the Senate looks like the Democrats will pickup between 4-6 seats. Of the three different possibilities in that range I would rank a five seat Dem pick up as the most...
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Here is a CT-5 update from Kevin Rennie, a former Connecticut state senator, columnist with the Hartford Courant and occasional contributor to RCP. ******************* This year, Nancy Johnson's got the best GOTV effort she's ever had. I hear she's going...
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Some notes from a few of the competitive House races around the country: NC-11: Democrat Heather Shuler walked out of a radio studio yesterday when incumbent Republican Charles Taylor called in to the debate instead of showing up in person....
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November 5, 2006 In my new book on Ronald Reagan and the Cold War, I report on a May 14, 1983 letter from the head of the KGB, Viktor Chebrikov, to the head of the USSR, Yuri Andropov, concerning (as Chebrikov put it), "Sen. [Ted] Kennedy's request" to Andropov.
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November 5, 2006 Oliver North's commentary entitled "Vietnam and Iraq: Myth vs. reality" (Sunday, Oct. 29) addresses what has been "written these days about how the war in Iraq resembles the war in Vietnam.
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By Sally C. Pipes November 5, 2006 How to know when a politician is lying, asks an old joke. The answer: his lips are moving.
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By Robert Charles November 5, 2006 OK, so let's reviewthe cold election-year facts. First, the United States economy is booming, airborne, well-piloted.
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