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Thursday, October 18, 2007 Proposition 1, a measure bringing us a massive $47 billion package of roads and transit projects, is a stinky mess.
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Whether it means anything, Jeb Bush Jr., youngest son of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, says he's backing Giuliani: "As someone who grew up around politics and candidates, I know that Rudy has the leadership qualities and unmatched experience to...
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Steven Stark had an interesting column today on third party candidacies. As per usual with him, it was quite good - and it gives me an opportunity to offer some additional thoughts I have had on the prospects of such...
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Via Red State, Rep. Fortney "Pete" Stark (D-CA) on the House floor: "You're going to spend it [SCHIP money] to blow up innocent people if we can get enough kids to grow old enough to send to Iraq to get...
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Four years ago Joe Lieberman coined the term "Joe-mentum" - to much ridicule as it turned out, since by the time he came up with the corny catch phrase his campaign was already dead in the water. This time around,...
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Hugh Hewitt has been touting Bob Jones III's recent endorsement of Mitt Romney as a significant event demonstrating he's overcome questions about his Mormon faith and broken through with evangelicals, particularly in South Carolina (see here and here). But Tom...
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The White House has belatedly conceded that natural catastrophes deserve the same sort of high-level brain storming as terrorism.
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People power is the sustained, strategic application of a variety of nonviolent tactics.
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For the poorest countries, increasing productivity is a matter of survival.
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Karzai's desperate call for peace comes against the backdrop of a worsening security situation.
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Every hack in God's creation is using the Web, and most use it badly.
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How Hong Kong changed; Fighting the good fight; India and Myanmar
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None of Hu Jintao's promises for China can be kept without an independent judiciary, a free press and genuine multiparty democracy.
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Many hospital trusts fail to meet new standards on infection. But overall hospital performance is up on last year. How is your trust doing?
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The BBC is to cut around 1,800 jobs as part of plans to reduce costs and streamline programming. Send us your views.
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ITV has said viewers who were misled by phone-in votes and competitions will be reimbursed. Will you enter a phone-in vote in future?
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Pakistan's ex-Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has returned to Karachi after eight years of self-imposed exile. Send us your views.
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Commuters in France and Germany have been hit by severe travel disruptions. Have your travel plans been affected?
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Drug addicts on the government's treatment programme are being given drugs as a reward for clean urine samples. Your reaction?
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The Associated Press is reporting that Kansas Sen. Sam Brownback will drop his White House bid in an announcement tomorrow. Brownback, a Christian conservative, had sought to build a base in Iowa, though a disappointing third-place finish in the straw...
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It's already been written endlessly what a train wreck this year's front-loaded process has become. Yesterday Roger Simon in the Politico raised the possibility that New Hampshire might move its primary into December, so it would take place before the...
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"I'm looking for a proven leader, who has been successful in disrupting, dismantling criminal enterprises." Here's Texas Gov. Rick Perry endorsing Rudy Giuliani yesterday: More videos in the Vlog....
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Strategic Vision is out with a new poll in Iowa (Oct. 12-14, 600 Dem LV, 600 GOP LV, MoE +/-4%). For the Democrats, it's still a three way race at the top, though Clinton, Obama and Biden ticked up this...
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How often have we heard that Hillary Clinton is wicked smart, ultra cautious, and coldly calculating? If those things are true - and I think most people generally accept they are - then what on earth would possess her to...
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Eritrea and Ethiopia seem well on their way to starting yet another destructive war.
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