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  GOP 12 — Authority: 636
  The Manhattan Declaration, which was drafted last month and released November 20, includes two key bits of info.1) The evangelicals, conservative Catholics, and Christians who wrote and signed the doc indicate that the political fight over abortion, gay marriage, and religious liberty will continue to be heavily ...
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• Will no one stop politicians consorting with conmen?

  
  Comment is free | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 163
  If political parties dont have to return fraudsters money, what hope is there of honest democracy? Political corruption greased the wheels of many of the great disasters of capitalist history. In 1721, after the collapse of the South Sea Company had ruined Georgian Britain, the Commons established the useful ...
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• Lord Roberts writes … Our Electoral System – not fit for purpose

  
  Liberal Democrat Voice — Authority: 478
  The need to reform the Electoral System was underlined by a number of us on the Liberal Democrat benches in the House of Lords.The possibility of it being included in the Queen’s Speech was always minimal but we dared to hope.. We are still living in an age with a system that goes back 200 years. We are trying to ...
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• Some Gays Turn Attention to Civil Unions

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 458
  In the weeks since voters in the northeastern state of Maine handed the countrys gay marriage movement its 27th electoral defeat in five years, other activists have voiced similar qualms about making marriage their main goal. 
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• Meanwhile in Australia

  
  RedStateEclectic — Authority: 442
  "The penalty that good men pay for not being interested in politics isthat they end up being ruled by men worse than themselves." (Plato) Consider this post and clip . (Hat tip EU Referendum )
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• Avoiding the right decision at all costs: tolls vs. other taxes

  
  Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space — Authority: 537
  The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that Rep. Joe Sestak, a candidate for Senate, suggests taxing natural gas drillers instead of imposing tolls on I-80. From the article: U.S. Rep. (and would-be Sen.) Joe Sestak (D., Pa.) fielded a call the other day from U.S. Rep. Tim Holden (D., Pa.), deep in anti-toll ...
  19 hours ago

• Republican National Committee Contemplates A Litmus Test For Their Nominees

  
  Politics 24/7 — Authority: 429
      Indiana Congressman James Bopp , Jr. recently circulated a draft resolution for the Republican National Committee to implement a practicew that would essentially vet the candidates that the party fields for elected office as nominees whom they fund and endorse. The resolution would prohibit the RNC from ...
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• Namibians Flock to the Polls

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 452
  Hundreds of thousand of Namibians, heeding President Hifikepunye Pohamba’s call to turn out in large numbers, are heading to polling centers nationwide to elect a president and 72 parliamentarians to run the affairs of this southwestern state for the next five years. The two-day polling ends on Saturday, and the ...
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• How (nottle) to get a hung Parliament

  
  Next Left — Authority: 602
  Hyperventilating about hypothetical hung parliaments seems to be all the rage. The New Statesman does not just cover every historical , psephological and constitutional angle, but even editorialises the Lab-Lib concordat for transparency and reform that might emerge from a smoke-filled room next May. Martin ...
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• Oslo “outraged” over Iran’s confiscation of Nobel Peace Price medal

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 175
  In 2003 Dr [Shirin]Ebadi became the first Iranian and first Muslim woman to win the peace prize, which was awarded for her campaign for democracy and human rights. She was abroad during President Ahmadinejad’s disputed re-election in June and has spent the past five months travelling the world to draw attention to ...
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• Liberal Hypocrisy Proven Again! They Want A War Tax But Some Won’t Pay Any Taxes

  
  Politics 24/7 — Authority: 429
      I consistently contend that liberals are hypocrites and that the contemporary, predominantly liberal, Democrat Party, possesses a hypocrisy based ideology. Hypocrisy is so ingrained in liberalism that it seeps into everything from the way they do business to the policies they promote and the double ...
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• Who should rule, parliament or people?

  
  Next Left — Authority: 602
  Whats wrong with the British constitution? This question is the title of a new book by my colleague, Iain McLean, which I think is a must read for those interested in political reform. Historically, lawyers have argued that the core constitutional principle at work is that of parliamentary sovereignty. Iain argues ...
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• Amendments To Abolish Electoral College Don’t Go Far

  
  That's My Congress — Authority: 479
  Gene Green , Democrat from Texas, proposed a constitutional amendment to abolish the Electoral College on January 7th, but it hasnt advanced through the legislative process at all since February.
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• Opposition Candidate Wins Senatorial Run Off Election in Liberia

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 452
  Liberia’s National Electoral Commission (NCE), has declared the candidate of the opposition Congress for Democratic Change(CDC), Geraldine Doe-Sheriff, winner of the 24 November senatorial run-off election. Announcing the final results of the run-off by-election Thursday evening, National Election Commission ...
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• 05/05/05: When a 2.9 percent Tory deficit became 6.1

  
  politicalbetting.com — Authority: 141
  House of Commons research paper Can we expect a big shake-up in the boundary system? The above is part of a table that is featured in a House of Commons research paper and covers just about all the statistics that you’ll ever want about May 5th 2005. For me the striking feature is the contrast between the ...
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• Hung parliaments are only good for whips and scribblers | Martin Kettle

  
  Comment is free | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 163
  They can enliven politics and force leaders to think twice. But they are rare and a recipe for factions rather than consensus One swallow doesnt make a summer. And one opinion poll certainly doesnt make a hung parliament either. Over the past few days, however, you could easily be forgiven for thinking it did. The ...
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• Happy Thanksgiving From POLITICS 24/7

  
  Politics 24/7 — Authority: 429
  “We tend to forget that happiness doesn’t come as a result of getting something we don’t have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.” -Frederick Koenig Be sure to click here to read “ She Set The Table For Thanksgiving “   a reflection of what our thanks is really for
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• She Set The Thanksgiving Table

  
  Politics 24/7 — Authority: 429
      She was an older woman. Her face was etched with a history of struggles and her heart strengthened by a faith in a force that was the backbone of her survival. She was a bright lady, industrious and ingenious. Determined and strong willed, her fury could be unlike the scorn of no other, but compassion and ...
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• In New Jersey, Former Phila. Eagle To Run For Congress & Former CNN Anchor To Run For Senate

  
  Politics 24/7 — Authority: 429
       John Adler is a freshman Democrat Congressman representing New Jersey’s 3 rd Congressional District. He came to office after winning a close election down ticket from the landslide, 15% plurality that Barack Obama polled on the same line. New Jersey’s 3 rd Congressional District is not a safe ...
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• Obama not president, Obama not natural born citizen, Internet billboard, Kenyan born, Obama sr Kenyan and British citizen, Sarah Obama, African news, Obama not eligible, US Constitution

  
  Citizen Wells — Authority: 568
  Article II, Sec. 1, cl. 5 of the US Constitution “No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President. . .” From the 20th Amendment to the US Constitution. “or if the President elect shall ...
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