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• Latinos can speak for themselves on health care reform

  
  The South Chicagoan — Authority: 117
  The cynic in me thinks it is an attempt to split Latinos who might otherwise take a favorable position toward the health care reform proposals now being considered by the Senate, and which could soon go to President Barack Obama for final approval. But one group is trying to use the strong Catholic tendencies that ...
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• Republican House Policy Committee Outreach

  
  Press Releases — Authority: 444
  The House Republican Conference released a series of updated one-pagers outlining how Speaker Pelosi’s health care bill is bad for whole cross-sections of the American population.  Links to the specific documents are below: Bad for Businesses Bad for Low-Income Households Bad for Patients ...
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• NRCC - Shea-Porter Heard from Commanders...And? Still Silent

  
  Press Releases — Authority: 444
  “Shea-Porter, however, gave little response. Asked yesterday for her views on the speech, Shea-Porter, through spokeswoman Jamie Radice, responded, ‘I have not heard anything to change my mind. However, as a member of the Armed Services Committee, I look forward to hearing from (Defense) Secretary (Robert) Gates ...
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• KSBH - Dems Senators Dont Want Opposition Heard

  
  Press Releases — Authority: 444
  Statement from Andrew Langer on Senate Democrats Attempts to Quiet the Opposition to Health Care Reform Keeping Small Business Healthy President Andrew Langer being asked to leave the Democrats press conference today:  “Democrats clearly want to silence small business owners critical of the health care reform ...
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• DSCC - "SAY ANYTHING AYOTTE" CONTINUES MOVE TO THE RIGHT

  
  Press Releases — Authority: 444
  Ayotte in 2006: Opposed Insurance Pools Because They Would “Harm Consumers” Ayotte in 2009: Full-Throated Support For Insurance Pools Today, a front-page Concord Monitor story shows that Kelly Ayotte continues to pander to the right-wing of the national Republican Party establishment, this time by ...
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• No surprises in Waco in Latino/GOP dispute

  
  The South Chicagoan — Authority: 117
  I wish I could say I was "shocked, shocked" to learn that the Republican Party in Waco, Texas has a problem with a separate group that was created in part to try to get more Latinos into the GOP. Yet its about as shocking as the idea that gambling was taking place at Ricks Cafe Americain. ITS ALL TOO predictable ...
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• What warrants the Peace Prize? What does the future hold for Obama?

  
  CHICAGO ARGUS — Authority: 122
  Two years ago, Barack Obama was an obscure Illinois official who som e people argued should not be considered a legitimate candidate for the presidency of the United States. Now, hes the president who has escalated a war in Afghanistan who some people argue should not be considered a legitimate recipient of the ...
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• Reforming reapportionment not easy task

  
  CHICAGO ARGUS — Authority: 122
  I have no doubt theyre well intentioned, but the proposals being put forth by the League of Women Voters and other activist groups to reform the way in which legislative and congressional district boundaries are drawn isnt going to change a thing. The problem isnt with procedures. Its with people. And in the end, ...
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• ACORN Whitewash: What ACORN Won’t Tell You About the ‘Audit’ it Bought

  
  Big Government — Authority: 815
  On September 16, 2009, with much fanfare, ACORN CEO Bertha Lewis  announced that ACORN was hiring an independent auditor to review its internal processes.  Yesterday, the former Massachusetts Attorney General Scott Harshbarger produced a report finding ACORN, as a corporation, engaged in administrative negligence. ...
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• Its good to see steps toward leaving Guantanamo

  
  The South Chicagoan — Authority: 117
  It appears that President Barack Obama is prepared to ignore the politically partisan whining coming from Republicans who hate the idea of moving suspected terrorists from a U.S. Navy base on the eastern edge of Cuba to a maximum-security prison in rural Illinois. They say that such a move increases the chance that ...
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• Feds want a conviction, any conviction

  
  CHICAGO ARGUS — Authority: 122
  It was with interest that I read the news item published Monday by the Chicago Tribunes website -- federal prosecutors are likely to come up with a new indictment against form er Gov. Rod Blagojevich to try to ensure that the "guilty" verdict they are desperately seeking will not result in a case that the Supreme ...
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• Partisan Health Care Politics Gives The Finger To Seniors! Outraged Yet?

  
  Progressive News Daily — Authority: 161
  By ERICA WERNER AP (Senate Minority Asshole Mitch McConnell) WASHINGTON – Senate Republicans forced Democrats to vote in favor of cutting billions from providers of home care for older people as partisan debate flared Saturday during a rare weekend session on President Barack Obama’s health care ...
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• NBC’s Historian Goodwin Campaigns for Democratic Senate Candidate

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 459
  Before the Democratic primary vote on Tuesday in Massachusetts to replace the late Senator Ted Kennedy, a chance to catch up with how just before Thanksgiving, historian Doris Kearns Goodwin -- a Bay State resident and a favorite of NBC News where she regularly pops up to deliver conventional liberal wisdom in the ...
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• ALG to People for the American Way: "Show us the lies"

  
  Press Releases — Authority: 444
  "Barack Obama, with the explicit collusion of Valerie Jarrett, nominated a line-up of radicals to be in pivotal government positions.  Their policy positions are a matter of record." – ALG President Bill Wilson December 4 th , 2009, Fairfax, VA—Americans for Limited Government (ALG) President Bill ...
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• Partisan Discrimination at the Election Assistance Commission

  
  Big Government — Authority: 815
  So you’ve found the right candidate for the job.  He’s got a long history of exemplary service, familiarity with the subject matter that the position is responsible for, and would be an excellent addition to your office.  There’s only one problem, he’s a Republican. Sadly this isn’t a hypothetical, it ...
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• Can the Republicans Gain Control of Congress in 2010?

  
  Wake up America — Authority: 564
  As usual that depends upon how good a year the Republicans will have in 2010. If it is just a normal mid-term year in which the opposing party has the White House, the answer is there is no way to gain control of either house. In a year like 1994, there would be a decent chance of gaining control of the House. ...
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• What constitutes corruption?

  
  CHICAGO ARGUS — Authority: 122
  At what point is a government official guilty of criminal behavior, rather than just stupidity or laziness? To me, it is apparent that many people have no problem considering “laziness” and “criminality” to be the same, although what I really suspect is that some people are willing to use the criminal justice ...
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• He can’t please anybody

  
  CHICAGO ARGUS — Authority: 122
  President Barack Obama is expected Tuesday to inform the world that the United States is sending another 30,000 troops (that figure comes from the Associated Press) to Afghanistan in an attempt to bolster the military forces already there in the war against extremist elements of Islam. Which means shortly thereafter, ...
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• Does it matter any longer?

  
  CHICAGO ARGUS — Authority: 122
  The Washington Post is miffed that Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill., didnt get a more harsh penalty than the letter of admonition that the Senates leadership sent him last week concerning the circumstances under which he got the ability to complete the Senate term to which Barack Obama was elected in 2004. Personally, I ...
  2 weeks ago

• Do Media Refs Do This Too? It Would Explain a Lot

  
  Cocking A Snook! — Authority: 119
  If “winning” and not good governance is all the most vicious partisans care about, their political game plan would look just like the Illini’s foul play and it would work out for them, especially on tv. A theory with excellent predictive value! ESPN dot comNovember 23, 2009Associated PressThey don’t all need ...
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