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6 hrs ago | National Journal

Poll: Republican Voters Don't Want A Bigger Tent

GOP voters are more likely to agree with Sen. Jim DeMint than with those who say they want to broaden the party, according to a new poll.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Senate, Jim DeMint, Representative Parker Griffith, Representative Bobby Bright, Democrat

Fri Nov 20, 2009

Gouverneur Times

Dede Can't Decide on a Party

Dierdre Scozzafava was supported by most Republicans against their better judgement, Dierdre Scozzafava received over a million dollars from Republican committees, organizations, and PAC'S, and Dierdre Scozzafava decided to return the favor by endorsing a liberal Democrat, and sided with a Democratic takeover of a congressional district/area which ...

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Wedding, Fred Thompson

Thu Nov 19, 2009

Ottawa Citizen

Fight for soul of Republican Party: prof

Tucked tight up against the Canada-U. S. border, along the southern banks of the St.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, 2008 Presidential Election, Saint Lawrence University, Lawrence University, Canton, NY

The Post-Standard

Rep. Bill Owens appointed to House Armed Services Committee

Rep. Bill Owens, D-Plattsburgh, tonight picked up his party's support for a seat on the House Armed Services Committee, an appointment that would allow him to continue in the footsteps of former Rep.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Military, Fort Drum, US Army, Fort Drum, NY, Plattsburgh Air Force Base, US Air Force

Wed Nov 18, 2009

The Washington Post

White House won't provide witnesses for Fort Hood hearing

By Ben Pershing The first public congressional hearing on the Fort Hood attack will not include testimony from any current federal law enforcement, military or intelligence officials because the Obama administration "declined to provide any" such witnesses, according to a Senate committee source.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Fort Hood, US News, US Politics, Peter Hoekstra, Republican, US House of Representatives

Tue Nov 17, 2009

KRDO-TV Colorado Springs

Army boss to attend Colo. services for soldiers

Army Secretary John McHugh will attend memorial services at Fort Carson for 15 soldiers killed in Afghanistan last month.

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Related Topix: US Military, Fort Carson, US Army, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Fort Carson, CO

Mon Nov 16, 2009

The Philadelphia Tribune

Dems find hope in GOP chaos

Democrats took it on the chin in this year's off-off-year gubernatorial races in Virginia and New Jersey.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, 2008 Presidential Election, Nancy Pelosi, Democrat, Al Gore, Rush Limbaugh

Sun Nov 15, 2009

Paris Texas

Four years in the wilderness, or forty?

Many conservatives are biding their time, waiting for the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 2010.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Medicare, Health

Sat Nov 14, 2009

Myrtle Beach Online

2012 already? GOP wannabes jockeying early

Sarah Palin is embarking on a book tour. Tim Pawlenty is building a national political operation.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, 2008 Presidential Election, Mitt Romney, Barack Obama, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Government

Fri Nov 13, 2009

Myrtle Beach Online

Winning margin in NY House 23 race tightens

The special election last week for the 23rd Congressional District seat in New York may not be over after all.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, 2008 Presidential Election, Nancy Pelosi, Democrat, Barack Obama, Business News

Thu Nov 12, 2009

New York Times

In Republican District, National Party Takes a Hit

It is not often that a political party puts more than $750,000 behind a candidate in a high-profile Congressional race, only to see the intended beneficiary endorse the opposition.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Pete Sessions, John Boehner, New York Metro, New York

Wed Nov 11, 2009

Navy Times

Lawmakers are divided on Fort Hood hearings

Congress is divided about how - and even whether - to move forward with independent investigations of the recent shootings at Fort Hood, Texas.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Fort Hood, US News, Fort Hood, TX, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Ike Skelton, Democrat

Watertown Daily Times

Owens takes his place in Congress

Rep. William L. Owens was sworn in as the north country's new congressman Friday, just in time to cast what could be a defining vote of his term on a politically divisive health care reform bill.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Ellen Tauscher, Democrat, Nancy Pelosi, Home Listing, Home, Peter King, Republican

Tue Nov 10, 2009

Democracy for New Mexico

Stephen Jones: The Foxes Fail in New York, Democrats-Lite Falter in Virginia

This is a post by contributing writer, Stephen Jones, who is a progressive political activist and a resident of Las Cruces, New Mexico.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Las Cruces Metro, Las Cruces, NM, Wedding, Rush Limbaugh

NewsBusters.org

WaPo Charges 'Grand Old Purging' of Scozzafava Shows 'Republican Dysfunction'

The Washington Post is still having trouble with how the voters rejected their favorite Democrats.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Bill Clinton, History in the News, Gay/Lesbian, 2008 Presidential Election

Politico

Sometimes the right label isn't enough

New York's 23rd Congressional District Democratic candidate Bill Owens greets supporters after his victory at Democratic headquarters in Plattsburgh, N.Y. For the Democrats, there was one silver lining to an otherwise bleak Election Day: The party in power won New York's 23rd Congressional District, picking up a seat that had been safely in ...

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Plattsburgh, NY, Nancy Pelosi, Democrat

Associated Content

2010 Election Season Off to a Controversial Start

The 2010 political season opened Tuesday night in New York, New Jersey, Virginia, and California.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, 2008 Presidential Election, US Governors, Tim Kaine

Mon Nov 09, 2009

MSNBC

Jury convicts man in a fat defensea trial

Edward Ates, accused of killing his son-in-law in New Jersey, is arguing that he was unable to commit the crime because he was too fat.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Fort Hood, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Hackensack, NJ

Washington Times

Outsiders' influence irks voters in N.Y. House race

One day after conservative activists succeeded in forcing Republican Dede Scozzafava to quit New York's special congressional election, many residents in this sleepy town just south of the Canadian border say they are fed up with outsiders influencing the race.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Watertown, NY, Fort Drum, NY

St. Augustine Record

Election 2009: change I can believe in

MSNBC, Aug. 31, 2009, Keith Olbermann on Robert F. McDonnell, Republican candidate for governor of Virginia: "In , he described women having jobs as detrimental to the family, called legalized use of contraception illogical, pushed to make divorce more difficult, and insisted government should favor married couples over, quote, 'cohabitators, ...

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, 2008 Presidential Election, Republican, US House of Representatives, Virginia, Virginia Government, Jon Corzine, US Governors, Barack Obama, Opinion

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