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WENN 2 days ago

Political Strategist David Plouffe best known as the chief campaign manager for Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign discusses his new book 'The Audacity to Win: The Inside Story and Lessons of Barack Obama's Historic Victory' at the Sixth & I Historic Synagogue ...

Conservative concedes a 2nd time in NY House race

AP News 2 days ago

Conservative candidate concedes NY House for a second time, says he doesn't have enough votes The Conservative Party candidate conceded a race in upstate New York for a U.S. House of Representatives seat for the second time Tuesday, saying he doesn't have ...

Incumbency vs Washington

AP News 2 days ago

In this August 17, 2009 file photo, U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson, R-Texas, comments during a news conference officially announcing her candidacy for Texas governor in La Marque, Texas. A Texas-sized brawl is under way between the two Republicans in a GOP ...

Texas GOP primary a 2010 test of themes

AP News 2 days ago

It's incumbency vs. Washington as 2010 themes begin to surface in GOP primary in Texas An indisputable Washington insider, Kay Bailey Hutchison has been so close to the federal government's levers of power in her three Senate terms that former Vice President ...

Iraq Elections

AP News 2 days ago

Sunni lawmaker Osama al-Nujeifi speaks to the press after an Iraqi Parliament session about the election law on Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. Iraq's parliament has amended an election law that was vetoed by a Sunni Arab vice president, but Sunnis say the ...

Iraq national vote unlikely in January

Reuters US Online Report World News 2 days ago

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq will be unable to hold a national election in January as planned, a poll official said on Tuesday, heaping more uncertainty on a vote meant to cement democracy and pave the way for a partial U.S. troop withdrawal. ...

Gay Man Running On Mass. GOP Gubernatorial Ticket

On Top Magazine 2 days ago

Mass. Republican gubernatorial hopeful Baker has chosen an openly gay man to be his running mate Massachusetts Republican gubernatorial hopeful Charlie Baker has chosen state Senator Richard R. Tisei, an openly gay man, to be his running mate. The announcement was posted ...

Iran frees activist on bail in mass trial

AP News 2 days ago

Report: Iran releases political activist on bail in mass trial over election unrest Iran's official news agency reports a political activist and former head of the Tehran municipal council has been released on bail in the mass trial of opposition figures accused ...

Former ACORN official in Las Vegas gets probation

AP News 3 days ago

Ex-Nevada ACORN official gets probation for paying canvassers to register voters in 2008 A former Las Vegas supervisor for the political advocacy group ACORN was sentenced Monday to up to three years' probation for his role in a plan to pay canvassers ...

Kan. Congressman Moore won't seek re-election

AP News 3 days ago

Kan. Congressman Dennis Moore says he won't seek re-election next year, will finish out term U.S. Rep. Dennis Moore, the only Democrat in Kansas' congressional delegation, said Monday he will not seek a seventh term, calling it "time for a new generation ...

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