Tag: elections
Breaking News: Al Franken, Senator
port1080.
Posted to Politics on Wed Jul 01, 2009 at 02:03:42 PM EST (promoted by wetkarma). RSS.
After a long, drawn out court battle, Minnesota's state supreme court has denied Norm Coleman's challenges to last November's vote totals. Shortly thereafter, Coleman conceded and Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty agreed to certify the results.
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You Can Elect Any Government You Want But You'd Better Elect One We Like
MayorBob.
Posted to Politics on Sat May 23, 2009 at 12:25:38 PM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
Lebanon's on the verge of an election. It's an election which the US says it supports as a matter of democratic principle. However.
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In Alaska The Election Stinks on Ice
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Posted to Politics on Tue Nov 11, 2008 at 10:22:15 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
The year was 2008. Americans were finally coming to the day of reckoning in the most anticipated election in decades. Voter registration and turnout were at an all time high and for Alaskans it was their time in the sun. Alaska's beloved Governor Sarah Palin was making history as the first woman to be the Republican candidate for Vice President. The US Senate's longest-serving Republican, Ted Stevens, was in a tight race for re-election despite having just been convicted of seven felonies. Yet for some reason Alaska's voter turnout was only 54.9%, the second lowest in state history for a Presidential election and a good 12 points below average. Something stinks here and it's not salmon.
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Candidates want you off their lawn, and you're paying for it.
pO157.
Posted to Politics on Tue Oct 21, 2008 at 02:31:42 PM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
Senator Obama (D-IL) may have the support of his home state, but his immediate neighbors are kind of angry at him. Why? Because their street has been turned into an armed camp for the past several months, and they are being forced to pay for it.
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Powell Endorses Obama - Republican End Times Near?
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Posted to Politics on Mon Oct 20, 2008 at 06:33:57 PM EST (promoted from Diaries by wetkarma). RSS.
Former Secretary of State, retired general, etc, etc. (and formerly seemingly staunch Republican) Colin Powell endorsed Barack Obama this morning on Meet the Press.
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Hey! Teacher! Leave Those Buttons Home!
port1080.
Posted to Politics on Mon Oct 13, 2008 at 06:12:13 PM EST (promoted by 1fastdog). RSS.
This week the New York City teacher's union filed a law suit seeking to overturn a state Department of Education policy which required complete political neutrality (up to and including prohibiting wearing campaign buttons) from school employees.
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Campaign 2008: McCain and Obama Tied
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Posted to Politics on Fri Sep 12, 2008 at 09:24:44 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
The conventions are over, the nominees are set, and we're in the middle of one of the most thrilling U.S. presidential elections in a generation. After leading John McCain in the polls for months, the convention bounces have left both candidates roughly tied.
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Campaign 2008: This Time, It's Canada's Turn
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Posted to Politics on Thu Sep 11, 2008 at 11:46:43 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper has called for a new federal election on October 14. Polls indicate Canadians are currently disposed to keep Harper's Conservative Party in power, although support for Stéphane Dion and his Liberal Party is growing in key ridings.
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Keystone state key to the Democratic Nomination?
pO157.
Posted to Politics on Tue Apr 22, 2008 at 01:18:49 PM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
Today voters go to the polls in small towns and big cities across Pennsylvania to possibly decide the fate of the Democrat nomination.
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Mother Russia Says Hello To The New Boss -- Same As The Old Boss
MayorBob.
Posted to Politics on Mon Mar 03, 2008 at 06:05:01 PM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
The voting's over in Russia and the expected outcome was announced. Dimitry Medvedev garnered 70 percent of the vote and will replace Vladimir Putin as president in May. Very few claims of voting irregularities were heard. While Putin and Medvedev turned on the effusiveness to celebrate Russian democracy much of the world hoped that a new face in the Kremlin might mean more cordial relations.
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Presidential Candidates Get On The Train To Meet Virginia
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Posted to Politics on Tue Feb 12, 2008 at 06:00:17 PM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
In the latest round of the Presidential Primary, voters in Maryland, Virginia and the nation's capital went to the polls to decide who their state would back for GOP or Democratic nomination.
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A Shorter Fuse For Pakistan As Bhutto Is Assassinated?
MayorBob.
Posted to Politics on Thu Dec 27, 2007 at 02:05:21 PM EST (promoted by 1fastdog). RSS.
It seemed to be not so much a question of if, but when. The date for when became fixed as December 27th, 2007 as Benazir Bhutto was pronounced dead, victim of an assassination. She had just left a political rally in the city of Rawalpindi when she was shot by an assassin who blew himself up. At least 19 others, mostly members of Bhutto's Pakistan Peoples Party, also lost their lives in the blast. Her death, coming less than two weeks before the country's parliamentary elections, promises to shorten the fuse on the powder keg known as Pakistan.
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