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...The timing doesn't look good. Four days after Sen. Ben Nelson voted in favor of the Senate health care reform bill, the Democratic National Committee cut a $459,000 check to the Nebraska Democratic Party, which was promptly used to tout Nelson’s "courageous"...
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Eagle Forum
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Rep. David Bonior (D-Mich), the former Democratic Whip in the House, shares a stage with Detroit Democratic Socialists of America Chair David Green (right).(Photo courtesy of David Green )
In 1998, thanks partly to the work of Detroit DSA, a
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In These Times
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InTheseTimes/~3/4zXe7AS6Uts/
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* With nearly 91 percent of the precincts reporting
** Dropped out of race
New York's 23rd Congressional District Democratic candidate Bill Owens celebrates his victory at his headquarters in Plattsburgh on Wednesday.
Syracuse, NY -- Democrat
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Syracuse.com
http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2009/11/democrat_bill_owens_wins_hard-.html
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Virginia Democrat gubernatorial candidate R. Creigh Deeds and wife Pam all smiles after casting his vote on election day at the his hometown, Millboro, precinct at the Millboro Ruritan Club in Bath County, Va, Nov. 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Don
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San Diego Union-Tribune
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2009/nov/03/light-turnout-in-va-for-closely-watched-gov-race/
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If the Democrats lose the governorship of Virginia, as public opinion polls suggest is likely, party professionals in the Old Commonwealth will undoubtedly point to their charisma-challenged nominee Creigh Deeds as the culprit. Some of them, including
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Politics Daily
http://www.politicsdaily.com/2009/10/23/virginia-democrats-cynical-formula-waiting-for-2009s-macaca/
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The leader who prods his critics to put politics aside is doing anything but these days: President Barack Obama is campaigning for his party's future.
Barreling Tuesday into several days of frenetic political activity, Obama The Campaigner has work to
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The Seattle Times
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2010101531_apusobama.html?syndication=rss
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In 2006, newly elected Representative Michele Bachmann talked with a reporter while an aide, Andy Parrish, held her purse.
Not bad for someone less than three years on the job.
Here in Ms. Bachmann’s district, and in much of the country, that outsize
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The New York Times
http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=a8e7f9b81eaec0a1f3cf9544c31411b4
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Republican Dels. Phil Hamilton and Glenn Oder sparred with Democratic opponents Robin Abbott and Gary WestThursday night, during a Newport News forum focused on children's' issues.
The topic coupled with a question-and-answer format kept the forum
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Hampton Roads Daily Press
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hrdailypress/news/~3/rg-RGMnWNZY/dp-shand-plank-forum-ads-depth-hamilton-abbott,0,2711622.storylink
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Michael Dukakis has lost again. The only man in American politics
who could make the avuncular George H.W. Bush seem like a
decisive political leader and larger-than-life Texan had his eyes
on the late Edward M. Kennedy's Senate seat. But Mr.
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American Spectator
http://spectator.org/archives/2009/09/25/the-kennedys-senator
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RICHMOND -- Former Gov. Doug Wilder said Thursday that he won't endorse fellow Democrat Creigh Deeds for governor, spurning the Bath County lawmaker just as he did four years ago.
Wilder, the nation's first black elected governor, decided to withhold
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Roanoke.com
http://www.roanoke.com/politics/wb/220209
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(BOSTON) A bill allowing Gov. Deval Patrick to name an interim appointment to the Senate seat left vacant by the death of Edward Kennedy is headed to the Massachusetts Senate, where its fate is uncertain.
The House of Representatives voted 95-58 in
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Time Magazine
http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1924814,00.html?xid=rss-mostpopular
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(BOSTON) A bill allowing Gov. Deval Patrick to name an interim appointment to the Senate seat left vacant by the death of Edward Kennedy is headed to the Massachusetts Senate, where its fate is uncertain.
The House of Representatives voted 95-58 in
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Time Magazine
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by Michael K. Lavers
National News Editor
Tuesday Sep 15, 2009
The Democratic National Committee voted unanimously on Friday to appoint a long-time New Jersey activist as its first transgender member.
Barbra Casbar-Siperstein is among the six
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EDGE Boston
http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=96345
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Two states hold elections this year: Virginia and New Jersey. But all eyes will be on Virginia. That’s because Virginia, once a solid “red” state, is the top target in the liberal Democrat national strategy to turn “red” states into “blue” ones.
Not
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HumanEvents.com
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=33499
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Peninsula residents are reporting that Del. Phil Hamiltonis polling local voters to gage the reaction to the recent firestorm around his $40,000 a year job at Old Dominion University.
Hamilton resigned the post in August after the Daily Press obtained
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Hampton Roads Daily Press
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hrdailypress/news/~3/d9SoRSBzGNE/dp-now-shadplank-0904,0,811579.storylink
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SCHIEFFER: Today on “Face the Nation,” a Sunday summit on health care. What is going to happen? There is talk now that the Democrats can abandon plans for a bipartisan bill on health care reform and will try, instead, to ram through a bill without
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CQ Politics
http://www.cqpolitics.com/news-000003193725
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BELGRADE, Mont. (CBS) ―
Fighting for control of the health care debate, President Barack Obama is using political tactics and rhetorical devices honed in his White House campaign to regain the upper hand over increasingly vocal critics.
In
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CBS 5
http://cbs5.com/national/obama.town.hall.2.1129724.html
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Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO) reveals the Republican Party's idea of ha, ha, ha : "This particular meeting, in a way is a little bit unique," said Akin. "Different people from Washington, DC, have come back to their districts and have town hall ...
Tapper:
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Beltway Blips
http://beltwayblips.dailyradar.com/story/house_goper_cites_birther_claims_and_enemies_list_at/
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House is in recess. Senate resumed consideration of the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor of New York to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. Negotiations on an extension of the “cash for clunkers” program are ongoing.
Yesterday the Senate
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ARRA News Service
http://arkansasgopwing.blogspot.com/2009/08/today-in-washington-d-c-august-5-2009.html
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newsbusters.org 3 hours ago — The Democratic National Committee has released a new video to push back against protests happening at town hall meetings across the country, and according to ABC's Jake Tapper, these demonstrators are being depicted as "
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Beltway Blips
http://beltwayblips.dailyradar.com/story/democratic_national_committee_suggests_town_hall/
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...comes today from the National Jewish Democratic Committee (NJDC): The Senate Judiciary Committee started hearings today for the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the United States Supreme Court... NJDC has joined with other leading organizations in a...
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Culture Kitchen
http://culturekitchen.com/mole333/blog/national_jewish_democratic_committee%2523039_s_statement_on_sotomayor_hearings
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"Welcome back, my friends, to the show that never ends..."
All week long, this line has been running through my head. It's from an Emerson, Lake, and Palmer suite of songs called "Karn Evil 9," from the album Brain Salad Surgery. Which, of course, has
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Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-weigant/friday-talking-points-85_b_229878.html
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Apparently having your name plastered across the top of every newspaper and newscast can help your popularity.
In the immediate aftermath of the three-way Democratic primary, Democrat Creigh Deeds was staked an early lead of Republican Bob McDonnell
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Hampton Roads Daily Press
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Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin didn't take John Kerry's lame joke lying down.
You might recall that last week in this space, we detailed how the Democrat Massachusetts senator, husband of Pittsburgh pickle heiress Teresa Heinz, recently attempted to have some
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Pittsburgh Entertainment
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/opinion/columnists/whispers/s_632118.html?source=rss&feed=7
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“I am not beholden to any party.”
California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner, candidate for governor
That must be true given Steve Poizner’s history of political donations. Poizner has given, and generously at that, to both Republican and
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Stop The ACLU
http://www.stoptheaclu.com/2009/06/18/will-the-real-republican-please-stand-up/
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In Virginia, the most popular drama of 2009 may well be Mr. Deeds Goes to Town.
No, I am not referring to the 1936 movie starring Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur for which director Frank Capra received an Oscar. Instead, I am writing about Virginia
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Politicker: New Jersey
http://www.politickernj.com/alan-steinberg/30646/other-campaign-jon-corzine-versus-creigh-deeds
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Less than 24 hours after his win, Deeds sent out a fundraising e-mail pleading bluntly for donations: 'We need to catch up,' the e-mail said.
RICHMOND, Virginia (CNN) – The three Democrats who battled, at times bitterly, for their party's gubernatorial
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CNN
http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_politicalticker/~3/buguwqioO_I/
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LAS VEGAS Hours after exercising a cherished presidential right Tuesday - naming a Supreme Court nominee - Barack Obama engaged in one of the office's grubbier traditions: raising money for an embattled lawmaker.The president launched a two-day,
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KansasCity.com
http://www.kansascity.com/444/story/1217900.html
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Joe Biden wrote a campaign e-mail urging his supporters to stand behind Republican-turned-Democrat Sen. Arlen Specter.
WASHINGTON (CNN) – Sen. Arlen Specter continues to feel the love from the White House, with Vice President Joe Biden penning a
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CNN
http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_politicalticker/~3/mPUq1NIMiHI/
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President Obama today will focus on national security in a speech at the National Archives. Photo by REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
It's easy to forget amid the flap over the expected release (and then non-release) by the Obama administration of photos
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The Fix
http://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=e2c3502e8d55a3f066af48a3a4b9518c
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WASHINGTON — Republicans on Wednesday abandoned an effort to label their opponents the "Democrat Socialist Party," ending a fight within the GOP ranks that reflected the divide between those who want a more centrist message and those seeking a more
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Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/20/gop-votes-to-condemn-demo_n_206052.html
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Want to be a member of the Democratic National Committee? The DNC Youth Council is now accepting resumes from young people interested in becoming At-Large members.
What exactly is an at-large member of the DNC? At-large members are full-scale,
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The Next Right
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheNextRight/~3/ZFhZbgcEsFY/let-s-give-young-voters-a-legitimate-role-in-the-future-of-the-republican-party
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Want to be a member of the Democratic National Committee? The DNC Youth Council is now accepting resumes from young people interested in becoming At-Large members.
What exactly is an at-large member of the DNC? At-large members are full-scale,
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NextGenGOP
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NextGenGOP/~3/Q4xTk4uR2iw/
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RICHMOND, Va., May 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- At today's meeting in Richmond, VA, the Executive Committee of the Democratic National Committee passed the following resolutions. The meeting was presided over by DNC Chairman Tim Kaine.
The following
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PR Newswire
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/05-15-2009/0005027414&EDATE=
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SUMMARY: In the fallout over comedian Wanda Sykes' comments about Rush Limbaugh, Media Matters has revisited the numerous instances in which Limbaugh has attacked Democrats, progressives, and the media by linking them to terrorists.
In the fallout
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Media Matters for America
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mediamatters/latest/~3/EKLiUk_MAzQ/200905110035
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In the seven and a half years since September 11, the United States has witnessed one of the greatest expansions of executive authority in its history, at the expense of the constitutionally mandated separation of powers. President Obama, as only the
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The Nation
http://www.thenation.com/blogs/state_of_change/430835/a_liberal_democrat_returns_to_the_fold
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(CNN) – Election Day is arriving once again for voters in New York's 20th Congressional District.
Regardless of who wins Tuesday's special election, the Democrats will continue to hold a large majority in the House of Representatives. But what normally
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CNN
http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_politicalticker/~3/V4m9T3lNZgg/
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Boehner: Republican Lawmakers "Ought to Get the Idea Out of their Minds That They are Legislators."
WASHINGTON, March 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --The Democratic National Committee today released a new web ad highlighting House Republican Leader John
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PR Newswire
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/03-14-2009/0004988521&EDATE=
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...Web site done by the Democratic National Committee lists the estimated benefits by state in terms of jobs created of the economic stimulus plan on the table in Washington. Vermont would save or create 7,170 jobs by the end of 2010, according to the site. The...
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Burlington Free Press
http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20090203/NEWS03/90203011/1095/NEWS03
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Show your support.
Buzz this article up.
Four years ago, I became chairman with a mandate for bottom-up reform -- grow the Democratic Party in your neighborhood and every other community in America.
Howard Dean, outgoing chair of the
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Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/14/howard-dean-says-goodbye_n_157892.html
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WASHINGTON President-elect Barack Obama named Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine the next Democratic National Committee chairman on Thursday, pledging that the party would reflect their shared "pragmatic, progressive philosophy.""It's a philosophy that
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KansasCity.com
http://www.kansascity.com/811/story/971330.html
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Now that I've talked about the race for chair of the Republican National Committee, it is only fair to talk about the appointment of the Democratic National Committee Chair. Paul Tewes, the main organizer for Barack Obama during the Iowa caucuses
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Associated Content
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1271209/field_of_candidates_to_chair_the_democratic.html
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It's another double-digit victory for the Democrats in the House of Representatives. After winning 30 seats in 2006, they have so far netted 18 seats this year, with the tally likely to grow. Democrats haven't scored such back-to-back victories since
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NPR
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=96602014
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Picking Melvin Laird for secretary of defense in 1969 cost the GOP his Wisconsin House seat, which they have yet to win back.
Add New Hampshire's Smith to the list of senators who were defeated shortly...
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NPR
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97391213&ft=1&f=1014
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The apparent selection of Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) as the next secretary of state, along with that of Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-IL) as the next White House chief of staff, may not be the only occasions on which President-elect Barack Obama decides to
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NPR
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Picking Melvin Laird for secretary of defense in 1969 cost the GOP his Wisconsin House seat, which they have yet to win back.
Add New Hampshire's Smith to the list of senators who were defeated
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NPR
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97391213&ft=1&f=1930201
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Democrats held out hope Tuesday that the massive turnout for the presidential election would help boost the party's majority in the U.S. House of Representatives. Democrats hold a convincing lead, and they're looking to expand it. Rep. Chris Van Hollen
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NPR
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Freshman Rep. Tim Mahoney's seat hangs in the balance. The Florida congressman replaced Republican Mark Foley after Foley was found to have sent suggestive text messages to underage male pages. But in O...
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NPR
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=96511716&ft=1&f=1012
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
:CIVIL ACTION NO: 08-cv-04083
Plaintiff :
PHILIP J. BERG, ESQUIRE, ::
vs.
Defendants :
BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA, ET AL, ::
ORDER ON PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
THIS CAUSE
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The AnarchAngel
http://anarchangel.blogspot.com/2008/10/coming-constitutional-crisis.html
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Most Americans wake every morning to news that Barack Obama will win next month's presidential election. Strategists even say the word "landslide" aloud.
Every poll shows it, every pundit echoes it, and every analyst predicts it -- therefore it must be
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Pittsburgh Entertainment
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