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Houston elects first openly gay mayor -- latimes.com
kath.A.rine | December 13th 2009
Houston elects first openly gay mayor -- latimes.com: Annise Parker claims victory with 53% of the... read more
Greens on 5% in new poll
Stuart Jeffery - Green Politics in Maidstone | December 13th 2009 by Stuart Jeffery
New Comres poll puts Greens on 5%!!!!This is excellent news - lets hope that it translates into votes. read more
Is America Ungovernable?
Outside The Beltway | OTB | December 12th 2009 by James Joyner
Progressives are increasingly frustrated that, despite having won the presidency by a comfortable margin and having solid majorities in the House and Senate — where they have a “filibuster-proof” 60 votes — they still canR read more
Don’t Forget to Vote Today!
Houston Apartment Association Blog | December 12th 2009 by Houston Apartment Association
Today is the last day to make your voice heard in elections for Houston City Council, Mayor and Controller! You can find your polling place at www.harrisvotes.org. When you head to the polls, please consider the following Houston Apartment Associati read more
CNN poll: GOP has erased party popularity gap in Congress
The Inside Straight | December 11th 2009 by The OttO Show
Eleven months before crucial midterm elections, a national poll indicates that the public is divided over whether the country would be better off with Democrats or Republicans controlling Congress. According to a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. surve read more
Governor Strickland Handles Health Questions Effectively With Hum…
The Pullins Report - The Pullins Group LLC Online Newsletter | December 11th 2009
It's hard not to have a good chuckle after seeing this tongue in cheek interview from Governor Ted Strickland concerning his health. His message to bloggers that have questioned whether he is ill or not is to challenge them to a cage match.&nbs read more
GMA 7, QTV, Radio GMA rate cards – airtime prices
Mindanaoan | Living in Mindanao, Philippines | December 10th 2009 by Mindanaoan
With all the hoopla over the upcoming May 2010 elections, Mindanaoan is sure that a lot of you out there are interested to know — exactly how much does a national candidate have to pay for radio and television airtime? Remember, if you’re read more
Texas Senate Election
Exploring the Political Spectrum | December 10th 2009
More news about a special U.S. Senate election that will be held in Texas if Kay Bailey Hutchison resigns from that body next year, as she has said she will do. Hutchison is running for governor of Texas, and will stay in the U.S. Senate until after read more
Washington is a Whole 'nother World
Griper News | December 10th 2009 by Wisco
Here's a question that's both interesting and timely; what planet do people in Washington live on? Greg Sargent takes a look at CNN polling and finds that most Americans believe the Senate is moving in the wrong direction on healthcare reform.Here’ read more
Nigeria postpones electronic voting
isiAfrica | December 10th 2009
Amid public expectations of measures to be taken to bolster the credibility of future polls in Nigeria, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday said that it had no expenditure plans in next year’s budget for the much-canv read more
What Are You Thinking?
California Conservative | December 10th 2009
If there’s a question that Dick Morris asks in his latest column, it’s whether the Democrats are really stupid enough to pass health care. Here’s a sample from his column: Will you listen to the elderly who absorb 40 percent of medi read more
Might Redistricting Process Run Out of Cash?
Capital Notes | December 10th 2009
Just a little over a year after voters created an independent commission to draw most of California's political maps, the process is costing a lot more money than was allocated. In fact, it's possible the commission that's slated to convene in 2011 read more
Team Obama
Pinoy Funny Pictures | December 9th 2009 by Giggles Chua
TEAM OBAMAOca BAby MAlonzoUNITED WE STAND! read more
Bushbama Change
The Vigilant Lens | December 9th 2009 by Lens1
Make that over 9 years later and you’ve got yourself the Bushbama Surge of Changes!! Remember when Democratic Underground and “progressive” Democrats everywhere were united in their hatred of the evil, corporate owned, war loving Re read more
Whistling Past The Graveyard?
California Conservative | December 9th 2009
It’s understandable that a politician facing a difficult election cycle would put on a brave face and pretend that his party will be fine. That’s what Steny Hoyer is doing in this interview: Countering the emerging narrative that next yea read more
The Head Crybaby
Return to Sanity | December 9th 2009 by CarolM
Will the time ever come when Obama quits blaming the previous administration for everything? President Obama did, as he reminds us over and over, inherit a deficit. But he has taken that deficit and put it on steroids, with no end i read more
Do We Have A Forum To Rate Judges? No...
Legally UnBound | December 9th 2009 by Kael Garvey
. I know you may be saying that there IS a forum (via the Review Journal) to assess judicial performance...blah! We don't. The only participants in that survey (that hardly anyone answers) are... Law and Legal Analysis from the Opinions of the Ind read more
Massachusetts Senate Primary
Exploring the Political Spectrum | December 9th 2009
As expected, in a primary election yesterday, Massachusetts Democrats nominated state Attorney General Martha Coakley as their candidate in the special election to replace the late Ted Kennedy in the U.S. Senate. State Senator Scott Brown won the Re read more
Sitting for a Portrait
The Desert Jerboa | December 9th 2009 by Ziad S
So, I was featured in The National newspaper the other day as part of a story on the elections for the Board of Directors of the Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce & Industry. I was in the running as a candidate, hence my being featured. I eventuall read more
COMELEC gets 99 presidential aspirants
Housewife@work | December 8th 2009 by Crissy
It seems to be that many people wanted to hold the highest position of the land, President, as COMELEC gets record number of presidential aspirants up to the last day of filing. Of course initially we can already see some that can be considered as †read more
ICAI declared fresh date for polling in respect of booth captured
Tax Guru | December 8th 2009 by Sandeep Kanoi
No. 54-EL(1)/18/ 2009: In exercise of the powers vested under clause (2) of Para 6 of Schedule 6 to the Chartered Accountants (Election to the Council) Rules, 2006 read with Regulation 134 of the Chartered Accountants Regulations, 1988, the... [[ T read more
A Conversation About The Crisis
Capital Notes | December 8th 2009
"It's very simple what people want," said Mark Baldassare. "People want progress." That was the context for… and the motivation behind… a provocative two hour discussion on Friday morning at our KQED studios in San Francisco, a discussio read more
Abortion, Healthcare Reform, and Self-Destructive Idiocy
Griper Blade | December 8th 2009 by Wisco
Here's a bit of good news, The Hill reports that the author of an anti-abortion amendment to the House healthcare bill doesn't give a Senate version of the same bad law very favorable odds in the Senate.Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) said Monday he think read more
BeDH: A final commentary
Alex Schlotzer | December 8th 2009 by Alex S
I have chosen until now to publish my final commentary on "The By-election Double Header" so as to see how much rubbish could be written and talked about by Australia's official political commentariat. And without fail, Australia's mainstream media h read more
Ghana’s Democracy Is Not There Yet, E-Voting May Get Us There
Africa Image | December 7th 2009 by TRUE FAITH CHURCH
Press Statement by the Danquah Institute"It's not he who casts the votes that matters -- but he who counts the votes." -Joseph Stalin President Obama’s visit to Ghana earlier this year, gave us all as Ghanaians deep pride in our country a read more
Republicans Polled: Dead Heat Between Tiarht and Moran
Kansas Free Press | December 7th 2009 by Everyday Citizen
HAYS, Kan. - With Sen. Sam Brownback (R) not seeking reelection to the Senate in order to launch his run for Kansas Governor, two House Republicans are apparently in a dead heat in the Republican Primary for the open U.S. Senate seat. The primary i read more
Change the Tone of Our Discourse
Kansas Free Press | December 7th 2009 by Everyday Citizen
LAWRENCE, Kan. - Where I work we happen to sell a President Obama bobble head doll that speaks when you push the button beneath him. I know you all know what I'm talking about - it's the kind of thing that you see while you're waiting in line at a W read more
Poll: More Teabagger Trouble for the GOP
Griper News | December 7th 2009 by Wisco
More evidence that Republicans have a bit of a teabagger problem going into 2010:Rasmussen Reports:Running under the Tea Party brand may be better in congressional races than being a Republican.In a three-way Generic Ballot test, the latest Rasmussen read more
Birther Issue Won't Go Away
Griper Blade | December 7th 2009 by Wisco
Among the stereotypically crazy wingnut beliefs is birtherism -- the idea that Barack Obama is really an illegal alien, making him constitutionally unqualified to be president. It's been so widely debunked that there's really no point in doing it aga read more
The Day After the Election: Bolivia
MABB | December 7th 2009
MABB © ®According to most press reports based on exit polls, Evo Morales has achieved his objective to sweep the general elections by winning with a large margin (62.5%) and gain control of the Legislative branch with 24 Senators (could be 26 due t read more
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