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guardian.co.uk Politics:
The Liberal Democrats have received a boost to their election plans after the donations watchdog ruled they could keep a £2.4m gift from a company owned by a convicted fraudster.An investigation by the Electoral Commission fo (Read More)
The Guardian:
A flu pandemic in Ukraine that has triggered a nationwide panic is worsening this weekend with up to 400 deaths already reported.The arrival of the virus, suspected by the World Health Organisation to be swine flu but possibl (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Politics:
With today's poll suggesting a shrinking Tory lead, David Cameron could find himself governing with a tiny majority or none at allA spectre is stalking the corridors of Westminster, the spectre of a hung parliament. The prosp (Read More)
The Guardian:
In a desperate attempt to secure its electoral base, the government is shamefully wooing religious extremistsAs every middlebrow with a newspaper column or Radio 4 slot to fill agrees, a vulgar "new atheism" is sweeping Brita (Read More)
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On Wednesday, Chris wrote a quick hit on Representative DeFazio's statement that there was "growing consensus" among Congressional liberals that Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner should step down. He went on to say that Su (Read More)
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guardian.co.uk: The Guardian newspaper: Editorials & reply:
It's good news that the government is considering how to make mapping data freely available under public sector information regulations (A new landscape unfolds, Technology, 17 November). But care must be taken to make sure t (Read More)
The Guardian:
By forcing a flawed model of democracy on Afghans, the US has made Afghanistan less stable and less democraticThe fiasco of the elections in Afghanistan has been widely lamented. Most laments focus on a single obvious fact: b (Read More)
Swing State Project:
? CA-Sen: Rasmussen piggybacked another California Senate poll on their gubernatorial poll from yesterday. Despite finding some gains for Meg Whitman yesterday, they don't see any improvement for Carly Fiorina or Chuck DeVore (Read More)
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Anthony Salvanto Breaks Down the Electoral Concerns over Health Care for Some Key Senators
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National Review Online:
For Sen. Blanche Lincoln, the moderate Arkansas Democrat, the nation’s health-care woes may lead to more headaches than any medicine could alleviate. Lincoln is a pivotal vote on the motion to begin debate on Senate majority (Read More)
The Guardian:
Many Belgians fear chaos will return as the stabilising influence of Herman Van Rompuy is removedBelgium is celebrating like it's already New Year's Eve. The European heads of state have reached an agreement on who will becom (Read More)
FiveThirtyEight.com: Electoral Projections Done Right:
How can Democrats expect to get 60 votes for their health care bill in the Senate when it barely garnered a majority in the House? It's a good question that has a number of good answers. For instance: the Senate's bill is m (Read More)
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FiveThirtyEight.com: Electoral Projections Done Right:
The 2010 Senate contests, I submit, will tell us more than either the House or gubernatorial results next year about the relative status of the two parties and their competitiveness. Why?For one, historically the president's (Read More)
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FiveThirtyEight.com: Electoral Projections Done Right:
The rhetorical link between sports and politics in the U.S. has been widely documented, with sports providing a treasure trove of analogies, quotes and other trinkets for politicians. At the same time, pundits have long enjoy (Read More)
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Open Left - Front Page:
Which House Democrats are in danger in 2010? According to the Cook Political Report, mainly it appears to be Blue Dogs and New Dems, and unaffiliated Democrats:Cook Political Report's 34 most endangered Democratic incumbents (Read More)
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Swing State Project:
? NY-23: Well, it didn't take long for Doug Hoffman to start bringing the crazy. (Maybe his new mentor Glenn Beck is already rubbing off on him.) First came the unconceding (and un-unconceding, as the absentee count wasn't ge (Read More)
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guardian.co.uk Politics:
Major's victory in 1992 is the precedent Labour likes to talk about. But it's his defeat five years later that should concern themNo British prime minister ever takes his government into the fifth year of a parliament by pref (Read More)
The Economist:
A nakedly political Queen’s Speech marks the start of the election campaign“THERE are times, perhaps once every 30 years, when there is a sea-change in politics,” said the last Labour prime minister to lose a general election (Read More)
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