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January 20? But that's forever from now!

salon.com
14-Nov-2008
        

Holding off for more than two months before swearing in a new president can feel a bit like dawdling when there’s a crisis on. Why the wait? First off, let’s be thankful that it’s not the four months it used to be. The 20th...

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Ten days after the poll, and Saturday Night Live star's Senate fight still too close to call

freerepublic.com
15-Nov-2008 2 related
        

Though 2008 undoubtedly belongs to Barack Obama, it may also be remembered as the year of Saturday Night Live. It's not just that Tina Fey's impersonations of Sarah Palin will go down in history as the definitive entanglement...

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Friday evening links

sistertoldjah.com
15-Nov-2008
        

Whew! What a day - week, in fact. Thank goodness it’s over. Now it’s time to focus closely on my site design, which has really come together this week. Mucho thanks for the contributions that have come in over the last several...

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Probes sought for payments to Coleman

upi.com
14-Nov-2008 26 related
        

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- Sen. Norm Coleman, R-Minn., fighting to keep his Senate seat, now faces calls for investigations into allegations that a friend diverted funds to his campaign. The Alliance for a Better Minnesota...

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cnn.com: RNC Chairman Mike Duncan discusses the 2008 election last week at the National Press Club in Washington. cnn.com

RNC fundraising appeal accuses Democrats of theft in Senate races

cnn.com
14-Nov-2008 9 related
        

The man steering the Republican Party has said he's concerned that Democrats may try unfairly to influence Minnesota's Senate contest, which is headed toward a recount, and the Senate runoff battle in Georgia.

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EDITORIAL: Watch what you say about Northland's election officials

tmcnet.com
14-Nov-2008
        

Nov 14, 2008 (Duluth News Tribune - They're volunteers who work 12 or more hours straight and then, by phone or pencil, transcribe long lists of numbers and names, producing our Election Day results. That's hardly been the case...

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Top Shelf: Boston Wins Its Sixth Straight

thebiglead.com
14-Nov-2008
        

Lee Diekemper on the night in the NHL. Penguins 5, Flyers 4 (SO): Seemingly in control with a 3-0 lead in the second, the Pens did their best to give the game away, allowing back-to-back Simon Gagne shorthanded goals as the...

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The Alaska Senate Race Is Over?

donklephant.com
14-Nov-2008 7 related
        

At least according to a leading GOP pollster in Alaska… “I don’t think Stevens can come back,” [GOP pollster David] Dittman said, noting that he thinks the remaining trove of uncounted ballots will help Begich “increase his...

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Day Late and a Tanker Short: Royal Navy Fights Somali Pirates

baltimorereporter.com
14-Nov-2008
        

Crossposted from Flopping Aces By now, it shouldn’t be news to anyone that the waters around Somalia abound with modern day pirates. NATO, Russia, US, you name it…seems like most of the countries in the world are sending ships...

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Philadelphia Feeling

thenewgay.net
14-Nov-2008
        

I wrote most of this in Philadelphia, on election night. I have written about Philly before.More than 300 years ago, a pacifist Quaker named William Penn suffered great persecution in his native England for expressing beliefs...

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