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GOP swamps Michigan in racism, dirty tricks
October 27, 2006Commentary Voters in Michigan can deliver a knockout punch to the Bush agenda. But to do so, they will have to find their way through a Republican minefield that works to scapegoat the victims of an...
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Missourians shifting away from GOP
October 21, 2006NewsAnalysis ST. LOUIS — With less than three weeks to go until the Nov. 7 midterm elections, many Republicans are defensively licking their wounds and trying to distance themselves from the Mark Foley scandal. Democrats, on...
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Sandinistas running strong in Nicaragua
October 21, 2006NewsAnalysis As Nicaragua prepares for elections Nov. 5, and with Daniel Ortega of the Nicaragua Triumphs/Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) leading in the polls, a delegation of academics and activists is visiting the country to investigate...
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Lieberman: Enabler of GOP racism
October 21, 2006NewsAnalysisNEW HAVEN, Conn. — Tensions are running high in Connecticut, with all three Republican House seats in hot contention, along with a high-stakes Senate race. Ned Lamont, who won the Democratic primary race for U.S. Senate,...
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Calif. govs vetoes show the real Arnold
October 13, 2006NewsAnalysis California’s Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is trying hard to convince voters he has learned from the across-the-board defeat of his proposals in last year’s special election. In contrast to last year’s attempts to bypass the...
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