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2008 matchups in CA, OR, and WA
We've seen SUSA matchups in Missouri, New Mexico, and Ohio here, and Alabama, Kentucky, and Virginia here. Today, we have numbers from the L...

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CA-04: Doolittle Gives up Appropriations Seat
GOP Rep. John Doolittle, BFF of Abramoff, has resigned from the Appropriations Committee. That's a big deal, signalling just how much trouble the Congressman...

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CA-11: GOP targets McNerney
In the establishment world, Jerry McNerney's victory in CA-11 was a fluke, and Republicans have been smarting over that loss since Election Da...

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CA-10: Tauscher and Bush
That's soon-to-be-primaried Ellen Tauscher with you-know-who. The reason I'm bringing this up is that the picture, taken in 2002 right befo...

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CA-11: How did it happen?
This story has been diaried already, but this passage caught my eye: Many of Pombo's colleagues in Congress were shocked by his loss. He was the only Republican committee chairman defeated. ...

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WY-AL: NRCC swoops in to rescue Cubin; also CA-04 and CA-11
So how bleak are things for the NRCC when they have to dump money into Wyoming? The committee has reserved air time in the state. This comes as Cub...

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  • Versions of this ad will run through Election Day in MN-01 (Gutknecht), NY-20 (Sweeney), CA-04 (Doolittle), and NV-03 (Porter). They’ll add races depending on their fundraising.

    On the web: VoteVets.org

    Update: As is now playing properly.

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GOP suppressing Latino vote
SOP for our modern GOP: State investigators have linked a Republican campaign to letters sent to thousands of Orange County Hispanics, a spokesman...

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CA-04: Doolittle enabled sexual predator
This is the kind of story that I wouldn't give much credence to (friend defending friend), except that Doolittle has tried to link Democrat Charlie...

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Mid-afternoon open thread
CA-11: Brace yourself for this shocker -- ready? -- Pombo (R) is a liar. California Rep. Richard Pombo has insisted he was never lobbied by Jack Abramoff. Records show the disgraced lobbyi...

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CA-11: Latest (D) internal poll
Lake Research Partners (D) for Jerry McNerney. 9/28-10/1. Likely voters. MoE 4.4% (July results) Pombo (R) 41 (43) McNerney (D) 40 (33) The partisan ...

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