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Dear Mayor Marty,
Good morning, Mayor Chavez!  How are things there in Albuquerque?  It's my hometown, and I miss it.  I've met you a few times, li...

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ID-Sen: Craig watch, with a twist
Magical September sputters to a close tomorrow, and the one thing that we know for sure as it ends is that you can't trust a Republican's wo...

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MN-Sen: Coleman under 50 percent
Rasmussen Reports. 9/6. Likely voters. MoE 4.5% (March 7 results) Coleman (R) 46 Ciresi (D) 42 Coleman (R) 46 (46) Franken (D)  41 (...

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LA-Sen: Rove gets Treasurer Kennedy to switch parties
Well, Rove got his guy in Louisiana. Formerly Democratic state Treasurer John Kennedy has switched to the GOP, likely in anticipation to a Se...

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The $5 million “victory”, and its effects on Arkansas
$5 million. Romney's opponents have complained about the cost of his straw poll campaign, estimated at more than $5 million. Romney said h...

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2008: Another Democratic wave year?
It definitely could be. The latest Democracy Corps poll finds that: In the battleground of the 70 most competitive congressional district...

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VA-Sen: VA conservatives distrust Rep. Davis
Given Sen. John Warner's non-existent to anemic fundraising, you'd think he'd announce his retirement. But he's not. There are two possible re...

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John McCain’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week Continues
If his lockstep support of President Bush and this foolish war won't sink him, or his blowing through all the money he's raised, well, violating federal criminal law and Senate ethics rules just might: About 3 p.m....

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AK-Sen, AK-AL: Stevens’ and Young’s numbers dropping
Being corrupt doesn't endear you to voters, apparently. And as such, Alaska's Rep. Don Young and Sen. Ted Stevens are seeing voter support pl...

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New SUSA approval ratings of key senate targets
From SUSA's latest multi-state tracking polls. Most of the MoEs are around 4-5%. Trend lines are from 5/14. IOWA Harkin (D) | Tracking graph |...

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About all that Lieberman talk…
When I brought up Joe Lieberman's Backstab o' the Day earlier today, it generated all the usual questions: Why can't we just kick Lieberman ...

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