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The Change We Deserve

Edwin D. Hill | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: MIchael Barone, Bob Mcdonnell, 2009 Election, Doug Hoffman, ED Hill, Ibew, Employee Free Choice Act, Bill Owens, Afl-Cio, Club for Growth, Ny-23, Congress, Conservative Party, Unions, Dede Scozzafava, Politics News

It didn't take long for the anti-worker far right to try to spin the results of the 2009 elections as a mandate for their pro-corporate agenda.

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Doug Hoffman "Unconcedes" In Upstate New York Congressional Race

AP | VALERIE BAUMAN | Posted 11.17.2009 | New York

Read More: Conservative Party, Paper Ballots, Ny-23, Doug Hoffman, Republican Party, Sarah Palin, Doug Hoffman Conservatives, Bill Owens, New York News

ALBANY, N.Y. — Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman has withdrawn his concession in a close special election for a U.S. House seat, and New...

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Did Doug Hoffman Actually Win the NY-23 Special Election? If So, Does It Actually Matter?

Brad Friedman | Posted 11.13.2009 | New York

Read More: Federal Contested Elections Act, Francine Busby, Ca-50, Dede Scozzafava, Doug Hoffman, Bill Owens, Election 2009, Ny-23, Brian Bilbray, Election 2006, Fcea, New York News

A narrowing margin in the post-election canvass raises hopes for GOP/Conservatives, but recent Republican-set precedent may well dash that hope.

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Owens-Hoffman Race Tightens: NY-23 Election Will Depend On Absentee Ballots

AP | VALERIE BAUMAN | Posted 11.12.2009 | New York

Read More: Special Election New York, Recount, Absentee Ballots, Ny-23, Doug Hoffman, Bill Owens, New York News

ALBANY, N.Y. — The special election last week for the 23rd Congressional District seat in New York may not be over after all. Though Conservati...

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A Warrior on a Mission in Rush Limbaugh's Home District

Paul Begala | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tommy Sowers, Dede Scozzafava, Rush Limbaugh, Bill Owens, Sarah Palin, Jo Ann Emerson, Veterans Day, Doug Hoffman, Politics News

Rush Limbaugh's home congressional district, Missouri's 8th, may be about to redeem itself. This reddest of districts has a realistic chance of turning blue, and the reason is Tommy Sowers.

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Don't Believe Everything the Oracle Tells You

Michael Winship | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Elections, Jon Corzine, Dick Armey, Dede Scozzafava, Rush Limbaugh, Douglas Hoffman, Oracle, Ancient Greece, Bill Owens, Dede Hoffman, Zeus, Delphi, Persian Wars, Sarah Palin, Athens, Creigh Deeds, Politics News

Instant analysis of election results from a handful of races in an off year election is not very significant one way or the other. We'd be wise not to buy into the tub-thumping or doomsaying of pundits posing as priestesses

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How Sarah Palin and Tea Partiers Are Blowing Up the GOP

Susan J. Demas | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dick Armey, Teabaggers, Ronald Reagan, Bill Owens, Charlie Crist, Palin, Mark Schauer, Mark Kirk, Rnc, Tea Partiers, Dede Scozzafava, Tim Walberg, Gun Rights, Tea Party, Minutemen, Wayne Gilchrest, Arlen Specter, Lincoln Chafee, Rush Limbaugh, Ny-23, Doug Hoffman, Ritght to Life, Barack Obama, Heather Wilson, Moderate Republicans, Carly Fiorina, Sarah Palin, Michael Steele, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, Club for Growth, Tim Pawlenty, Glenn Beck, Republicans, Pat Toomey, Joe Schwarz, Chris Chocola, Politics News

When extremists are a (vocal) minority, reasonable Republicans and independents come out of the woodwork. And the spoils go to the Democrats, who look comparatively sane.

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Frank Rich: White House Doesn't Seem To Understand Public's Wall Street Rage

New York Times | FRANK RICH | Posted 11.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Larry Summers, ny23, Regulation, Obama, Teaparty, New York 23, White House, Dede Scozzafava, Finance, Gop, Paul Volcker, Wall Street, Bill Owens, New York City, Michael Bloomberg, Financial Reform, Election Day 2009, H1N1 Vaccine, Ny-23, Doug Hoffman, Democrats, 2009 Elections, Bill Thompson, Main Street, Elections, Anger, Tim Geithner, Banks, Bonuses, Too Big to Fail, Executive Pay, Republicans, Politics News

The Obama administration does not seem to understand that this rage, left unaddressed, could consume it. It has pushed aside the entreaties of many --...

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Obama Points To Bill Owens To Pitch Health Care Reform

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Vote, Health Care, Obama Democrats Meeting, Bill Owens, President Obama, Politics News

Hoping to pull together the needed Democratic support to get health care reform through the House of Representatives, President Barack Obama urged mem...

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Post-Election Punditry: It's Perfectly Obvious

Rick Horowitz | Posted 11.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: New Jersey Results, Chris Christie, New York 23rd, Bob Mcdonnell, Doug Hoffman, Election Day, Bill Owens, 2009 Election, TV Pundits, Election Night, Barack Obama, Dede Scozzafava, Election Punditry, Creigh Deeds, Jon Corzine, Virginia Results, Election Analysis, Blue Dog Democrats, Politics News

Click. " -- and we're back. Time now to ask our Pack o' Pundits for the big takeaways from Tuesday's election results. What did you guys see in all...

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New York Voters Send Right Wing Packing in 23rd Congressional District

M. Tracey Brooks | Posted 11.05.2009 | New York

Read More: Family Planning, Dede Scozzafava, Reproductive Rights, Bill Owens, Right Wing, Ny-23, Doug Hoffman, Planned Parenthood, New York News

The GOP failed to back its own candidate and allowed outside influences such as the Conservative Party and the Club for Growth to hijack the election. This is not good for the GOP or for women.

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"Our Weapon Is Fear"

Tom Sullivan | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Scozzafava-Special-Election, Ronald Reagan, Dede Scozzafava, Christopher Monckton, Mission Accomplished, Bill Owens, Mark Liebovich, Christopher Buckley, Cold War, Newt Gingrich, Politics News

Conservatives have resurrected "socialist" to smear anyone to the left of Genghis Khan as anti-American or a heretic.

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A "Republican Renaissance?" Yeah, and I Hear the Mullet's Coming Back Too

Andy Ostroy | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Michael Steele, Chris Christie, Bob Mcdonnell, President Obama, Sean Hannity, Bill Owens, Rush Lumbaugh, New York's 23rd Congressional District, Politics News

The real picture is anything but rosy for the GOP. The truly big race, in upstate New York, handed them a humiliating defeat in a solidly red district, where a Democrat hasn't won the House seat in over 100 years.

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"Harvard Beats Yale 29-29" - Thoughts on NY-23

Rep. Earl Blumenauer | Posted 11.05.2009 | New York

Read More: Ny-23, Dede Scozzafava, Doug Hoffman, Earl Blumenauer, Bill Owens, Tea Party, House Republicans, Republicans, New York News

After the flood of last-minute attention forcing the Republican nominee out, and the loss of a seat they had held for over a century, the Republicans should be discouraged, right? Wrong.

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New York's 23rd District Race: Democrats, Beware -- Your Children May be Next

Lanny Davis | Posted 11.04.2009 | New York

Read More: New York 23, New York Special Election, Doug Hoffman, Dede Scozzafava, Bill Owens, New York News

I am suggesting that what we saw done to Dede Scozzafava is part of a familiar pattern of higher and higher standards of purity demanded by the extreme wing of the base of both parties

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The State Of Your Post-Election Media Memes

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.04.2009 | Media

Read More: Chris Christie, Jon Corzine, Media Criticism, Michael Bloomberg, Bill Owens, Election 2009, Bob Mcdonnell, Ny-23, Election Results, David Hoffman, Tea Party, 2009, Barack Obama, John Garamendi, Creigh Deeds, Media News

If you missed out on last night's election, well, don't you know that you missed out on the most important off-off-year election in our lives? It's t...

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Doug Hoffman: How The Conservative Lost In NY-23

The Daily Beast | Max Blumenthal | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Doug Hoffman Right-Wing, Republican Party, Doug Hoffman Conservatives, Sarah Palin, Doug Hoffman Republicans, Doug Hoffman Ny-23, Doug Hoffman Gop, Gop, Sarah Palin Doug Hoffman, Ny-23, Bill Owens, Doug Hoffman Loss, Politics News

On a night when conservatives expected a landmark victory in New York's 23rd congressional district, the movement's anointed candidate, Doug Hoffman, ...

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The Obama Referendum: Nothing to See Here

Beau Friedlander | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Virginia, Politics, Progressives, Bob Mcdonnell, Obama, Job Corzine, Bill Owens, Creigh Deeds, Same-Sex Marriage, Maine, Politics News

Yesterday's vote on same-sex marriage in Maine was a referendum on our collective humanity, and we don't look so great today. But was it a loss for Obama? Certainly not.

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NY 23 Election Results: Bill Owens Beats Doug Hoffman

AP | VALERIE BAUMAN | Posted 11.04.2009 | New York

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ALBANY, N.Y. — President Barack Obama's decision in June to appoint a Republican congressman to a Pentagon post has paid dividends in November n...

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New York Election Results: Updates On NY-23 Race

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics

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UPDATE: Democrat Bill Owens has been declared the winner in the race for the 23rd District. ******* The nation focused on a rural swath of north...

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NY-23 Election Takes On Outsize Importance

AP | VALERIE BAUMAN | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics

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ALBANY, N.Y. — Democrat Bill Owens held a slim lead in a special congressional election in northern New York that grabbed national headlines in ...

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Election Day: What To Watch For In New Jersey, New York And Virginia

AP | LIZ SIDOTI | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Chris Christie, Special Election, Election Day, Virginia Election, Bob Mcdonnell, Jon Corzine, New Jersey Election, Election Results, Doug Hoffman, New Jersey Virginia New York, Bill Owens, New York Election, Creigh Deeds, Election Polls, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Independents who swept Barack Obama to a historic 2008 victory broke big for Republicans on Tuesday as the GOP wrested political co...

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Doug Hoffman's Campaign Cash: 95% From Outside District

The Washington Independent | Lazar Backovic | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics

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It's no secret that national fundraising has buoyed the campaign of Conservative Party candidate for the NY-23 special election Doug Hoffman. But the ...

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How Important Are These Off-Year Races?

New York Times | ADAM NAGOURNEY | Posted 11.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Polls, Mcdonnell, 2010 Elections, Corzine, 2010 Election, Christie, John Corzine, Obama, Incumbent, Creigh Deeds, Approval Ratings, Virginia, Rnc, White House, New Jersey, Governors Races, Analysis, Bill Owens, Incumbents, Chris Christie, Third Party Candidates, Doug Hoffman, Scozzafava, Dede Scozzafava, 2009 Elections, Elections, Governors Race, Independents, Mid-Term Elections, Gubernatorial, Dnc, Deeds, Politics News

At the very least, the results in the governors' races, if not predictive, are quite likely to drive the political narrative, bolstering or diminishin...

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