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    On behalf of the President, I'd like to thank [ex-AK Gov.] Sarah Palin for ruining what could otherwise have been a very good night for the GOP. Full Article at National Journal
    On behalf of the President, I'd like to thank [ex-AK Gov.] Sarah Palin for ruining what could otherwise have been a very good night for the GOP.
    SOURCE: National Journal 3 weeks ago
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11/4: The Day After
  1. The electorate was pretty tough on incumbents tonight. Democrats got kicked out in Virginia and New Jersey, Republicans got kicked out in NY-23, and [NYC Mayor] Michael Bloomberg, who was expected to win reelection in a rout, only barely squeaked by. [...] I guess that's not too big a surprise consideri...
    SOURCE: National Journal 3 weeks ago
  2. The Virginia race really looks like a case of a depressed base. Conservatives turned out at basically the same numbers as they did in 2008. The Democrats didn't turn out. And Deeds distancing himself from Democratic agenda items like health care reform and climate change is the reason.
    SOURCE: National Journal 3 weeks ago
  3. Whenever a party gains seats in congress, the voters simply are not rebuking that party.
    SOURCE: National Journal 3 weeks ago
  4. Glenn Reynolds says the 'Obama magic has faded.' The glow is gone. The swagga has sagged. Indeed. [...] Yes, reality is finally settling in.
    Michelle Malkin – Michelle Malkin SOURCE: National Journal 3 weeks ago
  5. My election post mortem -- um, it's the economy stupid? Don't run crazy people in New York? Old people in Maine are bigots? I dunno, I suppose you can force a narrative out of this but I do not see one here. 2010 will be decided by what happens between now and Election Day 2010. I think there is nothing...
    SOURCE: National Journal 3 weeks ago
  6. Socially liberal Maine rejects a gay marriage initiative -- making it the 31st time (out of 31 tries) that voters have torpedoed such proposals. How long until gay marriage proponents start decrying America's 'climate of hate?' 3, 2, 1....
    SOURCE: National Journal 3 weeks ago
  7. Hoffman may have lost narrowly, but NY-23 is a much broader victory for conservatives who believe the Republican Party should stand for core limited government principles. [...] Better a donkey in office that acts like a donkey than a donkey in elephant's clothing making a complete ass of the GOP.
    SOURCE: National Journal 3 weeks ago
  8. From a purely practical political perspective it's easy to understand why Obama didn't want to get involved in this, but it might have made a difference. I don't have any doubt that California and Maine will both flip within a few years anyway, but sooner sure would have been better than later.
    SOURCE: National Journal 3 weeks ago
  9. Now, if we can only get the Teabaggers to win all the GOP primaries, Dems might be sitting pretty in 2010. It is always easier to run against someone than be run against.
    SOURCE: National Journal 3 weeks ago
  10. I guess Deeds just didn't swerve far enough to the right. After all, the under-30 vote was only cut in half. He could have done better than that. Another great victory for Blue Dogism.
    SOURCE: National Journal 3 weeks ago

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  1. Former German Defense Minister, German Labour Minister Franz Josef Jung, at a news conference in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Nov. 27, 2009. Germany's labor minister says he is resigning from the Cabinet amid the fallout from an airstrike in northern Afghanistan that already cost the head of the armed forces his job. Franz Josef Jung was defense minister at the time of the Sept. 4 airstrike, which is believed to have killed civilians, but acknowledged this week that he had not seen a German military report and videos on the attack. Jung said Friday he was resigning to take "political responsibility."
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  6. Bangladeshi Muslims try to get into an overcrowded train as they return home to celebrate Eid al-Adha at Tongi train station in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, Nov. 27, 2009. Eid al-Adha, or "festival of the sacrifice," commemorates the Prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son Ishmael at God's command. It will be celebrated on Saturday.
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  10. Muslims pray in an exhibition hall used as a temporary mosque, to mark the first day of the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha, in Strasbourg, November 27, 2009. Muslims around the world celebrate Eid al-Adha to mark the end of the Haj by slaughtering sheep, goats, cows and camels to commemorate Prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son Ismail on God's command.
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  14. CARDIFF, WALES - NOVEMBER 27: Andy Powell in action during Wales training at the Millennium stadium on November 27, 2009 in Cardiff, Wales.
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