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10 Terrible Things Republicans Will Try to Do If They Take Over in November

 Source  September 22, 2010  27 Comments on 10 Terrible Things Republicans Will Try to Do If They Take Over in November

Democrats are in trouble come November. If current polling is any indication, Republicans have a good chance of reclaiming a majority in the House of Representatives and perhaps even the Senate (though the Senate is a less likely prospect). That’s not because people are wildly excited about Republicans. In fact, a recent poll shows that registered voters rate the GOP’s performance as worse than the Democrats’. But the enthusiasm gap between the parties gives the GOP an advantage; a nine-point advantage among likely voters, according to the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll .

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Despite the old Union-Tribune, we still have democracy

 Frank Gormlie  May 7, 2009  5 Comments on Despite the old Union-Tribune, we still have democracy

On May 6th, the “new” Union-Tribune, under new management, ran an editorial, entitled “Bible of democracy”. It quoted Walter Lippmann who called newspapers “the bible of democracy”.

Is this a description of the old Union-Tribune? Hardly.

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Sacramento GOP Says It’s Okay to Waterboard Barack Obama

 Staff  October 15, 2008  0 Comments on Sacramento GOP Says It’s Okay to Waterboard Barack Obama

Sacramento Republicans puts politics of fear on display on their website Thanks to Rick Nadeau, our Sacramento-based writer, for the…

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Protesters happy with GOP convention actions

 Staff  September 9, 2008  0 Comments on Protesters happy with GOP convention actions

Associated Press/ 9/8/2008  MINNEAPOLIS — For two years, demonstrators had been looking toward the first four days in September —…

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