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Appointment no promise in high-profile 26th District race
May 11–During the 2010 campaign season, Democrat Randy Gordon was knocking on doors one day in the 41st District in King County, where was serving as a state senator. Gordon walked down a driveway to approac Continue Reading
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Partisanship Ruled in South Carolina Special Election
Mark Sanford’s victory in the special election in South Carolina’s 1st District tell us little new Continue Reading
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Former Gov. Mark Sanford wins South Carolina House seat
WASHINGTON _ Two years after Mark Sanford left the South Carolina governor’s office tarred by an adultery scandal, he completed an unlikely political comeback to win a special congressional election Tuesday. Sanford def Continue Reading
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Lawmakers denounce IRS actions
May 15–A hearing is scheduled Friday on Capitol Hill by the House Ways and Means Committee to explore the political tactics the Internal Revenue Service allegedly used against the Tea Party and other conservative organi Continue Reading
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Rothenberg: Obama Administration Heading for a Tough Few Weeks
Maybe it’s because two-term presidents suffer from hubris, or merely that after an administration has been in office for years, it inevitably makes mistakes (and too often tries to cover them up). But recent news reports ought to make Democ Continue Reading
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EDITORIAL: Work now, politics later
May 09–Please, spare us. 2016 is a world away. It does no good to spend hours of time and gallons of ink discussing whether Hillary Clinton is going to run for president as the Democratic nominee in 2016. In fact, discu Continue Reading
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SANFORD, COLBERT BUSCH RACE DOWN TO THE WIRE – More money problems for Menendez – WILL ROGERS SKIP SENATE RACE FOR FBI? – Chambliss sinks hole in one – Reid: Cruz a ‘schoolyard bully’
By Scott Wong (swong@politico.com or @scottwongDC) SANFORD, COLBERT BUSCH RACE DOWN TO THE WIRE – Robert Behre writes for The Post and Courier in Charleston, S.C.: “Will South Carolina’s former govern Continue Reading