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DELAWARE: O'Donnell's political arm faces significant monetary shortfall
Bethany Beach Wave
O'Donnell's political idol, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, reportedly refused to share a stage with her at a September tea party rally in Iowa. In August, O'Donnell grabbed national headlines for a day after abruptly ending an interview on CNN after ...

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Alaska divesting from Iran? - Alaska Dispatch
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:32:24 GMT

Alaska Dispatch

Alaska divesting from Iran?
Alaska Dispatch
If it becomes law, it will be the first time Alaska's accounts have been used as a tool for political protest. In 2008, Anchorage Democrat Rep. Les Gara proposed pulling Alaska's funds from the Darfur region of Sudan while a well-documented genocide ...

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4 Types of Independent Voters Who Could Swing the 2012 Elections - The Atlantic
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:01:26 GMT

The Atlantic

4 Types of Independent Voters Who Could Swing the 2012 Elections
The Atlantic
Their number, along with their disaffection with the two-party political system, is growing exponentially. About 40 percent of all American voters now call themselves independents, a bigger group than those who say they are either Democrats or ...

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GUEST OPINION: Let's take poison pills out of transportation bill and get ... - Santa Rosa Press Democrat
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:57:56 GMT

GUEST OPINION: Let's take poison pills out of transportation bill and get ...
Santa Rosa Press Democrat
By MIKE THOMPSON While accepting the Democratic Party's nomination for president in 1932, Franklin D. Roosevelt pledged to our nation and himself a New Deal for the American People. At the time, America was facing some of the Great Depression's darkest ...

Roseanne Barr seeks Green Party presidential nod - CBS News
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:30:39 GMT

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Roseanne Barr seeks Green Party presidential nod
CBS News
It's not to be released and published until April 1st. by erichsh February 3, 2012 8:30 AM EST It's fascinating to read the glowing comments endorsing a comedian with ZERO political experience - from the very same people who openly mocked former Alaska ...
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Former Austin-area state represetative Maurice Angly Jr. dies - Austin American-Statesman
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:32:59 GMT

Former Austin-area state represetative Maurice Angly Jr. dies
Austin American-Statesman
By Katie Glueck Maurice Angly Jr., the first Republican state legislator elected to represent the Travis County area since Reconstruction and a champion of government transparency, died Monday in Anchorage, Alaska, his children said. He was 71 .

Top Democrats seeks to quell debate over permanent earmark ban - The Hill (blog)
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:25:53 GMT

Top Democrats seeks to quell debate over permanent earmark ban
The Hill (blog)
Dick Lugar (Ind.), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) and Richard Shelby (Ala.). While election politics could seep into the vote count this time around, many lawmakers, specifically appropriators, have said they are loathe to give up their right to choose how ...

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Lawmaker seeks end to tax break benefiting Baptist Temple - TheNewsTribune.com
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:02:35 GMT

Lawmaker seeks end to tax break benefiting Baptist Temple
TheNewsTribune.com
An Anchorage lawmaker is asking the Alaska Legislature to undo a 2006 change in state tax law that is benefiting only one Anchorage church: the same church that sought the amendment. By RICHARD MAUER; Anchorage Daily News An Anchorage lawmaker is ...

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Dan Popkey: Democrat's defection roils the Idaho Statehouse - The Idaho Statesman
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 07:08:23 GMT

Dan Popkey: Democrat's defection roils the Idaho Statehouse
The Idaho Statesman
Butch Otter's recruitment of John Foster, a former Idaho Democratic Party executive director, suggests Otter is taking seriously his promise to defend “Students Come First” at the polls Nov. 6. The news, rumored the past two weeks, prompted anger and ...

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Why redistricting commissions aren't immune from politics - Stateline.org
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:08:19 GMT

Why redistricting commissions aren't immune from politics
Stateline.org
The anger came from the fact that Carrera had sided with the commission's five Democrats — and against its five Republicans — on a new political map for Colorado. One GOP member on the commission said that Carrera hadn't been independent at all but ...

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