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Robert Gates Replaces Rumsfeld: Bush Wants to Come Together with Democrats

The now former President of Texas A&M, Robert Gates, will be replacing Donald Rumsfeld as Secretary of Defense. And the Democrats have taken Montana, which leaves Virginia as the deciding Senate race. Bush is...

Leading House Republican walks out on CNN interview

Ohio Republican Rep. Deborah Pryce didn't like the question CNN was asking her. The question: was she partially responsible for the war in Iraq.According to a story on CNN (see below), when pressed for an answer, she said, "Thanks, I'm done," and ended the...

You voted, you snapped, and the world changed

There is an amazing photostream that you, friends, created, and it is a thing of beauty. To see it in its glory, click here.An amazing photomontage of places hot with politics, radiating the soft warmth of "I...

Polling Woes & Long Lines Across America

This (and accompanying photo) from NowPublic member lmayer33 :"Long lines at the polls in Dane County, WI. Thought it odd that my ballot wasn't scanned. Also thought it odd that three people handled it and could...

Homeless Bussed Into Maryland: Hired to Deceive Voters

The deceptive meter just keeps rising. American politics hitting new lows by the minute. More on TalkingPointsMemo... First Hand Account... "After a two-hour bus ride to Maryland, Markle said the workers were...

O'Reilly Lends His "Good" Name to Another Shameful Tale

"Pedro Irigonegaray, a Topeka attorney representing the clinics, also called on Fox to fire O'Reilly. "I think the attorney general's conduct has been shameful," he said after filing his documents with the court....

Early voting problems in at least 2 Indiana counties

Have you had problems voting today?  NowPublic is documenting the election through our Snap the Vote project. To see the photos coming in from NowPublic contributors, click here."Officials from two Indiana counties say early problems with electronic voting machines had...

Virginia Voter Intimidation Story Grows Larger

"News4 reported: “The viewer's e-mail stated after he had voted, he received a call from an unknown caller who said they knew the voter was registered out of state and would be arrested if they voted today....

Ohio Football is the Best: Voting Not So Much

OH- you say - IO.  The Daily Show was in Columbus last week to preview this election battle ground state.  And it seems that Ohio's election problems are holding strong as a string of voting day problems...

Rush Limbaugh and Ted Haggard: are the rumors true?

According to several dodgy bloggers, Limbaugh and Haggard have been connected, but not romantically.Instead, they are both being included in the category of With Friends Like These..."MADISON, Wis. -- One last...

Issues, Issues, Issues: Driving the Mid-Terms

This article really spells it out for you. America has issues, and they are driving this mid-term election. Just to name a few: the war, security, economy, leadership, scandals, immigration, economy, health...

Borderline Catastrophe

The Minutemen Project was started by Chris Simcox and Jim Gilchrist in 2004. Simcox is currently the leader of another anti-immigrant group called the Minutemen Civil Defense Corps. In the name of securing the...

Protesters, Electronic Ticket Error, A Blogger Arrested: Lets Get it On, Virg...

In Virginia Jim Webb and George Allen are in a race to the end line. It's getting nasty, well nastier than before, as a crucial Senate seat is up for grabs. This race is so big that it has essentially over...

Is gay marriage a threat to marriage?

One of the hot button topics for many voting in the mid-term elections is the same-sex marriage issue. Read an interesting article here about what now fired Rev. Ted Haggard said about homosexuals in the...

Editorial Released in the Army Times Says Rumsfeld Must Go

With the Midterm elections only hours away this is a large blow to those politicans who support Rumsfeld. Active military leaders have joined the call for the Secretary to step down. This editorial has been...

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