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Friday June 24, 2011 · 2:14 PM PDT

2011/06/24 · 14:14

Update: Vote reported to occur tonight (see update at end for link)!

The NY Times is reporting that the Republican-led Senate and Democratic Gov. Cuomo have reached an agreement on language that would protect religious organizations from discrimination suits regarding gay marriage, ostensibly allowing the bill to come to a vote.

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Tuesday October 12, 2010 · 1:10 PM PDT

2010/10/12 · 13:10

In a voiceover advertisement on the French online television channel France24, Obama is shown learning how to say "Hello, my name is Barack Obama" in Arabic, and stumbles badly but hilariously.

This is a real advertisement that I saw when watching the channel online, and I'm linking the youtube video below.

No, I'm not making this up, this is a legit advertisement (for those who've troll-rated me) but yes, it is clearly a voiceover (just like another one of the Chinese Communist Party leader also learning Arabic, see update below).

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This video will:

78 votes Vote Now!

This video will:

hurt Obama (speaking Arabic! on French TV! Sacre Bleu!)

43 votes

help Obama (it's quite humorous)

16 votes

neither

8 votes

both

3 votes

pie

7 votes

other

1 vote

AK-Sen: Murkowski announcing "campaign kickoff"

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Friday September 17, 2010 · 12:37 PM PDT

2010/09/17 · 12:37

It would appear that Lisa Murkowski, the incumbent Republican Senator from Alaska who lost the primary election to Tea Party-supported candidate Joe Miller, may be indeed launching a write-in bid for the Senate seat, per an article on the Anchorage Daily News political blog.

http://community.adn.com/...

She had announced earlier this week that she would make a decision by Friday, and it appears an announcement will come this afternoon.

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Friday January 23, 2009 · 3:10 PM PST

2009/01/23 · 15:10

Norm Coleman's last minute request to re-examine ballots statewide has been rejected, which will eliminate this gambit in Norm's attempt to delay Al Franken being certified as the winner in the Senate race.

This does not affect the trial, which is slated to begin Monday.

http://www.startribune.com/...

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Saturday December 20, 2008 · 10:45 PM PST

2008/12/20 · 22:45

In a very clever move, a University of Utah student has managed to save hundreds of thousands of public lands in Utah surrounding sensitive national parks from being sold off and developed for mining and gas drilling, using nothing more than a paddle stick.

Original reporting via the Salt Lake Tribune here:

http://origin.sltrib.com/...

and my summary to follow.

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Tim Christopher:

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Tim Christopher:

has some serious cojones.

24 votes

is a hero.

35 votes

is a criminal and deserves severe punishment.

5 votes

is pretty damn clever.

5 votes

all of the above.

6 votes

all of the above except deserving severe punishment.

92 votes

some other combination.

2 votes

other.

0 votes

pie.

1 vote

AK-Sen: Begich lead over 1000! Update 3:56 Alaska time

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Friday November 14, 2008 · 4:19 PM PST

2008/11/14 · 16:19

Today's first update shows Begich's lead continuing to climb, now at over 1000 as per 3:15 pm Alaska time.

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Sunday October 12, 2008 · 10:16 PM PDT

2008/10/12 · 22:16

Having signed up for McCain's campaign newsletters many moons ago out of curiosity about how they might be different from the Democratic nominee's, and what if any interesting information I might be able to glean from this, I've finally hit paydirt :

McCain's 72-hour GOTV map and plan have been revealed.

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Wednesday June 25, 2008 · 4:57 PM PDT

2008/06/25 · 16:57

It appears that a delay on the FISA bill has been thwarted and will proceed to a full vote on Thursday, as reported by the AP:

http://news.yahoo.com/...

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Thursday March 06, 2008 · 12:27 PM PST

2008/03/06 · 12:27

OR-5 is one of the most vulnerable Democratic-held seats this cycle, as the current Democratic incumbent Darlene Hooley has decided to resign. Rep. Hooley won this swing-district, which actually has a Republican registration plurality, by typically about 10% based on her moderate voting record, and as an open seat it is being hotly contested in the Republican primary.

For more background, see my previous diary on this topic: http://www.dailykos.com/...

Today, the strongest and most well-known Republican candidate, Kevin Mannix, made his official declaration, setting off what will likely be a bloody primary on the Repubilcan side.

Update: The MSM is finally starting to report this: blog.oregonlive.com/politics/2008/03/mannix_makes_it_official_hes_r.html

as is the most prominent Oregon political blog:

www.blueoregon.com/2008/03/the-trouble-wit.html
www.blueoregon.com/2008/03/mannix-running.html

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Contested Republican OR-5/Democratic Pres primaries:

8 votes Vote Now!

Contested Republican OR-5/Democratic Pres primaries:

good for Rs (bad for Ds)/good for Ds

1 vote

bad for Rs/good for Ds

5 votes

good for Rs/bad for Ds

0 votes

bad for Rs/bad for Ds

0 votes

no flippin' clue

2 votes

OR-5: Dem candidate declares

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Monday February 25, 2008 · 11:53 PM PST

2008/02/25 · 23:53

OR-5 is one of the few Democratic House vacancies this cycle that will be closely contested by Republicans, as the Democratic incumbent who is retiring, Darlene Hooley, has typically won about 55-45 or tighter since she first won the seat in 1996.

With Darlene's abrupt announcement of her retirement this month and the primary on May 20, the clock has been ticking on who will be the Democratic candidate to declare for the race, until now: State Sen. Kurt Schrader.

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Thursday January 31, 2008 · 3:51 PM PST

2008/01/31 · 15:51

This diary is to serve as an "Open Thread" for thoughts on the Presidential 2008 race. I personally have a few disparate thoughts I would like to toss out there, and don't see an appropriate forum for that as there is no current "Open Thread" on the front page (the most recent one is about 5 hours old and way down), and I'd like to invite others with substantive thoughts on the Presidential race to contribute them here in lieu of starting an equally "lightweight" diary."

My thoughts: 1) Media narrative developing about Obama as front-runner? 2) Morbid thought on primary race 3) Question about Romney's dough

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Sunday January 06, 2008 · 4:13 PM PST

2008/01/06 · 16:13

As we wade through the results of the first elections of the primary season, it seems to me that one glaring outcome is being overlooked, one with tremendous implications for the course of the rest of the primary season and, indeed, the general election:

The strong possibility of a brokered convention for the Republicans and, much less so, for the Democrats (see wikipedia quote).

This would be the first for either since 1948 (Thomas Dewey) and 1952 (Adlai Stevenson), respectively (both of which they lost). Notably, the last contested convention for the Republicans was in 1976 (when Reagan narrowly lost to incumbent Ford who went on to lose to Carter) and the Democrats since the disastrous 1968 convention, after which the present-day primary system was established.

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Who will have a brokered convention?

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Who will have a brokered convention?

Republicans

36 votes

Democrats

0 votes

both

15 votes

neither

8 votes

not brokered for Republicans, but fractious

28 votes

not brokered for Democrats, but fractious

1 vote

pie

6 votes

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AK-Sen: Murkowski announcing "campaign kickoff"

MN-Sen: Coleman ballot inspection request denied

Utah public land saved by "civil disobedience"

AK-Sen: Begich lead over 1000! Update 3:56 Alaska time

McCain's 72-hour plan revealed

Breaking: FISA vote on Thursday

OR-5 (open): Republican candidate declares

OR-5: Dem candidate declares

Pres. 2008 Open Thread

The elephant in the room: a brokered (Republican) convention