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Erick Erickson has more on Republican tightwads.

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NBC News and National Journal have a new politics portal just in time for Election Day. Check it out.

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Gov. Jim Doyle must have been hoping and praying no more scandal would appear before Election Day. His prayers weren’t answered, and now he’ll have to answer questions about a Milwaukee building development:
The new project is a six-story dormitory for University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee students at North Avenue and the west bank of the river. To […]

David Zucker makes a political ad the GOP is willing to run.

If the GOP loses the U.S. Senate they can give partial blame to their stingy collegues with piles of unused campaign cash:
For example, Republican Sens. Richard C. Shelby of Alabama and Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas both have more than $9 million in their campaign accounts, and there is no limit to how much they […]

AlGore’s Current network finally aired something worth watching, a real-life waterboarding.

Watching the opening scene of Saving Private Ryan was cringing because of its realism and display of war’s brutality so I didn’t think I’d make it through the video. But I wanted to watch it because I support the military and intelligence services in […]

Democratic Congressional candidate Steve Kagen is stumbling through the final weeks of his race against Republican John Gard. He’s said he’d fight terrorists on planes instead of preventing them from ever hijacking them; would rather be nicey-nice with North Korea; and thinks criminals are making a statement when committing their crimes. Kagen has now uttered […]

According to the Ussher-Lightfoot Calendar today is the earth’s birthday. Today should be Earth Day. Gaylord Nelson blew it.
Poor me, I forgot to bake a cake. I did bring some entertainment to the party:

[via TAM reader DJ]

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If you’re investing in Mexico or the U.S. you should be pleased right now. Both are at record highs. In the U.S. lower oil prices and good corporate earnings are making investors happy.
“Dow Hits New High on Earnings Optimism”

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Jeff Skilling, Enron’s ex-CEO will be in jail until he’s an old man:
A federal judge sentenced former Enron CEO Jeff Skilling to a prison term of 292 months, or 24 years and 4 months, for misleading the investing public about the financial health of a company that once claimed to be the seventh largest in […]

This is right up there with thinking President Bush had the Twin Towers knocked down:
I advance the following theory: Kenneth Lay — the disgraced CEO of Enron who was convicted of 10 counts of fraud, conspiracy and lying to banks in two separate cases related to the collapse of the Houston-based company he founded, who […]

You can’t say the Left blogosphere isn’t creative. MyDD’s Chris Bowers wants to game Google calling it “Google Bombing The Election:”
[T]his project will help push the most negative article written by a non-partisan media source on all key Republican candidates to the forefront of any search for that candidate. The negative article will appear both […]

Charlie Sykes has been receiving calls and e-mails about the gay marriage amendment on the ballot in a few weeks. Here’s the amendment [PDF] to be voted on:
“Marriage. Shall section 13 of article XIII of the constitution be created to provide that only a marriage between one man and one woman shall be valid or […]

Arizona voters will be brining their photo IDs to the polls because the Supreme Court overruled a Ninth Circuit injuction:
Arizona voters will have to present identification at the polls on Nov. 7 after all.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday that the state’s new voter-ID requirements, passed as part of 2004’s Proposition 200, can be enforced […]

The results on Election Day will depend a lot on each party getting their voters to the polls.
Barron’s doesn’t predict a Democratic landslide.
Mark Foley was cleaver enough to operate “within accepted norms of the [House Page] program’s culture.”
Rep. Nancy Pelosi denies the Democrats will try to impeach President Bush if they take the House and […]