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Democrats pick up Republican U.S. House seat - third since March.
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Inaugural Sprint 2008 issue of New Orleans IndyMedia's quarterly print edition.
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A lovely picture of Bush & McCain eating some birthday cake, as well as some photos of other events going on that day.
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Even for Americans, constitutionally convinced that there will always be a second act, and a third, and a do-over after that, and, if necessary, a little public repentance and forgiveness and a Brand New Start--even for us, the world looks a little Terminal right now.
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Yes, BillO is nuts, and apparently this is not a recent development.
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Is the long primary hurting Democratic chances in November? Some signs point to yes, but other hopeful signs are out there too. According to Rasmussen, the advantage of Americans identifying themselves as Democrats vs. Republicans is now the widest gap since they started measuring almost six years ago, at 41.4% to 31.4% nationwide.
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Cazayoux gives Democrats a seat held by Republicans for more than 30 years.
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Answer 5 questions to see if you can distinguish Bush and McCain...it's harder than it sounds!
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John McCain began his 'Take Action Tour' in New Orleans earlier today by making a quick stop in the 9th Ward and promised the people of this ravaged area he would work hard to build back their community. This is the same John McCain who voted against $109 billion in supplemental emergency funding...
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On March 27, hundreds of students and supporters participated in the Rutgers Walkout against the U.S. occupation of Iraq. Three students have received a summons for 'disorderly conduct' is association with the protest. Please sign the petition requesting support from Rutgers and the dropping of the charges.
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Our own Joan Simon's letter to the Times Picayune, regarding war profiteering by Halliburton and others.
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Can Gilda Reed be the first Democrat in 30 years to win LA-01? The Times-Picayune's Stephanie Grace has been pondering primary turnout and concludes 'Saturday's results suggest they're already halfway there.'
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I've known Mary Landrieu since elementary school. Our parents went to Loyola University in New Orleans together. I remember the excitement of her first run for state representative when she was only 22 in the 1970s and how proud I was of her when she won!
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How often does a news headline make you smile?
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A year to the day before he was assassinated, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., delivered a speech at Riverside Church in New York to the group Clergy and Laity Concerned. The date was April 4, 1967.
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For all the coverage of Senator McCain's background, there are some important things you won't learn about him from the TV networks. His carefully crafted positive image relies on people not knowing this stuff - and you might be surprised by some of it.
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Being No. 1, by most accounts, is a positive thing. But being No. 1 when you're the state with the highest incarceration rate in the nation is unsettling.
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Gilda Reed placed second in the primary and will soon be facing a Republican with bottomless pockets in the runoff election for the First Congressional District.
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Dick Cheney says of George Bush that he 'bears the greatest burden of the war.', and of the 4000 dead American soldiers, 'They volunteered.' Help send fighting Democrats to congress to speak up for our troops.
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Don't cha love it when Republicans do the dirty work for ya?
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