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NH-02: Meet New Hampshire's Mr. Macaca

Those who know me know I spend a lot of time deconstructing Charlie Bass' (Rubber Stamp-NH) supposed indypendence. I can take a vacation now, because Bass is toast. Ladies and gentlemen, meet New...

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NH-02: Can't you Sandernista Bronx Taxi Drivers Take a Joke?

Yesterday, Keener and yours truly wrote separate diaries highlighting a new YouTube video of Charlie Bass (RubberStamp-NH) making remarks he thought would be heard by a Republican only audience. Here's...

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Kerry: GOP Are LIARS on Iraq and Foley

I can't say he was my favorite in the 2004 primary, but these words (AP via WaPo) sure made my day today.  Look who just used the L word: "They tell us we're making progress in Iraq and that there is...

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NH-02: Is Bass' Staff Campaigning from House Computers Again?

Remember, oh, about three pre-Foley weeks ago, when Charlie Bass' #2 guy, policy director Tad Furtado, resigned after it was discovered that he had been visiting my local blog, The Yankee Doodler and...

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Rats Fleeing Sinking U.S.S. Iraq Choose Party Over Country

Please excuse the shortness of this diary, but I just read the following quote and I had to share it with you, so as to get the taste of vomit out of my mouth.  From the latest WaPo piece on the...

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NH-02: Looking for a reason to give? Here's one for Kossacks

DavidNYC over at Swing State Project reminds us that today is really the last day to make our donations count, since money received now will help determine critical decisions about how and where...

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Check out the RNC's reality-based website

OK, I was being snarky; but unlike Ken Mehlman, at least I was doing it up front, instead of putting a tiny little disclaimer at the bottom, like this RNC site: America Weakly America Weakly is a...

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NH-02: NRCC Facing $100M Penalty for Illegal Robocalls

(From the diaries. And yes, this is a serious possibility. Let's bankrupt the motherfrakers after this election -- kos) As you may or may not know, 12-year Contract-w/-America breaker Charlie Bass is...

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Republican Massacre in New Hampshire

There's really no other way to put it.  On every single platform and in every respect, Republicans were massacred in New Hampshire last night.  This state, long known for being the lone traditional...

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WTF? Iraqi Police Kill American, Wound Another

I just saw this in WaPo lumped together with all the other stories on Google News about the abducted contracters, but this seems to be a distinct event: ZUBAYR, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi police said they...

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Judd Gregg's Got a New Pair of Birkenstocks

Crossposted with different title at Blue Hampshire, a progressive online community for the Granite State.Judd Gregg (R-NH), September 2006:"It [phased withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq] is a policy...

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Ford Slams Bush from the Grave

Unbelievable.  Can it be hyperbole any longer to call Bush II the worst president in American history when posthumous commanders-in-chief from his own party find ways to slam him?  WaPo, A1 (emphases...

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NH-Sen: Hirshberg's Blood Boils over Sununu

Yesterday in New Hampshire we were treated to seeing the country's "fastest senator" run away from reporters like a scared child on the issue of Iraq and the Warner resolution.Today the dream of a New...

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Local Blog Helps Anti-Escalation Resolution Go Forward

Please bear with me: this diary will have you smiling, and I think you can agree that we could all use some good news now and then in the final dark years of BushWorld.Last week at Blue Hampshire State...

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Harry Reid is an Opportunistic Defeatocrat

That's the only conclusion a reader could come to from the latest hit piece on him from Michael Duffy of Time Magazine.Language matters. You don't need to make up facts to assassinate someone in print....

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NH-Sen: Not so fast, Sprintin' Sununu

Before the MSM gets into a tizzy over the fact that John Sununu was the first Republican to call for Abu Gonzo's head, it's well worth remembering that back in 2005, when the Junior Senator Johnny was...

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Did the Surge Talk Express Veer from Iraq Reality?

I'll get right to the point. I'm looking for a reasonable explanation for something I happened to notice today about John McCain's visit to New Hampshire.McCain's itinerary, at least as late as March...

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Fitz Given Same Rank as Two Purged Prosecutors

Sometimes a cut and paste hatchet job diary is necessary.  This is one of those times. WaPo:U.S. Attorney Patrick J. Fitzgerald was ranked among prosecutors who had "not distinguished themselves" on a...

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Netroots a Key Metric for DSCC Recruitment?

Chuck Schumer, DailyKos, 21 March 2007:Last cycle, I saw firsthand the transformational role bloggers are playing in our Party.  Jim Webb and Jon Tester, candidates who were supported early by the...

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Goodbye Cruel Username

So, I really dislike meta diaries, but this seemed to be the only way to do this cleanly and without arousing suspicion.Last night I posted a diary that needlessly caused some confusion because, as the...

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