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Republicans eye new election laws, Democrats question proposed changes
BOSTON (AP) — After back-to-back presidential losses, Republicans in key states want to change the rules to make it easier for them to win. From Wisconsin to Pennsylvania, GOP officials who control legislatures in states that supported President...
Tags: Tom Corbett, Mitt Romney, Dominic Pileggi, Rick Snyder, Parties and Movements
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Merit-based pay for legislators
This letter is regarding the two excellent columns in Friday’s Perspective (News, Jan. 11): “Blue states’ fiscal woes test Obama” by Brian Barry of the prestigious University of Chicago Booth School of Economics, and Jeff Libman&...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Finance, Interior Policy, Republican Party, Labor Markets
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It's official: Obama, Biden win second term
President Obama was declared the winner of the 2012 presidential election Friday in a special joint session of Congress, finally closing the book on the tumultuous and expensive campaign. Vice President Joe Biden, serving as president of the Senate,...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan, John G. Roberts, Jr., Government
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The unlikelihood of President Hillary
The votes have been cast, the count has been completed and we all know the winner of the presidential election. So now it's just a matter of letting the Electoral College meet to make the outcome official. Then we can get along with planning the...
Tags: Mitt Romney, George H.W. Bush, United Nations, White House, Politics
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The mighty fine state of our political system
My fellow taxpaying chumbolones. With only days before Tuesday's election — between a big-government Republican and a big-big-big-really-big-government Democrat — why don't we wrap things up? The dog that didn't bark Can President Barack...Tags: Mitt Romney, Parties and Movements, Democratic Party, Radio, Republican Party
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Presidential campaign 'legitimately' toxic?
I am so relieved that I don't live in a swing state. I can sleep through Nov. 6 and wake up knowing that Maryland's Electoral College votes will be safely in President Barack Obama's pocket — or Gov. Martin O'Malley will be in witness protection....Tags: Pregnancy and Childbirth, Mitt Romney, Super Bowl, Politics, Martin O'Malley
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Another snapshot in time, Sunday afternoon during the Bears game
Change of SubjectWe are at the point where the polls would have to be biased against Mr. Romney (in a statistical sense) in order for him to win the Electoral College....Nate Silver, today Or the turnout/enthusiasm models used in these polls are...... -
Preparing for an electoral/popular vote split
Change of SubjectI haven't heard the Democrats barking complaints about the Electoral College (this year), have you? Oh, in 2000, during the razor-thin election between soon-to-be President George W. Bush and Vice President Al Gore, there was plenty of barking about the..... -
O.C. voter turnout far behind 2008, but mail-in ballots up
L.A. NOWJust over 19% of registered Orange County voters had cast ballots by 3 p.m. Tuesday, a notable drop from the 2008 elections, county officials said.... -
The one in which I reveal the collective wisdom from the Crystal Blog entries
Change of SubjectRecapping the entries in the 2012 Crystal Blog contest: I didn't get around to mentioning that that 62 percent of entrants thought that the Democrats would pick up at least 5 seats in the U.S. House. The answers to the...... -
Election Night: Buddy Dyer will be WESH analyst; what else to expect
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelThe 2012 election season rolls to its long-desired conclusion Tuesday night with hour upon hour of results on local stations, broadcast networks and cable news channels. ABC, CBS and NBC start their coverage at 7 p.m. Cable news will begin earlier. You... -
Your final score, 332-206
Change of SubjectNow that the Mitt Romney campaign has conceded Florida, the final Electoral College vote in favor of President Barack Obama is 332-206. By comparison, his predecessor, George W. Bush, won 286 in his re-election bid in 2004. Both men ended......
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Dec 9, 2012
|Column| Chicago Tribune
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Aug 23, 2012
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Nov 4, 2012
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