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Houston Astros Mark World Food Crisis With All
You Can Eat Thursdays

post from Texas Liberal on 13 May 2008 10:09:23 PM. © Texas Liberal

The Houston Astros baseball team has introduced all you can eat Thursdays.On Thursday home games you can pay $35 and, in addition to a seat, get unlimited hot dogs, nachos, peanuts, popcorn, soda and water.Maybe this is being done in response to concern by the team that the rise in gas prices will hurt attendance this year.Another [...]

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On Morning Joe , Harwood again referred to McCain
as a "maverick" who "voted against Bush's tax cuts"

post from Media Matters for America on 13 May 2008 10:08:45 PM. © Media Matters for America

On the May 13 edition of MSNBC's Morning Joe, CNBC chief Washingtoncorrespondent John Harwood stated:"And in this election, who rose to the top? But -- not the establishmentcandidates, not the off-the-rack Republican, Mitt Romney, or the establishmentcandidate, Hillary Clinton. It's John McCain, maverick, at odds with Bush onsome things." Harwood later asserted that McCain "voted against Bush's taxcuts" without noting that McCain reversed his position on the tax cuts and nowcalls for making[...]

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Clinton Wins WV Primary, Thread II

post from Firedoglake on 13 May 2008 10:07:58 PM. © Firedoglake

10:07 pm ET 47% of votes tallied: -- Hillary Clinton 65% -- Barack Obama 28% Now that the media has spent the last couple of hours flogging the WV primary results, I've reached a conclusion: it's really all about the media hearing themselves talk,[...]

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NE-Sen Results Thread

post from Daily Kos on 13 May 2008 10:04:11 PM. © Daily Kos

Turnout has been light, says WOWT, at least in Omaha. Nebraska's Democratic delegates have already been apportioned by a caucus back in February (Obama 16 delegates, Clinton 8).

3% precincts reporting.

Vote% Kleeb 66 (13,069) Raimondo 27 (5,420)

Update: Sloooowww counting in Nebraska. I switched sites from the SoS to the Omaha World-Herald which seems to be a little ahead.

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Clarion Ledger MS-01 Wrap

post from Cotton Mouth on 13 May 2008 10:01:00 PM. © Cotton Mouth

Democrat Travis Childers blasted past Republican Greg Davis by nearly 8,000 votes in his special election bid for the congressional seat vacated by Roger Wicker. Wicker of course is set to try the doomed Republican strategy against former Governor Ronnie Musgrove. Wicker has a slight edge here only due to fundraising, really a draw. With the good news from MS-01 look for Musgrove's fundraising efforts to pick up steam.

The Jackson based Clarion Ledger, boasting the states largest circulation, had a few things of note in their wrap up of the MS-01 race.

Travis Childers said:

"What made the difference is the fact that we wanted this to be a local race. So many people tried to nationalize it. This was a local race about 24 counties in Mississippi."

Terry Cassereino said:

Childers' victory "changes the dynamics going into the fall elections," said his campaign press secretary, Terry Cassreino, who also is spokesman for the Mississippi Democratic Party. "Democrats weren't supposed to win this seat."

And if you think the GOP is done with nasty politics in MS-01, just wait until November...

Davis, 42, said, "I think when he goes to Washington, we'll know where he stands versus what he says."

"We may have lost the battle but we haven't lost the war," he added. "We're not known for giving up and we don't intend to give up on the November race."

Marty Wiseman, director of the Stennis Institute of Government at Mississippi State University, said, "It's only the beginning, not the end. The Republicans will try viciously to hold onto that seat or reclaim it."

We have a very good shot at winning with Musgrove in November, and holding on the seat just won by Childers. The voters of MS-01 are going to respect Travis, and he will keep their vote. We must work on registering new voters before November. Change is in the air.

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Upcountry

post from Talking Points Memo on 13 May 2008 10:00:00 PM. © Talking Points Memo

If the exit polls (and the pre-election polls) are accurate, Hillary Clinton is set to win West Virginia by roughly a 2 to 1 margin over Barack Obama. Oregon, next Tuesday, favors Obama. But Kentucky, which votes the same day, seems likely to yield a[...]

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A Few Thoughts on the Politics of Iron Man

post from Open Left - Front Page on 13 May 2008 10:00:00 PM. © Open Left - Front Page

Screening Liberally Big Pictureby Seth Pearce, NYC Student UnionIron Man is a good superhero movie.[...]

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We knew they were thinking it

And even fondly remembering what happened the first time. We just didn’t know they actually said it out loud:An ongoing exploration of the documents related to the Pentagon’s “message force multipliers” program has unearthed a clip of former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld suggesting that America, having voted the Democrats back into Congressional power, [...]

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Results

West Virginia is the expected blow out. But look at the results in Mississippi (on our election scoreboard). It's starting to look like the Dems may bag a pick up in this race too.With 70% of the results in, Childers, the Dem, has a 4 point lead. And[...]

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The Truth Will Out: Rep. Nick Rahall Says The
Dems Committed To Beating John McBush

Download | Play Download | Play (h/t Silent Patriot)I’m sure it was strictly unintentional….Democratic Rep. Nick Rahall (WV03) assures Chris Matthews that democracy is alive and well and that the process is working out as it should.These primaries have been good for the Democratic Party. It shows the diversity in our party. It shows the strength that [...]

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