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A fair day's wage: An American-made Fourth of July
If you're doing last-minute shopping for a Fourth of July celebration, take just a minute to learn about and look for American-made, union-made versions of foods and drinks you were going to be buying...
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Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: Chris Collins: 'People now don't die' of...
Want the scoop on hot races around the country? Get the digest emailed to you each weekday morning. Sign up here. Leading Off: • NY-27: My jaw just hinged open and didn't want to shut after I read...
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Man who doesn't know the meaning of embarrassment thinks President Obama...
Samuel the non-plumber (Rona Proudfoot) Samuel "Joe the Plumber" Wurzelbacher thinks President Obama should be "embarrassed" to campaign in Ohio. Let's break this down for a minute. Here's a man who...
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Mitt Romney fan defends freedom of speech ... by shoving a handkerchief into...
Imagine loving Romney so much you're willing to physically assault someone over him. (Video.) So if you were protesting a Mitt Romney rally and some guy wearing a Romney button walked up to you and...
View Article538: Ten Most Likely Toss Up States all favor Obama
Nate Silver, at www.fivethirtyeight.com , lists what he calls the tipping point states. These are the states that are most likely to bring a candidate over 270 Electoral votes. So, in other words, let...
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What the Affordable Care Act is all about
Stephanie Miller cries on the shoulder of President Obama at a campaign event at Washington Park in Sandusky, Ohio (Reuters) That's Stephanie Miller, an Ohio voter who had a chance to thank President...
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Pres. Obama Hugged by Tearful Ohio Woman: Healthcare Law Could Have Saved My...
While campaigning in Sandusky, OH on July 5th, President Obama received a hug from a tearful Stephanie Miller whose sister, Kelly Hines, died of colon cancer at the age of 37. She got a chance to...
View ArticleAkron restaurant owner dies hours after meeting Obama
I can just see the Republican response to this now ... "Obama kills a supporter with his too tight hug!!!!" href="http://www.ohio.com/...
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Kissing Babies: Photo of Obama and My Friend's Baby!
A break from the heavy stuff, here's a photo taken today in Ohio of the President doing what all politicians do: get their picture taken holding a baby. But this time I know the baby (if not the...
View ArticleElderly Ohio woman dies hours after Obama eats at her restaurant
Just a quicky. Has anyone seen this page on NBC Politics on msnbc.com? I'm sure the wingnuts and Tea Partiers are going to claim that he killed her. Maybe just being in his presence is fatal?
View Article2020 Fantasy Redistricting: OH, WV, NE
This diary is part of a series where I guestimate how congressional reapportionment will change in 2020 based on current trends. Obviously this is very hypothetical. The first diary was a democratic...
View ArticleTake a Friend to the DMV
Votes count. Over 5 million Americans need voter IDs. Join us to help citizens vote. We are excited to introduce VoteRiders to the Daily Kos community. By shining a light on and assisting...
View ArticleObama Nightly News - Forward
Thank you for joining us for this, the second night of our Obama Nightly News. Welcome !!! The purpose of this regular series is to promote enthusiasm and action among Daily Kos members. Willard will...
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Daily Kos Elections Polling Wrap: Firms of all partisan stripes confirm a...
A couple of days ago, I wondered aloud whether or not the recent dearth in polling was solely attributable to the midweek July 4th holiday, or a larger issue involving the expense of polling and...
View ArticleDamn the Meta: Full Speed Ahead to November!
So over the weekend I was one of the people most Metafied by some serious bad craziness around here. Well, ultimately my Rec List diary was probably the right thing, but with a bit of...
View ArticleThe Best- and Worst-Performing Republican Incumbents of the 2004 Election:...
In my last diary, I gave some of the results of an analysis I ran on the 2004 House Elections, trying to find candidates who did better and worse than they "should" have. To keep the diary from being...
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Are you ready to Vote -- legally speaking?
It used to be a given, a basic right of citizenship. These days when you ask that question: Am I Ready to Vote? the answer may be: It Depends. Why New Photo ID Laws Mean Some Won't Vote by Corey...
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Daily Kos Elections Polling Wrap: Are there upsets in store next month in the...
On a rather slow start to the week, for the first time in a long time, it would be fair to say that a few downstream polls are probably of equal or greater importance than polls of the presidential...
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This Never Happened to Me Before
I am 65 years old. I've lived in the heartland of Illinois and Iowa my whole life. I now live in eastern Iowa. Since I was old enough to push a lawnmower safely, I have cut the grass once or twice a...
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Obama campaign, DNC sue Ohio over early voting restrictions
The Republican-dominated Ohio legislature eliminated early voting in Ohio's elections this year, a restriction that disproportionately effects minority and low-income voters. Those populations use...
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