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Voters Reject Schwarzenegger's Bid to Remake State Government — The governor's four ballot proposals, the foundation of his sweeping plans for change in Sacramento, are halted at the polls. — In a sharp repudiation of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Californians rejected all four …
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William Branigin / Washington Post:
Kaine Wins in Va. Gubernatorial Race — Democrat Timothy M. Kaine defeated Republican Jerry W. Kilgore in today's election for governor of Virginia, riding the popularity of outgoing Gov. Mark R. Warner (D) and dissatisfaction with the Bush administration in a state that typically votes Republican in national elections.
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David W. Chen / New York Times:
Corzine Prevails in a Nasty Governor's Race in New Jersey — Jon S. Corzine, a liberal Democrat who parlayed his wealth and experience as a Wall Street executive into victory for the United States Senate five years ago, won election yesterday as New Jersey's 52nd governor.
Michael D. Shear / Washington Post:
Democrat Kaine Wins in Virginia — Continuation Of Centrist Path Prevails Over Kilgore — Virginians elected Democrat Timothy M. Kaine yesterday as the state's next governor, choosing him to continue the centrist legacy of popular Gov. Mark R. Warner (D) and rejecting the Republican candidate …
Robin Toner / New York Times:
Defeats for G.O.P. Come at a Sensitive Time — WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 - After months of sagging poll ratings, scandal and general political unrest, the Republicans badly needed some good news in Tuesday's elections for governor. What they got instead was a clear-cut loss in a red state …
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Corzine Defeats Forrester To Become N.J. Governor — Bloomberg Wins Easily; Texas Passes Gay-Marriage Ban — Democrat Jon S. Corzine last night won the New Jersey governorship, after surviving a wild hazing from Republican Douglas Forrester and a bitter ex-wife in the closing days of a free-spending contest.
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Peter Baker / Washington Post:White House Gambles That Boosting Kilgore Will Pay Off for Bush
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Laurie Goodstein / New York Times:
Evolution Slate Outpolls Rivals — All eight members up for re-election to the Pennsylvania school board that had been sued for introducing the teaching of intelligent design as an alternative to evolution in biology class were swept out of office yesterday by a slate of challengers who campaigned against the intelligent design policy.
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Peter Slevin / Washington Post:
Kansas Education Board First to Back Intelligent Design — Schools to Teach Doubts About Evolutionary Theory — TOPEKA, Kan., Nov. 8 — The Kansas Board of Education voted Tuesday that students will be expected to study doubts about modern Darwinian theory, a move that defied …
MSNBC:Kansas education board downplays evolution
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Brian K. Sullivan / Bloomberg:Kansas State Board Votes to Teach Intelligent Design in Schools
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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
A Mayor Unleashed, Poised to Offer an Even Broader Agenda — With a huge re-election victory giving Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg what his supporters described last night as a sweeping mandate, the Democrats who oppose him are girding for a sequel at City Hall that might best be called "Bloomberg Unleashed."
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M.L. Elrick / Detroit Free Press:MAYOR COMES BACK: Kilpatrick grabs victory in tight finish
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Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
GOP Leaders Urge Probe in Prisons Leak — Congress's top Republican leaders yesterday demanded an immediate joint House and Senate investigation into the disclosure of classified information to The Washington Post that detailed a web of secret prisons being used to house and interrogate terrorism suspects.
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Tough Times for the 'Sissy Six' — It's in vogue on Capitol Hill these days to belong to a club. Senators negotiating a compromise over judicial nominees call themselves the "Gang of 14." When congressional leaders go to the White House, they are "the Big Five."
Robert Salladay / Los Angeles Times:
Schwarzenegger Hits Snag at Polling Place — SACRAMENTO — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger showed up to his Brentwood neighborhood polling station today to cast his ballot in the special election — and was told he had already voted. — Elections officials said a Los Angeles County poll worker …
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Michael R. Blood / Associated Press:Voters Reject Shwarzenegger Initiatives
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Joel Kotkin / Opinion Journal:
Why Immigrants Don't Riot Here — France's rigid economic system sustains privilege and inspires resentment. — The French political response to the continuing riots has focused most on the need for more multicultural "understanding" of, and public spending on, the disenchanted mass in the country's grim banlieues (suburbs).
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Norman Podhoretz / Commentary:
Who Is Lying About Iraq? — Among the many distortions, misrepresentations, and outright falsifications that have emerged from the debate over Iraq, one in particular stands out above all others. This is the charge that George W. Bush misled us into an immoral and/or unnecessary war in Iraq …
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Associated Press:
St. Paul mayoral race: Coleman defeats Kelly — St. Paul voters punished Mayor Randy Kelly on Tuesday for standing with President Bush a year ago, denying the Democrat a second term in Minnesota's capital city. — Former City Council member Chris Coleman, also a Democrat …
Douglas Jehl / New York Times:
Classified Report Warned on C.I.A.'s Tactics in Interrogation — WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 - A classified report issued last year by the Central Intelligence Agency's inspector general warned that interrogation procedures approved by the C.I.A. after the Sept. 11 attacks might violate some provisions …
Ferdinand T Cat / Conservative Cat:
Light at the End of the Channel Tunnel — Rarely am I so pleased to find out I was wrong. Although the French crisis is not over, the damage levels have dropped significantly overnight, with the number of burned cars dropping from 1173 to 617, and the number of municipalities affected from 226 to 116.
Washington Post:
Alito Signals Reluctance to Overturn Roe v. Wade — Supreme Court nominee Samuel A. Alito Jr. has signaled he would be highly reluctant to overturn long-standing precedents such as the 1973 Roe v. Wade abortion rights ruling, a move that has helped to silence some of his critics and may resolve …
