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Chris Bowers / MyDD:
Post Election Thoughts — In 2004, Busby lost the CA-50 by 22.0%. Today, it looks like she will lose by around 4.5%. And that was with the NRCC spending $4.5M on the race. If Republicans want to spin losing 18 points after spending $4.5M of committee money as a good thing, go for it.
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Matt Stoller / MyDD:
Progressive Messaging Wins: Tester, Angelides, Winograd, and Bilbray? — Brian Bilbray ran to the left of Francine Busby. I know it sounds weird, but he did. That he won on a progressive platform is biggest story of the night. Busby's loss was a loss no matter how it's spun …
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
Republican Wins House Race in Calif. — SAN DIEGO, June 7 — A Republican former congressman slipped to victory in a special election here Tuesday, staving off what would have been a highly embarrassing Democratic victory in a solidly Republican district. National Republicans poured …
San Diego Union-Tribune:
Bilbray edges out Busby — Rep. Filner beats Democratic rival in latest rematch — Republican Brian Bilbray beat Democrat Francine Busby early Wednesday in a close race to replace imprisoned former Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham in the 50th Congressional District, a contest seen as a gauge …
Dean / Dean's World:
Belleweather Election? — A very corrupt Republican congressman from California, Randy "Duke" Cunningham, recently had to resign his congressional seat. Last night his precinct had a special runoff election to determine who his replacement would be: Republican Brian P. Bilbray or Democrat Francine Busby.
Washington Post:
Republican Wins Bellwether California Election — The California Congressional seat vacated by jailed former representative Randy "Duke" Cunningham will remain in Republican hands after a special election Tuesday in which a lobbyist narrowly defeated a Democratic school board member.
Robert Tanner / Associated Press:Republican wins bellwether House race
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Michael Finnegan / Los Angeles Times:Preschool Funding Measure Trails
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Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:States' Primaries Are a Midterm Bellwether
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Laurie Kellman / Associated Press:
Supporters lose in gay marriage ban vote — WASHINGTON - The Senate on Wednesday rejected a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage, dealing a defeat to President Bush and Republicans who hoped to use the measure to energize conservative voters on Election Day.
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CNN:
Senate blocks same-sex marriage ban — WASHINGTON (CNN) — The Senate blocked on Wednesday a bid to amend the Constitution to essentially ban same-sex marriage. — Republicans pushed the plan even though supporters conceded the measure did not have enough votes to pass.
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R. Jeffrey Smith / Washington Post:
Retirement Account of DeLay's Wife Traced — With Disclosure, Family's Known Benefits From Ties With Lobbyist Exceed $490,000 — A registered lobbyist opened a retirement account in the late 1990s for the wife of then-House Whip Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) and contributed thousands of dollars …
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USA Today:
DeLay: GOP's 'panic, depression' risk losing elections — WASHINGTON — Former House majority leader Tom DeLay said he's "disappointed" in three ex-associates who pleaded guilty in a federal probe of political corruption, but he said their admissions "doesn't mean I knew" of their efforts to bribe Congress.
Washington Post:
Proposal Would Let Iran Enrich Uranium — TEHRAN, June 6 — The confidential diplomatic package backed by Washington and formally presented to Iran on Tuesday leaves open the possibility that Tehran will be able to enrich uranium on its own soil, U.S. and European officials said.
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Warren Hoge / New York Times:
Official of U.N. Says Americans Undermine It With Criticism — UNITED NATIONS, June 6 — Secretary General Kofi Annan's deputy assailed the United States on Tuesday for withholding support from the United Nations, encouraging its harshest detractors and undermining an institution that he said Washington needed more than it would admit.
TigerHawk:
The northern border and the Maple Leaf jihad — Regular readers know that I am a bit "soft" on illegal immigration, at least insofar as I do not subscribe to every argument offered by those who believe that illegal immigration from Mexico is an enormous problem requiring an immediate solution.
Bob Kemper / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
McKinney deal may be in works — Lawyer rejects talk of any negotiations — WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors investigating the confrontation between Rep. Cynthia McKinney of Georgia and a Capitol police officer have been talking privately with McKinney's office in hopes of resolving …
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Jeremy Alford / New York Times:
Louisiana Governor Plans to Sign Anti-Abortion Law — BATON ROUGE, La., June 6 — Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco's office said Tuesday that she would shortly sign into law a strict ban on abortion that would permit abortion only in the case where a woman's life was threatened by pregnancy.
Baltimore Examiner:
President Bush's victories receiving little attention — SAN FRANCISCO - When President Bush nominated Gen. Michael Hayden to run the CIA, the press focused on disapproving Democrats and even some Republicans who were dubious about confirmation. — A month later, when the Senate confirmed Hayden …
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