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Oregon voters pass tax increasing measures by big margin … Oregon voters bucked decades of anti-tax and anti-Salem sentiment Tuesday, raising taxes on corporations and the wealthy to prevent further erosion of public schools and other state services. — The tax measures passed easily …
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Oregon's Rich Tax is Not a Victory for Liberals — Yesterday, Oregon voters ratified two tax increases, one on high earners, and another a revision of the state's corporate income tax. This is their strategy for plugging an enormous budget gap, like the ones that have opened up in state budgets around the country.
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The Lessons of Oregon's Vote to Tax the Rich
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House to Senate: We're Ready On Health Care If You Are — Leading Democrats in the House still insist that “all options are on the table” to move ahead on health care. But for the first time since last Tuesday's special election in Massachusetts, it's clear that they're coalescing around …
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Washington Post Writer Makes Assumptions About O'Keefe That the Facts Don't Cash — Again — The Washington Post reports that James O'Keefe stands accused of a plot to “bug” Mary Landrieu's office: — When I first read a news story about this yesterday, it sounded to me like O'Keefe …
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MSM Leaping to Conclusions — While Big Government Waits for Facts — Wait until the facts are in. — Mainstream Media, ACORN, Media Matters (all the supposed defenders of due process and journalistic ethics) are jumping to conclusions over the arrest today of James O'Keefe …
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Live Blogging the iPad Product Announcement — Apple chief executive, Steve Jobs, unveils the iPad. — 10-Hour Battery Life — Update | 1:38 p.m. “We been able to achieve 10 hours of battery life” Mr. Jobs says. “I can take a flight form San Francisco to Tokyo and watch video the whole way.”
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Live Apple “Come see our latest creation” / tablet event coverage — Manual updating, hit F5! — 11:05AM - Phil's done showing off Keynote, big applause. Showing Pages now! — 11:04AM - Don't forget to go check out our iPad discussions! — 11:00AM - “The only way to appreciate …
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Top Dems at war - with each other — President Barack Obama, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will be all smiles as the president arrives at the Capitol for his State of the Union speech Wednesday night, but the happy faces can't hide relationships that are fraying and fraught.
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Waiting for Barack — Every Hill office I've spoken to in the past week has had the same complaint. “Where,” they ask, “is the White House?” — There's been no clear message on the way forward for health-care reform. No clear articulation of preferences. No public leadership to speak of.
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In Speech, Obama to Admit Missteps in First Year — WASHINGTON — For all the questions circulating in Democratic quarters as President Obama tries to weather the worst storm of his administration, perhaps none is as succinct as this: Are the missteps at the White House rooted in message or substance?
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Book Report: ‘The Politician’ By Andrew Young — If Washington Wire readers are interested in reading Andrew Young's forthcoming tell-all on his decade behind the scenes with John Edwards, the story heats up on page 154 when Young begins to recount how the 2008 presidential hopeful …
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“The Candidate” Revealed — Hotline On Call has acquired …
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Clinton signals not a two-term Secretary of State — In an interview to air at 8pm tonight on PBS's Tavis Smiley Reports, Hillary Clinton tells Smiley she does not envision serving as Secretary of State for a second term. She also tells Smiley she is “absolutely not interested” in another presidential run:
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Bringing Sexy Back — He's The One, all right. — The handsome, athletic pol with the comely wife and two lovely daughters who precipitously rose from the State Legislature to pull us all together. — The fresh face and disarming underdog America's been waiting for …
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Ben Nelson Planned To Filibuster Conference Report, Admits Current Law Already Prevents Public Money From Funding Abortion — During last year's health care debate, Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE) insisted on inserting specific language into the Senate health care bill that prevented public dollars …
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‘Obama Girl’ now falling out of love — First, Massachusetts turned on the president. — Now, the bikini-clad “Obama Girl” — who fa mously cooed about her “crush” throughout the presidential campaign on YouTube videos — admits the thrill is gone. — Amber Lee Ettinger …
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Geithner Says A.I.G. Rescue Prevented a Depression — WASHINGTON — In heated questioning that at times took on the air of a cross-examination, Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner on Wednesday defended his role and the government's actions in bailing out the American International Group …
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Obama aims to ax moon mission — NASA's plans to return astronauts to the moon are dead. So are the rockets being designed to take them there — that is, if President Barack Obama gets his way. — When the White House releases his budget proposal Monday, there will be no money …
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Sexual Starvation and Jihad Fantasies — Posted by Miranda Devine on Jan 27th, 2010 and filed under FrontPage. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry — [This article is reprinted from The Syndey Morning Herald.]
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Salt Lake County GOP cancels keynote address after New Orleans arrest — Plan B » Party's big annual fundraiser will find new featured speaker instead of O'Keefe. — Salt Lake County Republicans are scrambling to line up a new keynote fundraising speaker after the arrest Tuesday …
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Adults Only, Please — Maybe it's just me, but I've found the last few weeks in American politics particularly unnerving. Our economy is still very fragile, yet you would never know that by the way the political class is acting. We're like a patient that just got out of intensive care …
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NPR Poll Shows Vulnerability Of Obama, Democrats … text sizeAAA — Wednesday night's State of the Union speech is an opportunity for President Obama to reconnect to voters who are frustrated about the state of the economy and the progress he's been making toward fulfilling his campaign promises.
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