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• OR-Sen: Top Oregon Dem to enter race

  Published: July 27, 2007, 12:31 pm

  Tags: Or Sen, Oregon, Senate, 2008 Elections, Gordon Smith, Jeff Merkley

  On the web: Steve Novick for Senate Jeff Merkley for State Rep (this should rapidly convert to a Senate site once he announces)

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• TX-Sen: Noriega seeks to avoid primary

  Published: July 27, 2007, 10:52 am

  Tags: Rick Noriega, Tx Sen, Texas, Senate, 2008 Elections, Mikal Watts

  who have not had proper representation in the U.S. Senate for the past six years. “This senator decided early on to represent one Texan – the President of the United States. He has carried George Bush’s brief case. He has not represented the 22 million people that live in the state of Texas,” Noriega said. Incumbent John

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• KY-Sen: And McConnell continues to fall

  Published: July 30, 2007, 4:03 pm

  Tags: Mitch Mcconnell, Ky Sen, Kentucky, Senate, 2008

  is doing as United States Senator? Approve 48 (52) Disapprove 44 (42) Not sure 8 (5) Three months ago, it was 54/29 approve/disapprove, not stellar, but better than the new depths he's fallen to. That's a 15 percent rise in his negatives despite a lack of organized opposition to McConnell. Perhaps it has to do with McConnell acting as

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• Federal Agents Searching Ted Stevens' House

  Published: July 30, 2007, 8:05 pm

  Tags: Ted Stevens, Ak Sen, Schadenfreude

  Girdwood home of Alaska U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens, an FBI agent said. "All I can say is that agents from the FBI and IRS are currently conducting a search at that residence," said Dave Heller, the assistant special agent in charge of the FBI's Anchorage office. The search began this afternoon, he said. It's the only such search warrant currently

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• MN-Sen: Coleman already fading

  Published: July 31, 2007, 12:43 pm

  Tags: Mn Sen, Minnesota, Senate, 2008, Norm Coleman, Al Franken, Mike Ciresi

  SurveyUSA. 7/26-29. Registered voters. (2/12-13 results) Coleman (R) 49 (57) Franken (DFL) 42 (35) Coleman (R) 48 (57) Ciresi (DFL) 42 (34) That's a dramatic shift in support in just five months, and we've still got well over a year to go. Same goes for incumbent Republicans in Maine, Oregon, and elsewhere -- early GOP leads will continue

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• AK-Sen: "Unprecedented in Alaskan politics"

  Published: July 31, 2007, 12:37 pm

  Tags: Ak Sen, Alaska, Senate, 2008, Ted Stevens, Mark Begich

  opportunity for a Democratic Senate pickup in the state.

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• MN-Sen: Pro-war group runs ad thanking Coleman for war support

  Published: August 2, 2007, 2:47 pm

  Tags: Iraq, Mn Sen, Minnesota, Senate, 2008 Elections

  run ads thanking vulnerable senators for their support for Bush's war. Democrats couldn't air a more damaging ad. Coleman has been trying to play both sides, pretending he's got concerns about Iraq while continuing to vote for this dramatically unpopular war. This ad makes it crystal clear which side Coleman is on.

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• Developing Hard: Merkley's Voting Record

  Published: August 3, 2007, 8:21 pm

  Tags: Oregon Politics, Oregon Legislature, Bush, Iraq, Us Senate, Sen Smith, Democrats

  Greenlick, Kafoury, Nolan, Rosenbaum; Excused, 8--Dalto, Hass, March, Smith P., Smith T., Tomei, Williams, Wirth; Excused for business of the House, 3--Johnson, Macpherson,

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• Novick Campaign Deflates; Merkley Makes Steal; Bloggers ARE People

  Published: August 3, 2007, 9:45 am

  Tags: Oregon Politics, Moonbats, Sen Smith, Democrats

  candidate to take on Sen. Gordon Smith.In my opinion Speaker Merkley wins yesterday's Gillette "bold move of the day" award. Much of Novick's initial steam came from Carla over at LO as they were constantly hyping him and stumping for cash for him. And Carla was very prolific in her posting of pro-Novick blog diaries.I know that Carla

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• OK-Sen: A real race brewing

  Published: August 8, 2007, 3:55 pm

  Tags: Ok Sen, Oklahoma, Senate, 2008, Andrew Rice, Jim Inhofe

  be one of the most partisan Senators of all.  He even boasts of being the "most conservative" Senator.  In contrast, as a member in the evenly divided Oklahoma Senate, I have proven that I can work with both Republicans and Democrats to get results for our state. Divisive politics is harming our country. That’s not my style. I

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• Idaho Round-Up

  Published: August 8, 2007, 8:43 pm

  Tags: Idaho, Id Sen, Id 01, Larry Grant, Larry Larocco, Larry Craig, Bill Sali, Rand Lewis, Walt Minnick, Senate, House

  for the 1st. The Democrats' Senate candidate, Larry LaRocco, is going to benefit from Sen. Larry Craig's inexplicable opposition to the final legislative wish of his colleague, recently deceased Wyoming Sen. Craig Thomas, to protect portions of the Snake River headwaters under the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act. It's a strange position to take,

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• TX-Sen: Noriega intro web ad

  Published: August 8, 2007, 10:53 pm

  Tags: Rick Noriega, Tx Sen, Texas, Senate, 2008, John Cornyn

  our Lone Star people-powered Senate candidate? You can do it here. Really, if you're in Texas, there's no reason for you not to jump in early, even if it's just $5. Your state won't fix itself. People like me can cheerlead from afar, but real change is going to come from within. And you aren't going to get it by sitting on the sidelines.

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• OR-Sen: August no recess for Smith

  Published: August 9, 2007, 6:11 pm

  Tags: Sen, Oregon, Gordon Smith, Dick Cheney, Iraq, Natural Resources, Salmon, Water, Senate, 2008 Elections

  supporter and current GOP Senate incumbent (desparately trying to keep his seat) Gordon Smith might have "broken" with Bush on Iraq, but he's having a hard time keeping his story straight on this one. Via Carla at Loaded Orygun, Smith has a hard time with a Roseburg audience explaining exactly where he is on the war: "When the president

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• Merkley's Website

  Published: August 10, 2007, 12:35 am

  Tags: Oregon Politics, Us Senate, Sen Smith, Democrats

  running against the current Senate. In saying "Gordon Smith is part of the problem in Washington" I get the impression that Merkley's strategy is to paint Gordon Smith as George W. Which might get tricky as the 08 Presidential campaigns heat up and the D held Senate is constantly in rotation on the evening news. Nothing so far out of Merkley's

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• ME-Sen: Collins = endless war

  Published: August 10, 2007, 7:40 pm

  Tags: Susan Collins, Tom Allen, Me Sen, Maine, Senate, 2008 Elections, Olympia Snowe

  between endless war and a Senator dedicated to getting our men and women in Iraq safely home to their families. Sen. Snowe, who won re-election last year, is getting kudos from her constituents for bolting on Iraq. Sen. Olympia Snowe, who split from the Senate Republican caucus and President Bush last month to support a withdrawal of U.S.

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