Charge: FEC Dems would ban Drudge, NYT, free media on election eve

(Hat tip: KimR) - The war between Republicans and Democrats on the politically splintered Federal Election Commission flared late Monday when a Republican commissioner and former chairman charged that the panel's Democrats want to regulate the press and end free election media. Read more at the Washington Examiner Read More......

German anti-immigration party celebrates dizzying rise

(Hat tip: KimR) - Supporters of Germany's new anti-immigration party erupted into raucous celebrations in this eastern city on Sunday after the Alternative for Germany (AfD) surged into three state assemblies with scores that would have been unthinkable only a year ago. Read more at Yahoo News Read More......

For 2017 French presidentials, economic liberalism is in vogue

(Hat tip: KimR) - Lower taxes, fewer labor rules, less state: in a country famed for its attachment to a protective social model, economic liberalism is the surprise trend among aspirants for France's 2017 presidential election. For decades, the French center-right eschewed the free market policies of Margaret Thatcher, sticking to the tradition of a strong dirigiste state and a generous public health and welfare system funded by high taxes. Read more at Reuters Read More......

Venezuela Awakens From Its 17-Year Socialist Nightmare

Elections: Venezuela's voters delivered a sledgehammer blow to the country's ruling Chavista socialists Sunday, winning a likely supermajority in the National Assembly. It's a great awakening from a 17-year nightmare.
Given the past two decades of near-victories, electoral fraud, chicanery and fractious political opposition mistakes, many Venezuelans are still in disbelief at the scale of the victory in the nation's legislative elections, which have decisively handed one of Venezuela's leading governing bodies over to the democratic, pro-free-market opposition.


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Are we seeing a war among women?

LOS ANGELES TIMES - Have you heard? The Republican war on women is over! Well, the “Republican war on women” is over. The trope, if not the actual phenomenon, has joined the ranks of retired political euphemisms. At least according to Republicans. The GOP victories in the midterm elections have been attributed to any number of factors, Obama’s new status as Undecider-in-Chief high among them. But Republicans have been patting themselves on the back especially hard for finally making headway with the group that purportedly loathed them more than any other: that monolith known as women.

In Texas, working-class Democratic heroine Wendy Davis was slaughtered in her bid for governor against Republican Greg Abbott, getting just 45 percent of women’s votes to her opponent’s 54 percent. In Colorado, Democratic Sen. Mark Udall, whose emphasis on abortion rights got him dubbed Mark Uterus, lost his seat to a Republican challenger framed as staunchly pro-life. Here in Southern California, birth control crusader Sandra Fluke, whose career took off after Rush Limbaugh did her the great favor of calling her a slut, ran for a state senate seat and was trounced by a fellow Democrat. Though women’s health wasn’t a major campaign issue, it’s telling that liberal local voters weren’t sufficiently moved by Fluke’s story to choose her over her more seasoned opponent.

Meanwhile, the GOP made women’s history. Mia Love, a Haitian American Mormon from Utah, will become the first black female Republican ever to serve in Congress.

Elise Stefanik, 30, of New York’s 21st district, became the youngest woman of any party to be elected to Congress.


Iowa elected its first female senator, combat veteran Jodi Ernst, who talked in television ads about growing up castrating pigs.

In the up-and-comer category, there was Saira Blair, an 18-year-old college freshman and self-described “pro-gun, pro-life, fiscal conservative” who ran a campaign out of her dorm room and won a seat in the West Virginia House of Delegates. In other words, ladies, it’s time to lay down our arms. Old white men are not coming after our birth control and legislating our bodies. Eighteen-year-old girls are! So shut up, already! Of course, none of this changes the fact that 64 percent of white men voted for Republicans in last week’s elections. Moreover, nearly two-thirds of eligible voters didn’t bother to show up at the polls at all. Maybe that’s because some of them, including women who once believed Republicans were waging a war on them, were busier ranting at and fighting with each other on social media than actually getting involved with the political process. It could be a coincidence, but I can’t help but notice that as the “war on women” recedes, women seem to be fighting a civil war among themselves.

Question affirmative consent on campus and you risk being called a rape apologist. Chuckle at a celebrity’s overzealous plastic surgery or prolific romantic history and you’re a body shamer or slut shamer. Engage in reasoned debate over women’s sexuality, creative expression or place in the world and you’re likely to be schooled by a sisterhood whose members are admirably passionate but somehow unable to get their heads around the idea that people who agree on the big issues can respectfully disagree on lots of smaller ones.

In other words, you’re likely to encounter progressive women who think that all women, especially all progressive ones, should be a monolithic entity — which is even more exasperating than conservative men who think the same thing. Contact Meghan Daum at mdaum@latimescolumnists.com Read More......

Eurosceptic 'earthquake' rocks EU elections

UK Independence Party and French National Front both performed strongly. The three big centrist blocs all lost seats, though still hold the majority. ✧ The outcome means a greater say for those who want to cut back the EU's powers, or abolish it completely. ✧ UK PM David Cameron said the public was "disillusioned" with the EU.

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An End to Fair Elections

The Obama administration and New York's senior senator , Democrat Chuck Schumer, are conspiring to muzzle critics of the Democratic Party before this fall's midterm elections. Literally to outlaw free speech. They are rushing through a change in IRS regulations that would prevent Tea Party organizations and other not-for-profits called 501c4s from engaging in customary pre-election activities such as get-out-the vote drives, debates and forums, and brochures rating the candidates. The regulation would even prohibit these groups from criticizing incumbent office-holders within 60 days of a general election.

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Foreign Company Buys U.S. Election Results Reporting Firm

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Bev Harris - In a major step towards global centralization of election processes, the world's dominant Internet voting company has purchased the USA's dominant election results reporting company. ✧ When you view your local or state election results on the Internet, on portals which often appear to be owned by the county elections division, in over 525 US jurisdictions you are actually redirected to a private corporate site controlled by SOE software, which operates under the name ClarityElections.com [from Spain!]. Read more at blackboxvoting.org...

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CFP: Proof of U.S. citizenship is not required to vote in US Elections

Jim Campbell - Incredulously, though it’s a felony to vote if the voter is not a United States Citizen, all one needs is a face to vote in our elections. It goes without saying; the Democratic Party wants it that way. Read more at Canada Free Press... Read More......

NC Governor Proposes Ignoring Constitution and Suspending Congressional Elections for 2 Years

THINK PROGRESS/JUSTICE, 9/27/2011 - Article I Section II of the United States Constitution specifically states, “The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year by the People of the several States.” But North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue (D) would rather we just skip over that section and suspend congressional elections for two years. Speaking at a Rotary Club event today, Perdue proposed holding off on elections for a while so lawmakers can focus on the economy — a suggestion that’s breathtaking just by virtue of how blatantly unconstitutional it is: Read more at Think Progress...

Gov. Perdue’s office responded to the 'hubbub' over her remarks on her Facebook page. Press Secretary Chris Mackey said, “Come on… Gov. Perdue was obviously using hyperbole to highlight what we can all agree is a serious problem: Washington politicians who focus on their own election instead of what’s best for the people they serve.” Read More......

Polls Close in Iraq as Insurgent Attacks Kill 36

FOX NEWS, 2/7/2010 - (AP) Iraqis defied insurgents who lobbed hand grenades at voters and bombed a polling station Sunday in an attempt to intimidate those taking part in elections that will determine whether their country can overcome deep sectarian divides as U.S. forces prepare to leave. ∴ The conclusion of the vote, however, did not spell an immediate end to political uncertainty. It could be days until results come in and with the fractured nature of Iraqi politics, it could take months to form a government. Read more at FOX...

t was an election day that demonstrated starkly how far the country, a rare democracy in the Middle East, has come since the last nationwide parliamentary vote in December 2005 and how much still holds it back.

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America Rising: An Open Letter to Democrat Politicians

Hat tip: Jerry Jackson (via email), "Wow, you have got to watch this video. Talk about powerful. I hope it makes it to television for the 2010 elections."

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On November 4, 2008...
We gave you power.
In the House.
In the Senate.
And in the Oval.

We voted for hope.
We voted for change.
Balance would be restored.
Our world would be safer.
Our families would be stronger.
Our future would be brighter.
We trusted you.
So we elected you.
We regret it.

So in 2010...
You will lose big.
No more taxes.
No more spending.
No more Socialism.

We tried to warn you.
But you wouldn’t listen.
So now you will pay.
Why?
FREEDOM.

You’re a threat,
To our economy,
To our health care,
To our Individual liberties.

You bet the farm.
Government takeovers.
Bailouts.
Liberal policies.
TARP
$700 Billion
Federal Stimulus
$1.2 Trillion
Federal Reserve Rescue
$6.4 Trillion

Tax.
Spend.
Redistribute.
We’re BROKE.

+10% Unemployment.
And now you want...
Our health care?

Backroom deals.
Payoffs.
Blatant and shameless BRIBES.
We’ve had enough.

We’re taking our country back.
From radicals.
Leftists.
And Liberals.
We’re coming after YOU.
AMERICA RISING
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Republicans sweep 2 out of 3 high profile races!

11/3/2009 - Republican Chris Christie beats incumbent Democratic Gov. Jon Corzine in New Jersey; Republican Bob McDonnell trounces Democrat Creigh Deeds in Virginia. Democrats prevent a shut-out by winning an upstate New York congressional seat (23rd District). Read more at FOX News...

Meanwhile, Charles Krauthammer senses fear in the White House...
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Thank you from an Iraqi

An Iraqi woman just voted and she has something to say in a video message. Read More......

When Oregon unions flex, candidates win races

The Oregonian, June 1, 2008 - by Harry Esteve

Labor muscle scored a total victory May 20, when all of its endorsements won. Organized labor -- public employee unions in particular -- spent hundreds of thousands of dollars and uncounted volunteer hours on Oregon's May 20 primary elections. It all paid off. Most candidates with union backing won. Candidates in union doghouses lost.

The net result was a monster victory for labor groups that helped solidify their role as one of the state's top power brokers.

Unions played key roles in statewide victories for secretary of state candidate Kate Brown, attorney general candidate John Kroger and U.S. Senate candidate Jeff Merkley. But they also got involved locally, helping Sam Adams win the Portland mayoral contest, Democrat Michael Dembrow win the House District 45 primary in Northeast Portland, and Dennis Doyle oust Beaverton Mayor Rob Drake.

The outcome left Republicans grumbling about the increasing influence of unions in state government. And it left little doubt that labor's agenda will get red-carpet treatment when the 2009 Legislature meets in January. Continued here.

Also, talk radio host, Todd Feinburg refers to this article in an interesting blog titled How much has America changed?.

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