Bob Turner gets court order impounding non-regular NY-9 ballots
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A reader passes this along. It looks very similar to one that Jane Corwin filed in a recent Upstate Congressional special election. Update: So I got off the phone with the lawyer who filed this case, and they’re impounding the non-regular ballots (i.e. absentee & provisional) because of “gross incompetence” on behalf of the Board of Elections, citing “absentee ballots being mailed to dead people and people who did not request them.”
Published on Wednesday 8th of February 2012 12:52:06 AM
Obama Wants The Tea Party "Taken Out" (Drinking with Bob video)
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Spirited rant on call to take out members of tea party and defense of same.
Published on Wednesday 8th of February 2012 12:52:06 AM
Legendary New York coach pleads guilty to sex assault
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A legendary New York City high school basketball coach was sentenced to five years of probation today after pleading guilty to charges he sexually molested a 14-year-old boy while at a Boston hotel in 1976 for a Red Sox - Yankees game.
Published on Wednesday 8th of February 2012 12:52:06 AM
In Show-Ending Poem, CBS's Schieffer Spins Christmas Classic Into Critique of Tea Party
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Ending Sunday's "Face the Nation" in poetic fashion, CBS's Bob Schieffer gave a year-end commentary where he portrayed John Boehner as the flustered "orange-faced" leader of a divided House GOP. Schieffer also snidely criticized the Arizona immigration law.
Published on Wednesday 8th of February 2012 12:52:06 AM
Shrum: Tax Cuts & Unemployment Benefits Will Create 7 Million Jobs
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Democratic strategist Bob Shrum defends President Obama compromising on extending the Bush-era tax cuts. Shrum calls the bill a "second stimulus."
Published on Wednesday 8th of February 2012 12:52:06 AM
Dem Sen: Tax Cut Compromise With GOP Like "Negotiating With Terrorists"
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SEN. BOB MENENDEZ (D-NJ): "Do you allow yourself to be held hostage and get something done for the sake of getting something done, when in fact it might be perverse in its ultimate results? It’s almost like the question of do you negotiate with terrorists.”
Published on Wednesday 8th of February 2012 12:52:06 AM
Etheridge can't overcome Ellmers' lead in recount
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Raleigh, N.C. — Republican Renee Ellmers has unseated veteran Congressman Bob Etheridge, according to unofficial results of a recount in the tight race. Etheridge, a seven-term Democrat, picked up six votes on Ellmers after voting results from 10 counties were tabulated a second time, but it was nowhere near enough to overcome her 1,489-vote lead following the Nov. 2 election. The State Board of Elections still must audit the results and will meet next Tuesday to certify the results of all elections statewide. 2010 North Carolina General Election Results Etheridge requested a recount after Ellmers led him by less than...
Published on Wednesday 8th of February 2012 12:52:06 AM
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