Via Daily Kos' polling from Research 2000 we see that Rasmussen's poll of Rick Noriega trailing John Cornyn 47-43 is no outlier. Kos' poll has him trailing 48-44. Help make this seat blue!
In addition to diamonds, coltan (it's definitely in your electronic devices, don't think that forswearing fine jewelry leaves your hands clean), and numerous other African commodities that are stolen by armed thugs who kill and mutilate the locals, we should now wonder if our cashews come at a terrible human toll. The practice of profiteering rebels cutting off body parts as a threat and warning has now made it to Senegal, where ears are at stake come harvest time.
Breakdown of contenders in Missouri's 9th CD
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RBH gives some numbers for the Republican (including Brock Olivo) and Democratic contenders for Missouri's open seat in the 9th Congressional District, and makes some rough predictions based on geographical base and past performance.
Three weeks after the September 11, 2001, terror attacks, former US defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld established an official military objective of not only removing the Saddam Hussein regime by force but overturning the regime in Iran, as well as in Syria and four other countries in the Middle East, according to a document quoted extensively in then-under secretary of defense for policy Douglas Feith's recently published account of the Iraq war decisions.
... [T]he list of states that Rumsfeld and deputy secretary of defense Paul Wolfowitz wanted to take down included Iraq, Iran, Syria, Libya, Sudan and Somalia. ...
To break the impasse, President George W. Bush nominated three new candidates to serve on the panel, but he refused to withdraw his nomination of Republican Hans von Spakovsky to serve on the FEC despite Democrats' opposition.
They have blocked his nomination because of his work at the Justice Department's voting division, questioning whether he tried to inject politics into the group meant to independently oversee the country's voting laws.
It's not clear to me what Reid "got" out of this "concession" by Bush. Von sparky was the whole sticking point, not the other 3. Reid claims the Senate will defeat von Spakovsky (call me doubtful). It could be that Reid and Democrats know that not having a quorum on the FEC benefits Republicans far more than having an FEC with the odious vote suppressor on it. The whole thing stinks but this might actually be a bitter pill Dems need to swallow.
Anyone else seeing ads from the "Coalition for a Democratic Workplace"? Well, no link but their website is myprivateballot.com, and their about page shows what they're really about with such well known pro-labour, Democratic groups as:
American Conservative Union
American Society of Employers
Americans for a Limited Government
Americans for Prosperity
Americans for Tax Reform
Freedom Works
National Armored Car Association
National Taxpayers Union
Property Rights Alliance
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
It's been a long primary.
