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Trampled by partisans
When I was a kid growing up in Cleveland, my father would follow my mother around the house before Election Day, lecturing her to vote Republican. "I don't know who I'm voting for yet," my mother would lie, cheerily. "And it's a secret ballot, don't...
Tags: Arts and Culture, U.S. Senate, Mike Kelly, Tea Party Movement, Sociology
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The $4.2 billion election: Was it worth it?
Between the presidential candidates and congressional races, at least $4.2 billion may have been spent on an election that ultimately ended up preserving the status quo in Washington. Voters elected the same president and the same political parties --...
Tags: Barack Obama, News Agency, Elections, Mitt Romney, Democratic Party
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Fix fiscal cliff by repairing GOP
Your recent editorial ("Obama's mandate," Nov. 7) where you recommend that President Barack Obama "needs to act immediately to persuade Congress to extend the deadline for sequestration another six months" is almost laughable if it wasn't so sad. Lest...Tags: Barack Obama, Mitch McConnell, Paul Ryan, Elections, Psychotherapy
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A national left turn?
Politically, it was a status quo election. Democrats held on to the White House and their majority in the U.S. Senate in Tuesday's voting. Republicans preserved their majority in the House and increased by one their hold on the majority of state...Tags: Abortion Issue, DREAM Act, Social Issues, Same-Sex Marriage, Voting
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Winner Donnelly, losing Republicans assess race
TOM LoBIANCO,Associated PressFISHERS, Ind. (AP) — Democrat Joe Donnelly began the day after his surprising victory in the Indiana Senate race trying to digest what had just happened. And supporters of defeated Republican Richard Mourdock debated what had gone wrong. Donnelly...Tags: Joe Donnelly, Tea Party Movement, Fishing, Elections, Richard Lugar
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Democrats expand Senate grip but fail to win House
Democrats strengthened their hold on the Senate but failed Tuesday to recapture the majority in the House of Representatives they lost two years ago. President Barack Obama, in his freshly authorized second term, will face the same divided Congress in...
Tags: John Cornyn, Elizabeth Warren, Hampshire, Mitch McConnell, Tea Party Movement
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Indiana embraces GOP -- up to a point
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana continued its shift to the right Tuesday as voters supported Republican candidates for president and governor, but also sent a clear signal on where its embrace of conservatism ends. While GOP presidential hopeful Mitt...
Tags: Abortion Issue, Arts and Culture, Joe Donnelly, Tea Party Movement, Primaries
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Donnelly wins Indiana Senate battle, Mourdock reflects on loss
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Democrat Joe Donnelly triumphed Tuesday in one of the nation's most tumultuous Senate races, capitalizing on fallout over his tea party-backed opponent's comment that a pregnancy resulting from rape is "something God intended" to...
Tags: Voting, Barack Obama, Tea Party Movement, Elections, Evan Bayh
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Democrats maintain control of Senate
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats secured a majority in the Senate on Tuesday, snatching Republican-held seats in Massachusetts and Indiana and turning back fierce, expensive challenges in Virginia, Ohio, Wisconsin and Connecticut to maintain the...
Tags: Elizabeth Warren, Bob Corker, Marco Rubio, Orrin Hatch, Robert P. Casey, Jr.
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Democrats Hold onto Narrow Majority in U.S. Senate
Los Angeles TimesWASHINGTON -- Democrats retained a narrow majority in the Senate on Tuesday, but Republicans kept their grip on the House, delivering another divided, and highly polarized, Congress. The balance of power was likely to shift by no more than a seat or two,...Tags: Shelley Berkley, Abortion Issue, Social Issues, Elizabeth Warren, Robert P. Casey, Jr.
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Indiana exit poll: Women aid Donnelly victory
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney cruised to victory in Indiana, while Democratic Rep. Joe Donnelly won a closely watched U.S. Senate race and Republican Rep. Mike Pence won the governor's contest. Here's a look at results from a...
Tags: Television Networks, Barack Obama, Tea Party Movement, Joe Donnelly, U.S. Senate
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Mourdock concedes defeat, no apologies for stances
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Republican Richard Mourdock is conceding defeat in Indiana's Senate race with a defiant tone much like the one he took following his comments on rape and abortion. Mourdock told supporters gathered in Indianapolis Tuesday night,...
Tags: Politics, Joe Donnelly, Elections, Richard Lugar
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