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Headlines matching 'elections'

Sun May 27, 2012

Source	Fark Headline		Comments
		How can you tell when one party thinks it will lose an election? When it begins to argue that the election in question doesn't really matter (latimes.com)	(249)

Sat May 26, 2012

Rep. Thad McCotter (R-MI) may have failed to get enough signatures to get on ballot for re-election (dailykos.com)

(35)

Wed May 23, 2012

		CNN: Obama only lost Arkansas and Kentucky because they aren't and never have been Democrat strongholds even though nearly every election since 1900 they went Democrat including 1996 and Obama beat Hillary there in 2008 (newsbusters.org)	(120)
		Romney: My record at Bain Capital shows I can manage the economy. Obama: Okay, let's look closely at that record. Romney: Why is Obama trying to distract from the REAL issues of the election by talking about Bain Capital? (news.yahoo.com)	(76)
		"Why would a president who gave America vast unemployment, soaring inflation, a moribund economy, record deficits, and a manically ill-conceived energy policy be coasting toward re-election?" (reason.com)	(163)
		Egyptians are voting today in the "first" "free" "elections" in their history - discussion thread (bbc.co.uk)	(153)

Tue May 22, 2012

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell on renewing his endorsement he gave Barack Obama four years ago: Yeah, about that "transformational figure" thingy (abcnews.go.com)

(97)

Fri May 18, 2012

ESPN releases memo on how to treat the 2012 election: "sarcasm, one-liners, perceived endorsements, attempts at humor or political criticism should be avoided." Sweet sassy molassy, BOO YAAA BOO YAA BOOYAA BOOOYAAAA (frontrow.espn.go.com)

(53)

Mon May 14, 2012

"After the media went ballistic on me, I received an e-mail offering me money not to preach at all until the November presidential election."; Wright said, "Barack wanted to meet me in secret, in a secure place" (nypost.com)

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Fri May 11, 2012

Basic election math: Obama fundraiser + George Clooney hosting + Wolfgang Puck cooking = $15,000,000 (news.yahoo.com)

(107)

Thu May 10, 2012

(Some Guy)		On May 5th President Barack Obama officially launched his re-election campaign. What is the significance of May 5th? As Obama and his friends undoubtedly know, it is Karl Marx's birthday (christianconceptsdaily.com)	(82)
		The US Supreme Court is once again ready to elect the president this November (chicagotribune.com)	(41)

Wed May 09, 2012

		Report: Thousands of hot blooded foreigners voting in elections. Doesn't feel like the first time this has happened (610wiod.com)	(51)
		After last night's primary, Wisconsin's recall election has shaped up as basically a "do-over" of the 2010 gubernatorial election (foxnews.com)	(122)
		Dick Lugar does not go gently into that good night, lashes out at the Tea Party upstart who defeated him, giving Democrats plenty of ammunition for the November election (2012.talkingpointsmemo.com)	(147)
		Your estranged wife wants to vote for a Democrat. Do you: C) throw yourself in front of her moving vehicle? (jsonline.com)	(182)

Sun May 06, 2012

NYT debuts their new interactive electoral map, complete with paths to victory for both candidates. Unfortunately for Mitt Romney, most of his paths are akin to Indiana Jones on the rope bridge in "Temple of Doom" (elections.nytimes.com)

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Fri May 04, 2012

UK government political party defeated in election by a man dressed as a penguin (local.stv.tv)

(46)

Tue May 01, 2012

On the upside, at least they aren't trying to hide it anymore (breitbart.com)

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Mon April 30, 2012

Elect me and I promise to rebuild the Titanic (news.com.au)

(35)

Sun April 29, 2012

When Obama goes fundraising, liberals defend him by saying "politicians have to raise money." When he goes fundraising more than the last five presidents COMBINED, they defend him by saying that "it's much harder for him" (dailymail.co.uk)

(342)

Sat April 28, 2012

Nothing gives you confidence in the electoral process quite like being handed a scrap of paper to write your vote on because they ran out of ballot papers (couriermail.com.au)

(26)

Fri April 27, 2012

		Democracy Inaction: Michigan elections board rejects recall petition signed by over 200,000 people because the font size on the petition forms was slightly too small (huffingtonpost.com)	(342)
		Must Be Election Time: Al-Qaida may be looking to avenge bin Laden's death, says a spokesman for President Obama (news.yahoo.com)	(100)

Thu April 26, 2012

Vice President Romero lays out the simplest re-election strategy so far: Osama is dead, General Motors is alive (content.usatoday.com)

(211)

Tue April 24, 2012

		Obama is using the same political strategy that lost Bush the election against Clinton in 1992 (foxnews.com)	(144)
		"If Obama continues to lose Catholics by the margin the Pew poll suggests, that means he could lose the key swing states of Florida, Ohio, Colorado and Iowa" (thehill.com)	(394)

Mon April 23, 2012

(Some Flattened Frog)	Sacré bleu: Far-right candidate Marine Le Pen gets 18% of the vote in the first-round of France's presidential election, vows to crush any ultra-liberal opposition with her far-right bootstrappy boots (france24.com)	(87)
	Five things heard in France's election that you'd never hear in the U.S (washingtonpost.com)	(116)
	I am shocked -- SHOCKED -- to learn that more than half of all the money given to Super PACs in this election cycle has come from just 46 people (cnbc.com)	(44)

Sun April 22, 2012

Deep investigative reporting, in-depth analysis and every single detail about how Obama will take the 2012 election (washingtonpost.com)

(77)

Sat April 21, 2012

		Orrin Hatch falls to the Tea Party, will now be forced to run for reelection (2012.talkingpointsmemo.com)	(79)
		Obama struggling to raise money against Romney (nytimes.com)	(13)

Thu April 19, 2012

		Five things that could be bad news... for Obama (theweek.com)	(158)
		President Obama is in trouble with young voters, less than half of 18-to-24-year-old voters want Obama to win reelection (theatlantic.com)	(279)

Wed April 18, 2012

Sen. Scott Brown fully embraces the Dark Side by taking donations from Yankees president Randy Levine, hopes to learn how to force choke his opponent before November (bostonherald.com)

(43)

Sat April 14, 2012

Senator Orrin Hatch (R-eally pissed) is "doggone offended" by "radical libertarians," threatens to punch them in the mouth. Ah, the sound of a neo-con where the tea party is challenging his incumbency (reason.com)

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Thu April 12, 2012

President Obama's second-term agenda is the missing piece in his re-election plan. We could start with.. Where are the Farking Jobs? (news.yahoo.com)

(273)

Wed April 11, 2012

		AG Eric Holder will give The Martin/Zimmerman case a thorough review, likely with the same level of care and attentiveness that was applied to the "Fast and Furious" program. Nothing like kowtowing to Sharpton in an election year (news.yahoo.com)	(608)
		With the nomination assured, GOP pundits are stepping up for Romney: "I have yet to meet a person in the Republican establishment that thinks Mitt Romney is going to win the general election this year" (mojoe.msnbc.msn.com)	(172)

Tue April 03, 2012

		Mitt Romney urges GOP to look forward to the 2012 general election and focus on Obama. Which is a subtle hint to Rick Santorum to STFU and slither away (news.yahoo.com)	(48)
		Cato is not a tool for Koch, yet they are both tools (cnn.com)	(79)
		Obama warns the "unelected" Supreme Court not to take the "extraordinary" and "unprecedented" step of overturning his health reform law. Supremes: shivers Dude, we're not up for re-election, you are (ca.news.yahoo.com)	(630)

Mon April 02, 2012

Remember #Occupy? Neither does anybody else (nytimes.com)

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Sat March 24, 2012

Members of congress want to switch from election day to election weekend, with polls being open continuously from 10 a.m. Saturday to 6 p.m. Sunday. Allowing all the drunks to hit the polls on the way home from the bars... genius idea (amny.com)

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Fri March 23, 2012

Richard Hanna (R-NY): Women, please kick our asses this election. We have it coming (huffingtonpost.com)

(215)

Thu March 22, 2012

(Irritable Bowel Disorder)		I've read this three times and still have absolutely no idea why I'm supposed to be outraged, but rest assured it means Sarah Palin is automatically president and Obama has to perform some Herculean or embarrassing task (news.investors.com)	(61)
		Idaho forced ultrasound bill stalls out over serious concern from lawmakers -- on what passage of the bill would do to their reelection chances (livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com)	(44)

Mon March 19, 2012

Peacetime martial law now OK. Which guy was going to suspend elections for an indefinite presidency again? Hope, Change, etc (huffingtonpost.com)

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Fri March 16, 2012

		Editorial of the week: "Romney has the GOP strapped to the roof of his car" (theweek.com)	(36)
		We are Romney. Lower your expectations and surrender your votes. We will add your political distinctiveness to our own. Your Tea Party will adapt to service us. Resistance is futile (chicagotribune.com)	(35)

Thu March 15, 2012

(Some Welder)

Of the two candidates for election as Alabama's Supreme Court Chief Justice, one said execution is acceptable to prevent gay couples from having children. And then there's the crazy one (weldbham.com)

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Mon March 12, 2012

Former WV Sheriff & county clerk plead guilty to voter fraud. "We knew something was wrong, because the post office closes at 4:30 ... you don't go to the post office at 9 o'clock at night and find ballots" (foxnews.com)

(113)

Fri March 09, 2012

"Mayoral candidate who was barred from city hall after being accused of trying to force his opponent from the race with a secretly recorded video of him getting a topless lap dance collected the most votes in the election" (www2.tbo.com)

(8)

Thu March 08, 2012

Obama to Israel: you like advanced weaponry, right? Well, I like it when nothing happens that could hurt my re-election chances. Maybe we can make a deal? (nypost.com)

(185)

Wed March 07, 2012

		"The country that elected George W. Bush can elect a Rick Santorum, and everybody should treat that seriously" (rawstory.com)	(186)
		Obama to reelection campaign: "Release the Biden" (huffingtonpost.com)	(105)

Tue March 06, 2012

It's even worse than we thought: Obama is intentionally increasing the cost of gas to sabotage his own re-election because he wants America to fail (tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com)

(85)

Mon March 05, 2012

		"Oh, I'm afraid the Obama campaign will be quite operational when his Republican challenger arrives" (news.yahoo.com)	(156)
(Some Guy)		Good news, everyone! Bender has been elected to the D.C. school board (pcworld.co.nz)	(84)

Sun March 04, 2012

Underdog candidate Vladimir Putin wins surprise victory in Russia elections (foxnews.com)

(155)

Mon February 27, 2012

Why the Republican party is a dying entity (nymag.com)

(317)

Wed February 22, 2012

Republicans realize that it's an election year and back down on their plan to shove medical devices up women (livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com)

(87)

Tue February 21, 2012

		Romney's national finance co-chair seems like a huge asshole, but you'd better not point that out if you don't want to be sued into oblivion (salon.com)	(75)
		"I'm against very wealthy people attempting to or influencing elections. But as long as it's doable I'm going to do it" (firstread.msnbc.msn.com)	(101)
		At campaign rally, Ron Paul denounces Woodrow Wilson, who he ran against several elections back (news.yahoo.com)	(123)