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You can faintly hear the horns sounding triumphantly as a deal to end the Minnesota government shutdown appears close.  The newspapers, radios and even Yahoo are reporting “Dayton: Will concede to GOP to end Minn. Shutdown.” (Source)

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The GOP now has to look ahead to the 2012 Presidential race to try and find the perfect candidate to defeat President Obama.

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“This is not a time for compromise, and I can tell you that we will not compromise on our principles,” Boehner said during an appearance on conservative Sean Hannity’s radio show.

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So, the mid-term elections are behind us, for the most part. Excluding a few recounts (I’m looking at you Minnesota). What is confusing to me about these elections is that people voted for both parties. In Minnesota, the Republican Party took the State Senate and State House for the first time in a very long time. But, the DFL (MN Democrats) took the Governorship for the first time since the eighties.

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Christine O’Donnell does not know the bill of rights. Go to 2:37, 7:03, 3:35

I found two interesting and contradictory articles online recently.One of these is a Politico article by James Hohmann. He says in his byline, “More bad polls. More bad fundraising numbers. More dreary talk on the Sunday shows.” Many of you may see this and say, ‘so what?’

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Joe Miller, the candidate for Senate in Alaska has also gotten some bad press lately. This time it is because his security staff who reportedly roughed up and handcuffed a reporter after it was found out he wanted to ask Miller about his past.

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