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Three Reasons Tuesday Sucked, But Not As Bad As It Looked

I've had a little time to get over my post-debacle misery. Here are three reasons why the result wasn't as bad as it looked at first (or three things you wont hear the media talk about because they are...

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Connecticut Politics (But Appropriate for All)

I suspect that much of what I am going to write is at the same time alien and familiar to anyone living outside of CT. I know it will feel familiar to those living in NY-25 (AKA Terry Mac's home...

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The GOP Congress in all it's "Glory"

The Lame Duck Congress passed and didn't pass a flurry of legislation this week in an effort to get home for the Holidays. The AP called the $338,000,000,000 spending bill, "a monument to the GOP's raw...

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UPDATE: What country did they say? The Ukrainian States of America...

Today's New York Times has an interesting story regarding the disputed election ... in the Ukraine! With more than 99 percent of ballots counted, the government tally gave Mr. Yanukovich 49.42 percent...

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On Lieberman - A Response/Tangent to/from Kos' Lieberman Posts

Before I start let me just say that Lieberman is my Senator and (with exception of Al D'mato) my least favorite Senator of all time.  That being said, I am not sure which way I break on the below, but...

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Fitzmas Predictions... Lets Hear Yours! {POLL}

Did you ever wake up early on Christmas morning, run down stairs and stare at the Christmas presents and wonder what was in them?  Maybe even shake one or two to see if held any clues? Thats where I am...

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It's not so much fun when the shoe is on the other foot...

From an AP article about the voters voting to suspend the Taxpayer's Bill of Rights (which, if you haven't heard about it, is an interesting article):

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Fake War on Christmas POLL on Aol.com

Attached to an article about the AFA protesting Wal-Mart's use of "Happy Holidays" is a poll asking what we think...

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Money Where Your Mouth Is Time: Ned Lamont's Fundraising is Online

Ned Lamont has emailed those who signed up to volunteer at NedLamont.com and informed us that a campaign staffer would be contacting each of the volunteers individually to discuss next steps (text of...

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Crashing Lieberman's Party

Crossposted at Connecticut Local Politics! CGG contributed to the creation of this post.  All pictures were taken by CGG, except for the Party Shot which was taken by Chris Bowers. CGG and I spent...

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Senator Dodd Reaches Out to the Bloggers! [with Poll]

Senator Chris Dodd has reached out to the Connecticut blogging community by outlining his views on the various proposals to block (or scold) the administration's plan to escelate the Iraq war:

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Senator Dodd Visits CT's Netroots!

Connecticut Local Politics has been lucky lately to have a plethora of guest posts from progressive politicians and candidates (and from our Republican Lt. Governor) on issues and subject that are...

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BREAKING: Municipal ID Bill Passes in New Haven - IDs for Undocumented Aliens

Cross-posted at Connecticut Local Politics Tonight, New Haven has passed the first legislation of its kind in the country by a vote of 25-1 - A municipal ID bill that would open up an array of services...

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BREAKING: ICE Raids NH - 1 Day After Photo ID Passes (UPDATED)

One day after an ordinance passed the Board of Alderman of New Haven, CT that would allow undocumented workers to get photo ID, open bank accounts, get library books, generally integrate themselves in...

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HELP NEEDED - New England is Almost Blue: Shays' "Oversight" [VIDEO]

Largely cross-posted from CTLocalPolitics: Our Primaries are Better than Yours! The Jim Himes campaign has launched a new website devoted to Chris Shays’ idea of "oversight" (or lack thereof) from his...

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BREAKING: DeLauro Endorses Obama

7th ranked House Democratic Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-CT3) is set to endorse Senator Barack Obama in a press conference tomorrow morning.  This is a bit of a repudiation of Senator Clinton, as...

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Breaking Down CT's Primary and Delegates

Crossposted at CT Local Politics: Our Primaries are better than yours! Connecticut is allocated 60 delegates to the Democratic National Convention - 48 of which are pledged to candidates based on the...

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Join Conyers, Students at Voting Rights Convention - Not a Candidate Diary

The National Democratic Law Students Council is excited to announce our Third Annual National Convention!  The Convention will be held on the campus of The Ohio State University, Moritz College of Law,...

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Call for Help - Law School Dems Convention!!!

We are very close to raising enough money to make the very exciting convention detailed below a success!  We need to raise about $1,000 in the next few days to pull all of these events together.  Any...

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Bush Comes to CT04/05 Raise Money; We Fight Back

Help offset President Bush's fundraiser against freshman Chris Murphy and challenger Jim Himes.  Donate today! This Friday, George W. Bush is coming to Henry Kissinger's house in Kent, Connecticut for...

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Both Candidates Sell-Out! (not really, HELP needed in ct04-05)

It's hard cutting through the cacaphony of candidate diaries on here right now, but if you actually made it here, the bloggers in Connecticut sure could use your help fighting back against a Bush...

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