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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: elections

elections stories: 4 news summaries
PETER BEINART

 Economic Fury 
 Is the New 
 Culture War 



Deficits were the rallying cry for yesterday's winners

Nov 4, 09 11:19 AM CST
(Newser) - "Conservatives have supposedly gotten their groove back," Peter Beinart writes about the results of yesterday's state races, "but it's not the same old groove." The candidates who won—or almost won—downplayed social issues and focused on the economy, which Beinart calls the “new culture... More »

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recession • Republican Party • economy • conservatives • culture wars • elections • Christopher Christie • Bob McDonnell • Doug Hoffman • Election 09 • deficit spending

ELECTION DAY

Obama Is Minimal Factor in NJ, Va., Exit Polls Show

Majorities say president has no influence on vote

Nov 3, 09 8:17 PM CST
(Newser) - President Obama seems to have been a minimal factor in gubernatorial elections in New Jersey and Virginia, at least according to early exit polls. In Virginia, where Republican Bob McDonnell won, 55% said Obama wasn’t behind their vote; that figure was 60% in New Jersey, where the race was... More »

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Jon Corzine • New Jersey • Virginia • exit polls • gubernatorial races • President Obama • Creigh Deeds • elections • Christopher Christie • Bob McDonnell • Election 09

KARL ROVE

Obama Backlash Will Wallop Dem Candidates Next Week

GOP's chances looking good in Gov races as fallout builds

Oct 29, 09 1:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - America's dissatisfaction with Democratic rule just 9 months into the Obama presidency will be crystal clear after next week's elections, writes Karl Rove . Republican Attorney General Bob McDonnell looks set to defeat Democrat Creigh Deeds in Virginia's gubernatorial race on the back of anti-Washington, anti-Obama sentiment, Rove notes in the... More »

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Karl Rove • Jon Corzine • New Jersey • Virginia • Obama administration • gubernatorial races • Creigh Deeds • elections • Bob McDonnell • Election 09 • election day November 2009

Osama Warns Europe to Leave Afghanistan

Al-Qaeda mastermind says Obama 'has no regard for human life'

Sep 25, 09 1:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Osama bin Laden wants Europe to pull its troops out Afghanistan and sever ties with the US. In a new audio message, the al-Qaeda chief admonishes European nations for putting in with a United States whose “supreme commander has no regard for human life and intentionally bombs villagers from... More »

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Madrid bombings • Germany • Europe • Osama bin Laden • London bombings • al-Qaeda • Afghanistan war • elections

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