Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – It is minutes after a gut-wrenching election loss for Malaysia’s opposition and it has fallen on parliamentarian Rafizi Ramli to address the troops. At an ad hoc press conference in the early hours of Monday on the steps of Pakatan Rakyat’s headquarters, a downcast Ramli spoke in whispered tones to the [...]
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Malaysia’s party has extended its decades-long grip on power after one of the country’s most hotly contested parliamentary votes, the state news agency Bernama reported Sunday. Prime Minister Najib Razak’s Barisan Nasional coalition has ruled Malaysia for 56 years. Razak, the son and nephew of former prime ministers, has been in office since 2009 and appears [...]
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The White House releases a behind-the-scenes video of President Obama personallyresponding to questions on Twitte
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In a blogpost for Huffingtonpost , Senate Elect talked about how the rule has been abused by republicans to obstruct and basically keep the whole senate hostage . She said Senate Republicans have used this type of filibuster 380 times since the Democrats took over the majority in 2006. We’ve seen filibusters to block judicial [...]
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Aides , pundits and strategists for Mitt Romney & the republican party have expressed shock at the African-American turnout for Obama this election, with turnout exceeding 2008 levels in some swing states like Ohio where turn out Jumped from 11% to 14% in 2012 , Here is a penned article written before the elections posted [...]
Continue reading …Hilarious Election Day Reactions As the Results Unfolded In Freeperland .
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This is a fantastic compilation I found on DU , a compilation of amusing/scary reactions on freerepublic as the results unfolded , for those who dont know what freerepublic is its the breeding ground for all republican crazies online , they live there and spread their vitrol to the rest of the internet , they [...]
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The 28 polling organizations by the accuracy of their final, national pre-election estimates, via the Fordham University Department of Political Science: 1. PPP (D)* 1. Daily Kos/SEIU/PPP* 3. YouGov* 4. Ipsos/Reuters* 5. Purple Strategies 6. NBC/WSJ 6. CBS/NYT 6. YouGov/Economist 9. UPI/CVOTER 10. IBD/TIPP 11. Angus-Reid* 12. ABC/WP* 13. Pew Research* 13. Hartford Courant/UConn* 15. CNN/ORC [...]
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(BBC) defeating Republican challenger Mitt Romney. America’s first black president secured more than the 270 votes in the electoral college needed to win. In his victory speech before supporters in Chicago, Mr Obama said he would talk to Mr Romney about “where we can work together to move this country forward”. Mr Obama prevailed despite lingering dissatisfaction [...]
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Found this very cool Post on DU , On how election night will probably go down . Make sure you vote and get all friends and family to do the same . *times might not be exact 7:00 ET: Polls close in Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, South Carolina, Vermont and Virginia. Romney will be declared [...]
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Mitt Romney has kid rock and Ted Nugent endorsing and campaigning for him but who needs those nutjobs when you have an endorsement from the “Boss” himself . . Read his letter to all voters this year below Dear Friends: The election is coming up on all of us and we all have strong feelings about it. I’ve been [...]
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