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Purely on a red-state/blue-state basis, the Republicans should be expected to lose several seats, but instead should pick up several. They'll have a much easier go of it in subsequent elections, since 2006 and 2008 saw outrageous liberal victories in red states. Republicans currently have 5 of the 16 Senate seats which look to be competitive in 2010. They need all 16 to take over the Senate (or 15, if Sen. Joe Lierberman of Connecticut or any Democrat refuses to vote for the Democrat candidate for majority leader.) Polling data and predictions for each of these 16 seats are listed...

AL ASAD, Iraq (June 26, 2006) -- Navy corpsmen here were on hand to see some of their own promoted, receive their Fleet Marine Force pins and celebrate the 108th birthday of the Hospital Corps on the flight line at Al Asad, June 17. Corpsmen Sean Aldridge and Elaine Kelly with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 252, Marine Aircraft Group 16 (Reinforced), 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, and Jules Degraff with Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 2, MAG-16 (Reinforced), were promoted from the ranks of petty officer third class to petty officer second class. They also received their Fleet Marine Force pins...

A new report by the Congressional Research Service states that China is moving into Latin America to gain access to resources such as oil, copper and iron.Beijing is also seeking to isolate Taiwan by pressing 12 Latin American and Carribean nations that now have diplomatic relations with Taipei to break them and recognize China, the report said.

Want to see how well your Senator or Representative scored with the ACLU according to their 2003-2004 108th Congress vote record? Go here and here.

Look at this liberal/conservative rank of the 108th Senate. I was really shocked that they ranked Mclame as the 4th most conservative senator! P.S. Despite these results the Republicans should trade Chaffee for Nelson.

MN Rep. Pushing National Sales Tax Nov 15, 2004 10:27 am US/Central Minneapolis (AP) Rep. Gil Gutknecht is pushing legislation that would replace the federal income tax with a national sales tax. "Think of a world where there is no income tax, where you get to keep everything you earn and you pay the tax man when you buy stuff," Gutknecht, R-Minn., told the Star Tribune of Minneapolis. Legislation co-sponsored by Gutknecht would scrap federal income taxes and replace them with a 23 percent federal sales tax (in addition to existing state taxes.) Gutknecht, a member of the House Budget...

OCTOBER 7, 2004 (GoodnewsAmerica.us) - In the 108th Congressional Senators John Kerry (D-MA) and John Edwards (D-NC) have failed to vote to represent their constituency an alarming number of times. Following is the tally of no votes for each Senator.*John Kerry 108th CongressJan 16, 2001 - Present657 Total Votes475 Not Voting72.3% Votes MissedSession 2 Jan 20, 2004 - Present199 Total Votes182 Not Voting91.5% Votes MissedSession 1Jan 16, 2001 - Nov. 25, 2003458 Total Votes293 Not Voting64% Votes MissedJohn Edwards 108th CongressJan 16, 2001 - Present657 Total Votes292 Not Voting44.4% of Votes MissedSession 2Jan 20, 2004 - Present199 Total Votes115 Not...