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At the outset of the campaign season, California Republicans held up the U.S. Senate contest as a marquee race for a newly energized, newly cohesive state GOP. Party leaders promised they would demonstrate that firing the Democratic governor last October was simply the start of an important revival for the long-sagging party. The answer came with a giant thud Tuesday night, in the form of a crushing, 21-point victory for incumbent Democrat Barbara Boxer and wins for Democrats in some key legislative and congressional races. Now Democrats and even some moderate Republicans say that the weak challenge against Boxer and...

G'day, Reporting from North Dallas this evening. FReepers Ms.AntiFeminazi, basil, Humidston, Conservative, Gracie, ReJoyce, and Sauropod Counter-Protested the Greenies holding a mock trial of Exxon-Mobil at the University of Texas at Dallas. Also participating were folks from the Texas Citizens for a Sound Economy (CSE), the American Land Rights Association, the Paragon Foundation, and Nigel Innes's group (Congress on Racial Equality). After the airline trip from hell (BWI to Dallas) I arrived early this morning and met MAF and some CSE folks for breakfast. I also saw Mike Hardiman and Chuck Cushman from ALRA and Jay Walley (Paragon Foundation). I...