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This is a tough message for me to write. Because of my production schedule with our printing plant for Wisconsin Christian News, and the deadline I have there, I must write this message prior to election day on November 5. Even worse, this issue of Wisconsin Christian News won’t come out until after the election. Such are the challenges of publishing a monthly newspaper. So I must comment on the situation ahead of time — now — not knowing how things will go on the most significant day America has faced in a very long time. What do I say?...

This is entering into the realm of the bizarre -- from the web site of KHQA TV (HT LGF), http://www.connecttristates.com/news/news_story.aspx?id=233822 regarding a story I have saved at my web host from November 5 (bold is mine): http://www.bizzyblog.com/BlagoObamaToMeetPerKHQA110508.html KHQA TV wishes to offer clarification regarding a story that appeared last month on our website ConnectTristates.com. The story, which discussed the appointment of a replacement for President Elect Obama in the U.S. Senate, became the subject of much discussion on talk radio and on blog sites Wednesday. The story housed in our website archive was on the morning of November 5, 2008....

Election may have hurt racial unity Thursday, December 5, 2002 ''Election Day was a humiliation for the Texas Democratic Party." That comes not from a Republican, but from Democratic media consultant Dean Rindy of Austin. His analysis was e-mailed around after the Democrats' latest wipeout. Sure, President Bush was popular. So? Democrats never gave voters reasons to support them, did a miserable job on turnout and managed to turn off white voters. "This was the greatest fiasco in the history of Texas politics," wrote Rindy, who had some regional Texas clients but none statewide. "Democrats spent over $100 million. The...

McCrery endorses Cooksey Staff Reports Posted on November 2, 2002 U.S. Rep. John Cooksey of Monroe on Friday made his final sweep through Shreveport before Tuesday's Senate election and picked up the formal endorsement of a congressional colleague. Fellow Republican Jim McCrery of Shreveport, who represents Northwest Louisiana's 4th Congressional District, endorsed Cooksey over two other GOP candidates. State Elections Commissioner Suzanne Haik Terrell of New Orleans and state Rep. Tony Perkins of Pride also are in the race to unseat Democrat Mary Landrieu of New Orleans. Cooksey already has been endorsed by Louisiana Gov. Mike Foster. Terrell has enjoyed...