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“Tonight, the really big winner in the Wisconsin recall election is President Obama,” MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell said at the top of his Tuesday program after parent network NBC called the race for Gov. Scott Walker over Democrat Tom Barrett. Over the past several months, the left-leaning hosts at MSNBC have put a lot of emphasis on the Wisconsin recall, saying it was important for current Walker to be defeated in order to maintain the American middle class. “John Heilemann, I said at the top of the show that President Obama big winner tonight because in the exit polls we...

LA PAZ, Bolivia - President Evo Morales agreed Thursday to stand for election in a nationwide recall vote, gambling that Bolivians will re-elect him after just two years in office. "If we politicians can't agree, it's best that the population decide our destiny," Morales said in a nationally televised address. Congress on Thursday passed a bill ordering the recall be held within 90 days. Morales said he will sign the measure. The bill would require Morales and Bolivia's nine state governors to win both more votes and a greater percentage of support than they did on a 2005 ballot. If...

State Faces Shortage of Polling Places for Special Election Although there are plenty of candidates for governor, there may not be enough places for Californians to cast their ballots. Statewide, officials say there will be 40 percent fewer places to vote during the recall election than in a normal election. Sacramento County is losing more than 100 of its normal polling places. The county will go from 708 last November to 605 in October. Other counties are worse off. Contra Costa County, for example, will have only about half of the usual number of polling places. Senate President John...

<p>A recall election campaign could be easier to win than either of Gov. Gray Davis' last two runs for governor, two of his top political advisers believe.</p> <p>"There are a ton of reasons why he can win, although we're not taking this for granted," argued David Doak, a nationally known Democratic media expert. "I've worked on two races with Gray Davis, and this looks like the easiest."</p>