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5 Common-Sense Bills We Need to Pass
 5 Common-Sense 
 Bills We Need to Pass 
ezra klein
May 15, 2011 5:13 AM CDT

5 Common-Sense Bills We Need to Pass

Here's two: Let's vote on weekends and stop making pennies

(Newser) - Ezra Klein uses his Washington Post column to give a push to what he sees as logical bills languishing for lack of "partisan passion." Among his first No-Brainer Awards:
  • Weekend voting: A bill from Rep. Steve Israel and outgoing Sen. Herb Kohl would end the outdated silliness of
...

Why Do We Have to Vote on a Tuesday?

 Why Do We Have 
 to Vote on a Tuesday? 
OPINION
Nov 2, 2010 1:16 PM CDT

Why Do We Have to Vote on a Tuesday?

It ain't 1845 anymore, folks

(Newser) - Pop quiz: Why do we have to schlep to the polls on a Tuesday? Answer: Because it seemed convenient in 1845. Back then, the weekends were verboten for religious reasons, and since you needed to allow at least a day for horse and buggy travel, and Wednesday was market day,...

Both Parties Get Ready to Recount

Teams of lawyers, flacks ready to roll anywhere

(Newser) - With races from Alaska to Nevada to Florida looking to go down to the wire and beyond, Politico reports that both parties have been readying SWAT teams of lawyers, PR people, and political operatives for quick dispatch to any number of recounts. While recounts can drag on for months, experts...

Election Predictors Who Got It Wrong

Many pundits ruled out Obama victory early

(Newser) - With the election over, what's more fun than calling out all those whose predictions were off—way off. Der Spiegel lists some highlights:
  • "He cannot win, Bill. He cannot win." Hillary Clinton, on Barack Obama
  • "We'll win Florida." Rudy Giuliani
  • "Virginians are really getting fired
...

McCain Graciously Concedes
 McCain Graciously Concedes 
Nov 4, 2008 11:55 PM CST

McCain Graciously Concedes

Senator warmly congratulates Obama, calls for national unity

(Newser) - John McCain ended his long fight for the presidency with a generous concession speech, warmly congratulating Barack Obama and hailing a historic moment for America. “I wish Godspeed to the man who was my former opponent and will be my president,” McCain told a crowd of supporters in...

OBAMA CLINCHES HISTORIC VICTORY
 OBAMA CLINCHES 
 HISTORIC VICTORY 
the presidential race
Nov 4, 2008 11:01 PM CST

OBAMA CLINCHES HISTORIC VICTORY

Early results likely to set tone

(Newser) - Barack Obama won the crucial battleground states of Florida, Virginia, Ohio, and Pennsylvania to clinch victory over John McCain and secure his place in history, MSNBC reports. The 47-year-old Illinois senator will become the nation's first black president when he succeeds George W. Bush in January. Obama reached the 270...

IN THE OBAMA COLUMN...
 IN THE OBAMA COLUMN...  
BLUE STATE TALLY
Nov 4, 2008 10:02 PM CST

IN THE OBAMA COLUMN...

(Newser) - Barack Obama started his push to 270 with few surprises, taking Vermont—and then most of New England, including major wins in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Florida. Here's a rundown on the states the Obama/Biden ticket clinched on its road to victory:
  • Vermont (3)
  • Massachusetts (12)
  • Delaware (3)
  • DC (3)
...

IN THE MCCAIN COLUMN...
 IN THE MCCAIN COLUMN... 
RED STATE TALLY
Nov 4, 2008 9:37 PM CST

IN THE MCCAIN COLUMN...

(Newser) - In the race to 270, John McCain came up short, but turned a chunk of the map red, kicking things off by scoring 8 electoral votes in Kentucky and winning much on the South. Here's what the McCain/Palin ticket took:
  • Kentucky (8)
  • South Carolina (8)
  • Oklahoma (7)
  • Tennessee (11)

Witness Disputes Report of Black Panther Intimidation

Fox News story said threatening men stood outside Pa. polling station

(Newser) - An Obama campaign volunteer says there’s nothing to Fox News’ story that two Black Panthers were intimidating voters at a polling place in Pennsylvania, Greg Sargent reports on Talking Points Memo. One was an official poll watcher, and though he is a Panther, he was not “blocking the...

Election Lawsuits Emerge in Ohio, NH

GOP contests provisional-ballot issues in Ohio; judge sides with party on observers in NH

(Newser) - The Ohio GOP is suing the state over rules concerning provisional ballots, the Toledo Blade reports, in an atmosphere tense enough that Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner has been assigned extra security following death threats. The GOP amended an extant suit to challenge instructions that county boards of election could...

McCain Plane Lands Safely in NM After Mid-Air Scare

'Straight Talk Air' aborts landing due to runway traffic

(Newser) - On his way to Albuquerque to thank New Mexico volunteers for helping his campaign, John McCain had a little aerial excitement as his “Straight Talk Air” 737 abruptly aborted just before it landed, the Chicago Tribune reports. The plane then circled, staggered one way, then the other and finally...

Foes Campaign 'Til the End
 Foes Campaign 'Til the End 
Nov 4, 2008 4:28 PM CST

Foes Campaign 'Til the End

McCain makes swing to Colo.; Obama touts chances in Ind.

(Newser) - John McCain and Barack Obama both made final pushes today, trying to invigorate voters in battleground states, the Chicago Tribune reports. McCain hit Colorado, hotly contested, and told supporters. “I feel momentum, I feel it. We're going to win it.” Obama also went next door. “I think...

Stocks Up 305 in Election Rally
 Stocks Up 305 in Election Rally 
MARKETS
Nov 4, 2008 3:19 PM CST

Stocks Up 305 in Election Rally

Indices up 3%-4% after remaining in positive territory for entire session

(Newser) - Stocks rallied on Election Day as investors applauded the looming conclusion to the presidential race, the Wall Street Journal reports. Continuing declines in interbank lending, and strong third-quarter earnings reports also fueled optimism, with the Dow rising 305.45 to close at 9,625.28. The Nasdaq climbed 53.79...

Politico's Play-by-Play Guide to Game Time Tonight

(Newser) - At 5 tonight, a wave of exit-polling results will be distributed to media insiders, who'll try manfully to resist sharing anything that might prejudice voters—even though it will kill them. At 6 pm, the results will start rolling in, and Politico gives you a play-by-play guide to what to...

Nov. 5 Will Feel Like Dec. 26
 Nov. 5 Will Feel Like Dec. 26 
OPINION
Nov 4, 2008 11:31 AM CST

Nov. 5 Will Feel Like Dec. 26

Uncertainty ahead for pros and amateurs, participants and observers.

(Newser) - After two years of high drama, the curtain is about to fall. Letdown, writes Steven Winn in the San Francisco Chronicle, may be inevitable. Tomorrow will usher in a lull like those that sandwiched between seasons of the Sopranos, says one professor: “This has been the greatest series on...

Obamas Hit the Polls
 Obamas Hit the Polls 
Nov 4, 2008 10:51 AM CST

Obamas Hit the Polls

Voters line up around the country on long-awaited day

(Newser) - Barack and Michelle Obama cast their votes for president in Chicago today with their daughters in tow, the AP reports. They were ushered in ahead of lines that snaked around the block as neighbors who’d gathered to see his arrival cheered, the Chicago Tribune reports. Obama kissed the cheek...

Obama Wins First Town's Vote
 Obama Wins First Town's Vote 
Nov 4, 2008 1:48 AM CST

Obama Wins First Town's Vote

New Hampshire village votes Democratic for first time in 40 years

(Newser) - Barack Obama has won a landslide victory in the first town in America to vote, AP reports. The 21 registered voters of New Hampshire's Dixville Notch hit the polls shortly after the stroke of midnight and chose Obama over John McCain 15 to 6. It is the first time the...

Do Your Civic Duty and Get a Free Sex Toy

Or coffee, doughnuts, ice cream as shops reward US voters

(Newser) - Joining a host of firms rewarding US voters, a sex-toy chain is giving out self-pleasuring devices to customers who have stopped at the polls, MSNBC reports. Men get “Maverick” sleeves: “He’s always there to lend a hand, he works for every man, and he bucks the status...

Expect Surprises on Tuesday
 Expect Surprises 
 on Tuesday 
Analysis
Nov 1, 2008 3:48 PM CDT

Expect Surprises on Tuesday

The WaPost asks some experts which surprises those might be

(Newser) - Recent election days have been dramatic affairs. Will Tuesday be any different? The Washington Post asked some politicos to peer into their crystal balls:  
  • Dick Morris and Eileen McGann: The election is a referendum on how much we trust Obama, and undecideds will break McCain’s way. If Obama
...

In Pivotal Virginia, Lawsuit and Dirty Politics Surface

(Newser) - The election is heating up in Virginia, with fake notices and lawsuits flying around the swing state. The majority black region of Hampton Roads has been blanketed with official-seeming fliers falsely stating that Democrats are to vote November 5, Talking Points Memo reports. And the NAACP has sued the state,...

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