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...fact, he lost the race for Majority Leader to Boehner earlier this year primarily because he was viewed as a member of the old guard. Georgia Rep. Jack Kingston, another member of the current G.O.P. leadership, is running for conference chairman and will face Tennessee's Marsha Blackburn and Florida's Adam Putnam...
...only did George W. Bush use his brother’s position as governor of Florida to steal the 2000 election (rightfully won by Al Gore), but he then had the audacity to beat John Kerry and John Edwards. The mention of their defeat is usually when “the sad eyes” emerge—that look that fills you with the hopelessness of a Kerry-Edwards-less executive branch. Proposed response to phase two: stay still...
...race in Florida, popular State Senator Ron Klein ousted the old bull Clay Shaw, as powerful a congressman as the State of Florida has. That loss will surely be read as retribution for the Bush Administration's push to partially privatize Social Security, and will also be seen as a rebuke to the G.O.P. for the Foley scandal in neighboring Miami...
...Democrats scored early in the evening by taking away the governors' mansions in Massachusetts, Ohio and New York and then rolled up a 15-seat gain - at a minimum - with wins in traditionally G.O.P. districts in Indiana, Kentucky, Connecticut, Florida, Pennsylvania and Ohio. Other Republicans looked certain to fall as the tabulations continued through the night. As a result, Democrats will control a majority of seats in the House - and in America's governors' mansions - for the first time since...
...ugly race in the Bay State, and Strickland, a longtime congressman, defeated Secretary of State Ken Blackwell, whose campaign was plagued by statewide G.O.P. scandals. Spitzer easily bested John Faso in New York State. The Republicans could point to victories in a few key states, including California, Texas and Florida...