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Wisconsin voters wooed on eve of largest ever recall election

Freedomist Curator August 9, 2011

MILWAUKEE (Reuters) – Candidates and volunteers made last ditch efforts to woo voters on Monday, a day before Wisconsin holds the nation’s largest ever recall election that could provide an early indication of trends before the 2012 U.S. election.

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Wisconsin voters wooed on eve of largest ever recall election

Romney shifting campaign into a higher gear

Freedomist Curator August 9, 2011

Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign is shifting into a higher gear.

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Romney shifting campaign into a higher gear

Sarah Palin becomes grandma for 2nd time

Freedomist Curator August 9, 2011

London, Aug 9 (ANI): Former Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin has become a grandmother for the second time – after her daughter-in-law gave birth to a baby girl.

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Sarah Palin becomes grandma for 2nd time

Palin and Bachmann Continue to Stir Passions

Freedomist Curator August 9, 2011

COMMENTARY | Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and Rep. Michele Bachmann continue to elicit outrage and then counter outrage. Newsweek, for instance, as pronounced Bachmann “The Queen of Rage” in its cover story this week.

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Palin and Bachmann Continue to Stir Passions

Sliding markets deaf to Obama credit defense

Freedomist Curator August 9, 2011

President Barack Obama has insisted that the United States would always be a “triple-A country,” but his bid to soothe investors failed to stop a Wall Street panic over the US debt downgrade going global.

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Sliding markets deaf to Obama credit defense

Michele Bachmann: Tea Party Incarnate

Freedomist Curator August 8, 2011

With Iowa’s Ames Straw Poll coming up on Saturday, Tea Party darling Michele Bachmann is glowing in the spotlight of two prominent magazine profiles. This week’s New Yorker and Newsweek ground their portraits of Bachmann in the emotional connection she makes with audiences on the stump. As Newsweek put it, “when others meandered or waffled, she shot back with answers that reduced Washington’s …

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Michele Bachmann: Tea Party Incarnate

Bachmann’s Love Affair with Revisionist History

Freedomist Curator August 8, 2011

The press finds photographs of Michele Bachmann looking like she has crazy eyes irresistible. On the cover of Newsweek this week, she looks like a disturbed woman in pearls staring into the hazy middle distance. But Bachmann’s media savvy and strong debate performance show she’s not nuts–and the plurality of Iowa Republicans agree, making her the current top choice for the 2012 nomination. On …

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Bachmann’s Love Affair with Revisionist History