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Agriculture & Voters Keen on Guest Worker Program
Agriculture & Voters Keen on Guest Worker Program
 Attempts to tackle comprehensive immigration reform at the state level has wounded agriculture and exposed an unavoidable issue for farm-state lawmakers seeking election in 2012. Because U.S. ci ...
10 May, 2012
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Looking Towards Tampa: Ron Paul's Delegate Strategy
Looking Towards Tampa: Ron Paul's Delegate Strategy
continued his march this week to the Republican nomination in Tampa. However, as has been noted repeatedly throughout the process, he is a very weak nominee. There also continues to be a substantial ...
27 Apr, 2012
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The Price of Fracking: Earthquakes & Groundwater Contamination
The Price of Fracking: Earthquakes & Groundwater Contamination
 It is possible – even likely – that the fracking process to extract natural gas and oil from underground rock formations causes earthquakes. The facts are clear: in the geographical part of the ...
19 Apr, 2012
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Obama Leads With Independent Voters, Especially Women
Obama Leads With Independent Voters, Especially Women
A new USA Today/Gallup poll shows President Obama has a solid lead among independent voters in key swing states over presumptive Republican presidential candidate former Gov. Mitt Romney. He now polli ...
04 Apr, 2012
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Supreme Court Hearings on Health Care Reform Kick Off
Supreme Court Hearings on Health Care Reform Kick Off
The US Supreme Court will hold hearings this week on a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Obama’s health care plan. The lawsuit was filed by twenty six states, four small business owners, an ...
26 Mar, 2012
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Do GOP Candidates Control Their Delegates?
Do GOP Candidates Control Their Delegates?
 On Lawrence O’Donnell's MSNBC show last week, spokespersons for Gingrich's Super PAC, the Santorum Campaign, and MSNBC Analyst Steve Schmidt, most recently portrayed by Woody Harrelson in HBO's ...
15 Mar, 2012
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Close race in the South for GOP Presidential Candidates
Close race in the South for GOP Presidential Candidates
Today the GOP Presidential Candidates head to the South for a pair of highly contested primaries in Alabama and Mississippi. In what has become an increasingly close race, Newt Gingrich and Rick Santo ...
13 Mar, 2012
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Presidential Election 2012 Update: Preparing for the South
Presidential Election 2012 Update: Preparing for the South
With the Kansas and Wyoming caucuses behind them, the Republican presidential hopefuls look towards tomorrow's primaries in Alabama, Mississippi, and Hawaii for delegates, offering 101 collective ...
12 Mar, 2012
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Aftermath of Super Tuesday Split Decision
Aftermath of Super Tuesday Split Decision
Republicans held their Super Tuesday election contests earlier this week and despite media build-up, it was a decidedly split decision. As IVN reported earlier, this split means the Republican primary ...
08 Mar, 2012
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Super Tuesday Divides GOP
Super Tuesday Divides GOP
Winning 6 states, including the critical state of Ohio, Mitt Romney won the most Super Tuesday contests last night, followed by Santorum's 3 wins, Gingrich's single win in his home state of Georgia, w ...
07 Mar, 2012
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