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Published November 04, 2009

GOP sweep: Big governor victories in Virginia, N.J. chat

By Liz Sidoti, West Central Tribune

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Craig H.
11/05/2009 4:17 PM

Keven, I don't count you as the extreme. I do think there are real questions that need to be asked but the crowd that continues to cry socialism when there hasn't been a single proposal to eliminate private health care takes away from the debate. It's the "tea party" crowd that clearly will turn any issue into an "I hate Obama" protest rather than the real issue that attended the rally today. They continue to try to stop debate rather than participate. Most Americans want some kind of reform but the extreme keeps getting in the way of discussing what real reform is.

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Craig H.
11/05/2009 12:53 PM

Hahahaha, hundreds of thousands..... right. Thousands maybe, hundreds of thousands, not even close. Of course, the GOP supporters have to hang their hat on something I suppose. Even at 30,000 that would only amount to .01% of the country's population. They just can't seem to get that their view is not the majority view and most Americans want reform. Crazy is as crazy does. http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/11/bachmann-refuses-to-speak-about-chief-of-staff-resignation.php http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/11/05/health.care/ http://mediamatters.org/research/200911050027

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Ben C.
11/05/2009 9:04 AM

Harold to answer your comment, yes I did not appreciate the extreme attacks on President Bush. We have a right to disagree, but the personal stuff really does more to embarass ourselves than add to a political discussion. I have yet Harold to see a positive post come from you in all the years of following this site. Even when attempting to lift up your side, you seem to only be able to do it by tearing down and attacking the others. In debate we were taught to use this technique only when we got to the point that our argument did not have the facts and information to stand on its own, that is when you would turn up the heat and tear down your opposition.

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joe r.
Willmar, MN     11/05/2009 12:16 AM

So the GOP won in NJ and Virginia for governors but it is in no way a referendum on Obama and the GOP still has a long way to go. Ben you are correct but the likes of Larry and Harold do not understand, instead they make incorrect statements and rally around a couple of governor races that still show the GOP a long way from getting to where they want to be. Until radicals such as Palin and Bachman come to their senses they will continue to hurt the party when it counts.

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Zachary C.
11/04/2009 7:37 PM

Barb - All I hear from you is wah wah my party lost. Get over it. It is done and over with. We had to put up with Bush winning the first time on some questionable things and that was for the presidency.

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Barb K.
11/04/2009 7:32 PM

These "mistakes" were made in heavily DFL strongholds. Election judges are required to be trained. I know for a fact here in Renville County the election judges were instructed by someone from the County Auditor's office, on exactly how to handle absentee ballots and did so in the correct manor. If the election judges didn't make "mistakes" on purpose then the person giving the instructions did because all election officials are given the same instructions. All you need to have this kind of "mistakes" that were made in the 2008 election is for dishonest officials give the wrong instructions. That is most likely what happened. I still think Franken should resign and ask for a new election. I sure wouldn't want to hold an office where it is so obvious that there was such "mistakes".

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Ben C.
11/04/2009 6:33 PM

Harold et. al. what does the House race in upstate New York mean in all of this? The Democrat won after the Republican was forced out by the likes of Sarah Palin and Tim Pawlenty. Their hand picked "True Conservative" guy lost. Maybe there is a message to take from yesterday, and maybe that message is, the extremes in both parties should stand up and take notice that those of us in the middle are "mad as he** and were not going to take it anymore!" my comment, Harold I truly feel sorry for you. To be this bitter in life must be so sad for your family to have to deal with out of you.

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JACK T.
11/04/2009 6:19 PM

Harold R......Smart as you think you are... Lets make it fair and give our President as much time to Fix GB'S bad decisions and bad choices and downright wrong decisions as GB' had to make em...*8 years.....and..IF you think You are SO smart, why don't you run for office instead of hiding behind your Keyboard? huh?

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Zachary C.
11/04/2009 5:49 PM

Dan - It doesn't matter to them. To them everything is the liberals fault. They will only take responsibility for any good they might do and none of the bad. How mature right? I pretty much summed up what they think of liberals in my earlier post which Rick quickly agreed with.

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Dan C.
Willmar, MN     11/04/2009 5:42 PM

The mistakes were only in precincts run by the DFL? Nowhere in the report did it say that. And precincts aren't "run" by either party. Election officials and judges are non-partisan.

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