Republicans Capture House Seat in Obama's Hometown

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May 22, 2010 Republicans Capture House Seat in Obama's Hometown Honolulu -- Republicans scored a midterm election victory Saturday when Honolulu City Councilman Charles Djou won a Democratic-held House seat in Hawaii in the district where President Obama grew up -- the latest triumph for the GOP as it looks to take back control of Congress. Djou's victory was a blow to Obama and other Democrats who could not rally around a candidate and find away to win a congressional race that should have been a cakewalk. The seat had been held by a Democrat for nearly 20 years and...

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Dem family feud could cost party Hawaii seat (Hussein's supposed home town goes GOP?)

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Dem family feud could cost party Hawaii seatUpdated: May 21, 2010 12:35 AM EDT By HERBERT A. SAMPLE Associated Press Writer HONOLULU (AP) - Democrats won't budge in their family feud in this usually Democratic state, and that could result in Hawaii electing its first Republican congressman in decades. The GOP is hoping to celebrate a victory by Charles Djou on Saturday in a special election against two Democrats - one a former congressman himself - who seem to be splitting their party's vote. Not only would that mean the loss of a Democratic seat in Congress, it would be...

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Brown getting Kennedy's seat, but not his desk (Please wash hands after touching)

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Brown getting Kennedy's seat, but not his deskBy GLEN JOHNSON, AP Political Writer Wednesday, February 3, 2010 18:51 PST BOSTON, (AP) - Republican Scott Brown may be taking over Democrat Edward Kennedy's Senate seat, but not his desk. An aide says Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry is claiming the mahogany desk on the Senate floor used by Kennedy for nearly 47 years. Until now, Kerry has been seated at the desk once used by Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, the late senator's assassinated brother. Kennedy was partial to his own desk No. 83 because it had once been used by President John...

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Obama makes last-ditch attempt to save Senate seat

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BOSTON (AP) - President Barack Obama was making a last-ditch attempt Sunday to save a Democratic-held Senate seat in Massachusetts - and an important 60th vote for his health care plan - as the top Senate Republican called the shockingly close race a verdict against the bill no matter who wins. "This is, in effect, a referendum on the national health care bill," Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said. "It is perfectly clear if it's unpopular in Massachusetts, it's unpopular everywhere. The American people don't want us to pass this bill."

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Election for Kennedy Seat To Be Held Jan. 19th

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Election for Kennedy Seat To Be Held Jan. 19thAug 31, 2009 3:15 pm US/Eastern BOSTON (WBZ) - Gov. Deval Patrick says the special election to fill the seat of the late Sen. Ted Kennedy will be held Tuesday, January 19, 2010. The primary election will be Tuesday, December 8, 2009. Possible contenders include Kennedy's widow Vicki, nephew and former Rep. Joseph Kennedy, Attorney General Martha Coakley and several members of the state's congressional delegation. Patrick says Vicki Kennedy has told him she is not interested in being appointed as an interim replacement. THE LAW Still unresolved is whether Massachusetts will...

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Axelrod Comments On Open Senate Seat, D.C. Leadership Vacuum

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This morning, David Axelrod appeared on Fox Chicago Sunday and had some notable remarks on both the local and national fronts. He said that President-elect Barack Obama plans to stay out of Prairie State politics once in the White House and doesn't plan on being "a kingmaker or boss here in Illinois." When co-host Dane Placko asked him about the vacant U.S. Senate seat, Axelrod disclosed that the Obama has spoken to Gov. Blagojevich about his replacement. Watch it: ...

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Wanted President-Elect to "Put Something Together . . . Something Big"

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Fitzgerald said "there is no allegation in the complaint that the President-elect was aware of it and that is all I can say." His comment did not close the door on the possibility that Obama or someone on his staff may have known of some aspect of the Govenror's demands.

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MISSISSIPPI: Local man invents vibrating toilet seat

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Local man invents vibrating toilet seat By Eloria Newell James, community@leadercall.com  Jones County native Johnny Henry talks about his invention, the vibrating toilet seat.Photo/Eloria Newell James / A Jones County native has developed a new twist to a traditional item.Johnny Henry of Laurel has developed the vibrating toilet seat.“I believe in thinking out of the box,” Henry said. “I wanted to create something that is a little unusual.“This invention is designed to stimulate,” he said. “It’s to make you feel good while you are there.”Because of Henry’s invention, he recently attended the Invent Bay International Inventors Convention held at the...

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Prosecutor: Baby left to die for 8 days

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Parents of 5-month-old appear in court to face first-degree murder charges, may be facing death penaltyPEORIA - Benjamin Sargent died with his eyes open, fists clenched and strapped into a car seat after eight days without food or water, the county's top prosecutor said Wednesday. The 5-month-old was dropped off at his parents' house on Feb. 4, wearing a bright-blue snow suit and strapped into his car seat. Eight days later, he was found in the same position, said Peoria County State's Attorney Kevin Lyons during a bond hearing for the parents, who are charged with capital murder for...

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Democrat Dennis Kucinich quits presidential race, faces tough fight to keep House seat (4 others)

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Democrat Dennis Kucinich quits presidential race, faces tough fight to keep House seat CLEVELAND (AP) _ Democrat Dennis Kucinich abandoned his presidential bid Friday to focus on a tough race for re-election to Congress. Kucinich, speaking at a union hall, told supporters who chanted "Dennis, Dennis," that he would work to keep his campaign promises, not as president, but as a member of the U.S. House. "I won't be president, but I can continue to fight for these important issues as the United States congressman representing the community that is first in my heart, Cleveland, Ohio," he said. Kucinich made...

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The Seat Congress Can't Offer

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Lincoln supposedly said: If I call a tail a leg, how many legs does a dog have? Five? No, calling a tail a leg does not make it a leg. Which brings us to the proposal to treat the District of Columbia as if it were a state. Today's Democratic-controlled Congress wants to give the District, by legislation, a full voting member in the House of Representatives. Having failed to achieve ratification of a constitutional amendment, sent to the states in 1978, which would have conferred statehood on the District (only 16 states ratified it, 22 short of the required...

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