County Results – Election Center 2008 – Elections & Politics from CNN.com
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I just want to say wow. It was a given that Texas was going to go for McCain what it is amazing is that San Antonio (Bexar county), Dallas county and Harris County all went blue. Austin did also but that was a [...]

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Palin’s ‘going rogue,’ McCain aide says – CNN.com
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (CNN) — With 10 days until Election Day, long-brewing tensions between GOP vice presidential candidate Gov. Sarah Palin and key aides to Sen. John McCain have become so intense, they are spilling out in public, sources say.
Obviously I want McCain/Palin to lose, badly, really badly [...]

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Early Vote Counts
Joint General, Special and Rollback
November 4, 2008
BALLOTS CAST THIS DATE 31413
October 21, 2008
Bexar County Justice Center 744 808 1552
Alzafar Shrine Temple 941 857 1798
Blossom Athletic Center 1083 828 1911
Brookhollow Library 1300 1173 2473
Castle Hills City Hall 630 535 1165
Claude Black Center 883 1049 1932
Cody Library 1220 1232 2452
Collins Garden Library [...]

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ABC News: Match-o-Matic 2 Interesting little test. They give you blind quotes and you choose the one that matches your beliefs better. Try it, you might be as surprised as I am by who said what.
Technorati Tags: 2008 presidential election, Obama, McCain

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John McCain promised to end “partisan rancor,” yet his entire convention was nothing but partisan. He sounds like George W. Bush all over again.
He chose a running mate so far to the right that it leaves moderate Republicans struggling for words.
His solution to high oil prices, “Drill, Baby, Drill.” Sounds like an oil [...]

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And he accuses Obama of putting politics before the welfare of the country?

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Gramm: We need more leadership, less whining – CNN.com
(CNN) — Phil Gramm, a top adviser to Sen. John McCain, on Thursday stood by his comment that the country is in a “mental recession,” and said he was trying to say the nation’s leaders, not its people, were “whiners.”
Democrats blasted Gramm, who advises presumed [...]

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For all those Clinton supporters who swear that they won’t support Obama and would vote for McCain instead–get a grip. Yes, the media has treated Clinton outrageously, and I’m sure you could probably find some sexist comments from the Obama camp. But to not vote Democrat or to vote for McCain instead is not going [...]

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My husband and I went out to a goodbye dinner a while ago for a friend who is moving off to Florida. Given that both Clinton and Obama were in San Antonio that night and it was the last day of early voting politics did come up. During the conversation one of the women said [...]

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KVIA.com El Paso, Las Cruces – Weather, News, Sports – San Antonio-area voters to decide on visitor tax
Bexar County voters will decide whether to extend a 1.75% tax on hotel rooms and 5% tax on short-term car rentals to fund four separate propositions. They would make improvements to the San Antonio River, build new [...]

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