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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - High unemployment and a fractious debate over healthcare have combined to push down President Barack Obama's job approval ratings and highlight the potential for political dangers ahead. Obama, experiencing his first holiday ...Read Original Story: Obama's ratings sink on economy, healthcare - Reuters Voters are in a sour mood, which could lead to trouble for incumbents in Congress and statehouses in 2010, bipartisan pollsters say. Will it be a repeat of the 'Repu...

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Tarrant County Democrats already know that they can't match last year, when they had twice as many voters as the Republican primary. 2010 is not a presidential election year, and while the party has a contested gubernatorial primary, ...Read Original Story: Dallas-Fort Worth Democrats want to build on turnout success they had in 2008 ... - Fort Worth Star Telegram When asked where they fall politically, the Iowa Poll found 43 percent of Iowans consider themselves conservative, 36 percent sa...

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During the past year, there has been a proliferation of conservative groups that have increasingly engaged in rallies, street demonstrations and protest meetings. These groups have been growing around the country. ...Read Original Story: Political Action: Conservative groups increase in criticizing Obama's policies - YourNabe.com Apparently, according to Bill O'Reilly on The Factor last night (12/17/09) -- and prominently displayed on the screen -- a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News pol...

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Dick Armey, former congressman and current FreedomWorks chairman, likes him some Tim Pawlenty. In an interview with CBS News' Declan McCullagh, he cites Minnesota's governor as a Republican who's “becoming emergent” ...Read Original Story: Armey sees Pawlenty as 'fresh face' of GOP - Minnesota Independent Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty addresses Iowa Republicans at the Leadership for Iowa event, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009, in Des Moines, Iowa. (Associated Press: Doug Wells) New Hampshire vote...

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Jerry Wilson, who made millions of dollars starting the Soloflex exercise machine business, sent out a press release Monday morning saying he intended to run for Oregon governor as a Republican. ...Read Original Story: Soloflex founder can't run as a Republican - OregonLive.com The notion that the Tea Party movement is a vocal minority in the Republican Party may have been put to rest today. A new three-way generic ballot from Rasmussen Reports finds that a Tea Party candidate would far...

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A Rasmussen poll released Monday found that while the GOP has been trending ahead of the Democratic Party of late in generic head-to-head matchups, if voters are given the option to vote for a Tea Party, the Republicans...Read Original Story: Tea Party tops GOP in latest poll - Iowa Independent A new poll says more Americans would prefer a tea party candidate rather than a Republican candidate in 2010. Photo: AP Should the “Tea Party” movement organize itself to run congressional candidates...

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A new political club that aims to bring mclennan County minorities into the Republican fold got a rude welcome from unexpected quarters: the McLennan County Republican Party. ...Read Original Story: Local GOP battles Hispanic Republican start-up group - Waco Tribune Herald A new poll finds the Tea Party movement is more popular than the Republican Party on a generic congressional ballot question. Such polling helps explain the exuberance of 'bagger Tom Cox, a Republican candidate for US Sen...

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In an interview with Politico, Sen. Jim demint credits tea-party activists with successfully blocking health care reform legislation so far: "The only reason we don't have national health care right now is you — is the people outside of Washington," ...Read Original Story: The Long Dark Tea Party Against Health Care Reform? - Reason Online Jenny Beth Martin didn't set out to become a movie star. Yet Tuesday night at the Ronald Reagan Center amphitheatre, the mom from Georgia was a...

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A proposal to impose an ideological "purity test" on Republican Party candidates is splitting the GOP, members say. A conservative proposal before the Republican National Committee calls for barring of party financial support for candidates who can't ...Read Original Story: 'Purity test' worries some in GOP - Times of the Internet Extremism has a place in the national discourse, we've been told — Sen. Barry Goldwater once famously declared that when it is exercised in the ...