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From Century of the Common Iowan:
Habeas Whatus?
Posted at September 29, 2006 at 1:28 am

Excerpt:

The Senate voted today to take a giant step back in time, to pre-Magna Carta days, by passing the Torture Bill that strips detainees of their right of habeas corpus and allow America to torture detainees a little bit, just as long as we don’t go too f…

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Democrat
From Century of the Common Iowan:
Tell Harkin to stand firm Against Warrantless Wiretapping
Posted at September 20, 2006 at 12:39 pm

Excerpt:

I got this letter in an email this morning. The Senate is debating the Warrantless Wiretapping issue and it is very important that they Senate doesn’t give in and grant Bush the Presidential Authority that he doesn’t have. I have covered this issue o…

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Democrat
From Century of the Common Iowan:
Lakoff on Avoiding the Centrist Trap
Posted at September 19, 2006 at 10:46 am

Excerpt:

I read this article by George Lakoff this morning and it has some good information. I want to focus on what Lakoff says about moving to the center. I have written about this topic here, here, and here. Check out what Lakoff has to say about it…7….

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Democrat
From Century of the Common Iowan:
Watch out Chet, the Boogeyman is Catching up!
Posted at September 18, 2006 at 10:09 pm

Excerpt:

I guess the Iowa Liberal Blogsphere was all wrapped in Harkin Steaky Fry-ness that they failed to mention the latest poll in the Des Moines Register on the Governor’s race. Thanks to Krusty for posting first.A new Des Moines Register poll shows Democr…

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Democrat
From Century of the Common Iowan:
Mark Warner’s Crashing the Harkin Steak Fry
Posted at September 16, 2006 at 9:37 am

Excerpt:

The Harkin Steak Fry is this Sunday and the main speaker is Barak Obama. The main program also includes Tom Vilsack, Chet Culver, and other candidates running for office in Iowa. Mark Warner decided to attend the event, so he will be speaking at a pr…

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Democrat
From Century of the Common Iowan:
Report from the Johnson County Democrats BBQ
Posted at September 10, 2006 at 9:38 pm

Excerpt:

I had a great time at the Johnson County Democrats BBQ. The event was very well attended and it is lucky the Hawks pulled out the victory or the speakers would have faced a tough crowd. The first speaker at the event was Mike Mauro, who squeezed in s…

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Democrat
From Century of the Common Iowan:
College Tuition and How to Get Young Iowans to Stay in Iowa
Posted at September 8, 2006 at 8:19 pm

Excerpt:

State 29 wrote this week about an article by David Yepsen concerning the increased enrollment at Iowa’s colleges and univeristies. State 29 ended the post with this…You want Iowa kids to attend school here and stay in Iowa? Get them into degrees tha…

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Democrat
From Century of the Common Iowan:
Lieberman Will Not Caucus with Democrats
Posted at September 1, 2006 at 12:44 pm

Excerpt:

Joe Lieberman has decided that he might not caucus with the Democrats if he is elected, rather wait and see if the Republicans can offer him better committee positions.From Kos…Lieberman is in it for himself. He’ll caucus with whoever can offer him t…

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