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Published: 05/3/10

Indiana Primary: Four Against Former Sen. Dan Coats in One of Many GOP Slugfests

By  Robert Schmuhl - Politics Daily
Indiana Primary: Four Against Former Sen. Dan Coats in One of Many GOP Slugfests

SOUTH BEND, Indiana -- Today's Indiana primary could once again prove the political unpredictability of Hoosier voters, who in the 2006 midterm flipped three of the state's U.S. House seats from the Republicans to the Democrats, and in 2008 favored Barack Obama, the first time a Democratic presidential candidate had won here since Lyndon Johnson in 1964. While this year's primary is ho-hum for Democrats, Republicans across the state are energetically violating Ronald Reagan's 11th commandment about speaking ill of any fellow member of the GOP. Former Sen. Dan Coats is on the receiving end ...

Published: 12/19/08

Call It the Curse of Barry Melrose: Tampa Bay Gets Robbed in Shootout

By  Adam Gretz - AOL News
Call It the Curse of Barry Melrose: Tampa Bay Gets Robbed in Shootout

Here's the situation: Tampa Bay and Colorado skate to a 1-1 tie through regulation and overtime, leading to a shootout. The first three attempts result in no goals, setting the stage for Colorado's Milan Hejduk to take on Lightning goalie Mike Smith. As you can see in the video above, Smith makes the save on Hejduk, only to have the officials huddle up and award a goal to Hejduk -- the game-winning goal, as it turns out -- because Smith "threw his stick." Seriously? Are we watching the same video? Judging by the replay shown, it appears that the stick comes out of Smith's hand after he makes ...

Published: 09/3/08

Hot Mic: Pundits Caught Bashing McCain's Choice

By  Christopher Weber - Politics Daily
Hot Mic: Pundits Caught Bashing McCain's Choice

The first rule of being on television is even when the mics are supposedly off, never say anything you wouldn't say on camera. Because only the engineers know when the mics are really off. Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan and Time columnist Mike Murphy forgot that rule after appearing with NBC's Chuck Todd and were caught on tape disparaging John McCain's pick of Sarah Palin for VP. Murphy -- a former McCain adviser -- says the choice is "cynical" and "gimmicky." Noonan's opinion is even stronger. PN: It's over. MM: Still McCain can give a version of the Lieberman speech to do ...

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