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Straw poll: In Iowa, GOP leans to the right of the right

Iowa's GOP is dominated by social conservatives whose focus is on opposing abortion and gay marriage, say party insiders. That explains why not all Republican presidential hopefuls are competing in the Iowa straw poll on Saturday.
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Is YouTube changing Congress? ‘Speechless’ delivers a loud message – silently.

Most people don't think 'smash YouTube hit' when they think about C-SPAN, but Rep. Joe Crowley's unspoken one-minute 'speech' on the floor of the House went viral on Friday.
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State of the Union address: Do Americans even watch it?

The State of the Union was once delivered only to Congress, then to conscientious US citizens via TV and radio. Now it is fragmented, repackaged, and delivered to an incalculable global audience.
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Sarah Palin on TLC: Another candidate-in-waiting with a paid TV gig?

'Sarah Palin's Alaska' debuts on TLC on Sunday, joining one of the hottest trends in politics: the future candidate as TV personality. Can viewers tell where a show ends and a campaign begins?
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Sarah Palin and Jon Stewart agree on this: News media are bad influence

The media are berated as 'corrupt' (per Sarah Palin) and as a 'conflictinator' (per Jon Stewart). Is it a case of shooting the messenger, or did news media miss the mark in Election 2010?
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Democrats target Wall Street as new Election 2010 bogeyman

Ads that tie Republicans to Wall Street are boosting early voting returns for some Democrats in Election 2010.
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Why Oprah Winfrey is sending Jon Stewart fans to his rally

Oprah Winfrey is paying for a Jon Stewart audience to attend his rally in Washington on Oct. 30. Is this more than a classic Oprah moment?
Young Republicans seek a new kind of party

Reflecting an Obama age, they want more diversity and pragmatism, less partisanship.