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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Down the ballot: Young finally wins</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/18/1414772.aspx</link><description>"Rep. Don Young, a 35-year veteran of the U.S. House and currently under federal investigation, narrowly won the Republican primary battle Wednesday to keep his seat, Alaska's only one in the House of Representatives," the AP says. "In a close race only</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.0 (Build: 60608.1)</generator><item><title>Down the ballot: Young finally wins</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/18/1414772.aspx#1414786</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:18:09 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1414786</guid><dc:creator>the Pajama Pundit</dc:creator><description>Young beat Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell by 304 votes.&lt;br&gt;************************************************&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Now THAT is a close race. &amp;nbsp;Hanging chads anyone?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://thepajamapundit.com/"&gt;http://thepajamapundit.com/&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>Down the ballot: Young finally wins</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/18/1414772.aspx#1414788</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:19:28 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1414788</guid><dc:creator>Eric, Salinas, CA</dc:creator><description>Yet another white collar criminal repugnant one wins an election showing us all that they are the party of criminals. &amp;nbsp;We have another criminal, &amp;quot;Sinner&amp;quot; Sarah who must not be allowed to win as she will be a replay of &amp;quot;Darth&amp;quot; Cheney is a skirt. &amp;nbsp;Why is she lawyering up to fight the Troopergate investigation when she first welcomed the investigation? &amp;nbsp;She's got something to hide and we all know the truth will lay her low.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;We can blame the repugnant ones for the global financial crisis, the failed VooDoo Economics of Ronny Raygunz and his clueless foot soldiers Bush/McCain. &amp;nbsp;We can blame Phil Gramm for deregulating the banking industry and causing the Wall Street Massacre of 9/15/08. &amp;nbsp;After &amp;quot;Bush Hugger&amp;quot; McCain loses on November 4th we'll be seeing him milling around muttering &amp;quot;Beware the Ides of September&amp;quot;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Go Obama/Biden 08/12!</description></item><item><title>Down the ballot: Young finally wins</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/18/1414772.aspx#1414797</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:21:47 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1414797</guid><dc:creator>Booker Thomas, Baltimore MD</dc:creator><description>Rangle is one of the best congressmen ever, so he needs to be cut some slack. I don't really care that he skims a little money here, and takes a little bit of a benefit there. Just like with Obama, what's important is the mans ideas and his actions. For that, Rangle gets a pass in my book.</description></item><item><title>Down the ballot: Young finally wins</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/18/1414772.aspx#1414799</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:22:28 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1414799</guid><dc:creator>Class Warrior, D.C.</dc:creator><description>Are all Republicans in Alaska under investigation? It sure seems so...&lt;br&gt;As far as Rangel goes, he's been an embarrassment for years; let him drive back &amp;nbsp;home in his old Benz.&lt;br&gt;The pro-biz group just knows who's going to sweep things in Novemeber, that's all.</description></item><item><title>Down the ballot: Young finally wins</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/18/1414772.aspx#1414823</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:27:18 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1414823</guid><dc:creator>Billy, Texas</dc:creator><description>Young is very beatable in the November election.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Rumor has it, the democrats and independents pulled a Rush Limbaugh &amp;quot;Operation Chaos&amp;quot; and picked up republican ballots in the primary to help Young win with the expectation that he will lose to the democrat this November.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Thanks, Rush!</description></item><item><title>Down the ballot: Young finally wins</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/18/1414772.aspx#1414911</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:38:06 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1414911</guid><dc:creator>twocanpete</dc:creator><description>&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://twocanpete.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://twocanpete.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;Par for course in a state where a politician's ethics mean nothing as long as he brings home the pork. The entitlement culture in Alaska is out of control. These folks need to be taken off the government dole and fast!</description></item><item><title>Down the ballot: Young finally wins</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/18/1414772.aspx#1415082</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:58:58 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1415082</guid><dc:creator>no joe, no bo, nj</dc:creator><description>Charley Rangel is emblamatic of the Democratic party: corrupt to the core, but constantly accusing the other side of corruption.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In the Democratic party, you have ol'Charley hanging on to his seat as head of the House Ways and Means committee, and Nancy Pelosi can see no reason to remove him from that post. &amp;nbsp;You have Representatives under indictment who are re-elected by their constituents. &amp;nbsp;You have illegal fundraising, and Dems railing that the laws have to be changed, despite the fact that they broke EXISTING law. &amp;nbsp;And on and on.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;To top it off, you have a candidate whose cheif advisors are a former head of Freddie Mac, and a principle of Lehman Brothers. &amp;nbsp;Those are certainly great credentials; it proves that those of us who are NOT voting for Obama on economic grounds are right to believe that he would be a disaster for the economy. &amp;nbsp;On top of this , Obama is a product of the Chicago machine, associates with known terrorists, was the attorney for a group known for voter fraud. . .&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;the people running the Democratic party should be rounded up and jailed. &amp;nbsp;They have destroyed it.</description></item><item><title>Down the ballot: Young finally wins</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/18/1414772.aspx#1415085</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:59:22 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1415085</guid><dc:creator>Annette, Odessa, MO</dc:creator><description>Parnell losing will hurt Palin. He was her champion. Not sure where Young stands but don't think he was quite as enamoured as Parnell was.</description></item><item><title>Down the ballot: Young finally wins</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/18/1414772.aspx#1415097</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:00:32 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1415097</guid><dc:creator>a change is coming</dc:creator><description>&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;He won by 300 votes in a RED state...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Look out Republicans... &amp;nbsp;a change is coming...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description></item><item><title>Down the ballot: Young finally wins</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/18/1414772.aspx#1415129</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:05:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1415129</guid><dc:creator>Beverly in Chicago</dc:creator><description>Ouch! Charlie.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Donald is pessimistic about McPlain. I'm Not&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Enough glossing over!&lt;br&gt;No way!&lt;br&gt; No how!&lt;br&gt; No McCain/Palin! &lt;br&gt;Nobody but Obama/Biden&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>