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Palin Faced a Rocky Road if She Filled Out Her Term

While Alaska's political circles were left reeling by Republican Gov. Sarah Palin's surprise resignation announcement Friday, politicians on both sides of the aisle in Alaska had already begun preparing for her possible departure from office.

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"The ACLU has filed a suit to have all military cross-shaped headstones removed." Source: Chain e-mail
"If the United States moves ahead by itself [on cap-and-trade]... after 30 or 40 years, we're going to reduce CO2 by less than one percent." Source: Chuck Grassley
The Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 "would guarantee Barack Obama will never be held accountable for producing forged birth documents." Source: Chain e-mail

Five Polls, Five Bits of Bad News for Dem Governors

While Democrats have enjoyed great success on the congressional front, a series of polls in the last few weeks show a far grimmer outlook for their gubernatorial colleagues as 2010 approaches.

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Both Parties Try to Cash In on Passage of Climate Change Bill

Democrats said the bill would create millions of new jobs by investing in clean energy sources, while Republicans called the bill an "energy tax" measure that will put millions of Americans out of work.