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The Texas legislature has passed a bill outlawing sexually suggestive cheerleading…..In a National Bureau of Economic Research paper, David Card and Enrico Moretti conclude President Bush did better among voters using touch-screen machines, even when controlling for income and demographic characteristics of voters….. President Bush's numbers are the lowest of his years in office with 40% approving his job performance and 51% disapproving his performance….New polling shows Democrats the 11 point preference over Republicans when asked which party should control congress. That's the biggest margin since 1994 when Republicans took over control of the House from Democrats…..Apparently believing former Nebraska Atty Gen. Don Stenberg is a likely loser to Sen. Ben Nelson next year, some party activists are trying to drag former governor Kay Orr out of mothballs to run….Arkansas Republican governor Huckabee has told friends he is definitely running for president in 2008….Rep. Harold Ford, Jr. (D-TN), filed the paperwork to seek the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Tennessee, the AP reports. An internal poll last month that showed Ford "losing to or barely breaking even" with his likely opponents made many analysts think Ford would not run…..A Manchester Union Leader editorial on Senate Maj. Leader Bill Frist: "If he cannot effectively lead 55 Republican senators, how can he be trusted to lead the party and the country three years from now?"…."Driving his tractor-trailer rig to various campaign stops" yesterday, MT state Senate Pres. Jon Tester (D) launched his MT SEN bid (Helena Independent Record)….A polling company (R) poll shows that 68% of adults correctly believe a filibuster is a legislative procedure. Some alternative responses: 4%, a medical procedure; 2%, a household appliance; 2% a sports team; 1% a breed of horse and 1%, a type of sandwich (release).
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