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To: i-node who wrote (681184)10/26/2012 11:19:14 AM
From: tejek  Respond to of 1574491
 
Newt Gingrich is predicting that this election will be a near-landslide victory for Mitt Romney. “I believe the minimum result will be 53-47 Romney, over 300 electoral votes, and the Republicans will pick up the Senate,” the former House speaker said Thursday night on Fox News’s “On the Record with Greta Van Susteren.”

politico.com



To: i-node who wrote (681184)10/26/2012 11:21:27 AM
From: joseffy  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 1574491
 
Police Arrest 60-Year-Old Woman Speaking At City Council Meeting

CBS Los Angeles ^ | 10/25/12

A Riverside woman is facing misdemeanor charges following her arrest for speaking too long at a Riverside City Council meeting, the Riverside Press-Enterprise reported Thursday.

Karen Wright, whose arrest was videotaped and obtained by the paper, was cited for disrupting a public meeting Tuesday night.

“The incident unfolded after Wright exceeded her allotted three minutes to speak at the lectern while commenting on a sludge hauling contract,” the paper reported.

Wright, 60, was initially handcuffed by two officers while she was on her knees.

(Excerpt) Read more at losangeles.cbslocal.com ...



To: i-node who wrote (681184)10/26/2012 11:22:41 AM
From: tejek  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1574491
 
By the time Election Day rolls around, both President Obama and Mitt Romney will have raised more than $1 billion—making this presidential race the costliest ever seen. [...]Through September, some 55% of Obama's campaign cash consists of donations smaller than $200, while only 13% of his donations were of the maximum $2,500.

For Romney, 45% of donations were at the $2,500 mark, compared to 22% that were less than $200.

newser.com