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WATCH: MSNBC on the 2013 Virginia Governor's Race

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WATCH: MSNBC on the 2013 Virginia Governor's Race

MSNBC host asked two Politico reporters to name the race with the greatest impact on 2014 and 2016. Want to know what they said? Watch the video: Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

Extreme Recruits Belie Republicans' Attempted Makeover

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Extreme Recruits Belie Republicans' Attempted Makeover

By Josh Kraushaar For all the lip service given by Republicans to the party’s efforts to modernize its image, a quick look at the GOP’s standing in two must-win battlegrounds doesn’t paint a promising picture of their efforts. In Colorado and Virginia—the archetypes of suburban, demographically changing states—Republicans are barely contesting next year’s Senate races,…

O’Malley: ‘Trickle-Down Economics’ Has Failed America

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O’Malley: ‘Trickle-Down Economics’ Has Failed America

By SAHIL KAPUR In a speech Thursday at the Center for American Progress, Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley (D) took aim at “trickle-down economics” — the conservative theory that fiscal policies benefiting upper earners will improve the whole economy and therefore also benefit the middle and lower classes. “Trickle-down economics has been an abject failure for…

Virginia Gov. Candidate Cuccinelli Investigated "Sextravaganza"

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Virginia Gov. Candidate Cuccinelli Investigated "Sextravaganza"

By Tim Murphy (Mother Jones) Controversial Virginia Republican lieutenant governor candidate E.W. Jackson, as I reported last week, began his career as a social conservative crusader as an anti-anti-AIDS activist in Boston, where he fought against public health initiatives that promoted condom use and sterilized needles. And Jackson’s extreme views on such issues as LGBT…

Winning the jobs war

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Winning the jobs war

By GOV. JACK MARKELL While the talk in Washington in recent weeks has veered sharply away from the issues that most affect our daily lives, the people I meet at businesses, in schools and elsewhere in our communities are still most concerned with how their leaders are going to ensure the availability of the things…

Republican Governors Are Most Vulnerable in 2014

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Republican Governors Are Most Vulnerable in 2014

By MICAH COHEN, The New York Times A lot can change before Election Day next year, when 36 states will vote for governor. But at this early stage — when decisions on whether to run or retire are considered and made — 10 of the 32 governors who are eligible to run for re-election have net…

Obama threatens to veto Republican student loan plan

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Obama threatens to veto Republican student loan plan

By Elvina Nawaguna (Reuters) – The White House threatened on Wednesday to veto a Republican bill to switch federal student loan interest rates to a market-based system, arguing the plan would create more uncertainty for students and families. Under the legislation introduced by Republican Representatives John Kline of Minnesota and Virginia Foxx of North Carolina,…

Cuccinelli's Extreme Dream Team

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Cuccinelli's Extreme Dream Team

Already running as one of the most conservative gubernatorial candidates in recent history, Ken Cuccinelli recently completed his statewide ticket with an extreme Republican Lieutenant Governor and Attorney General candidate to match Cuccinelli’s own record. The Virginia GOP ticket now consists of candidates who compared Planned Parenthood to the KKK, wants to ban common forms…

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