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Voters retain death penalty in Calif.
https://townhall.com/columnists/baptistpress/2012/11/07/voters_retain_death_penalty_in_calif
– The measure would have applied retroactively to the 727 inmates currently on death row in California, lessening their sentences to … life without parole, and would have given $100 million to police agencies to help solve more homicide and rape cases. … Proponents of Prop. 34 raised more than $7 million to bankroll efforts to end the death penalty, saying its implementation was flawed…
Gay marriage gets historic state-level wins
https://townhall.com/columnists/baptistpress/2012/11/07/gay_marriage_gets_historic_statelevel_wins
– But tonight's most important message -- the one we can't afford to forget -- is that we've got so much work left to do." … Gay marriage advocates outspent traditional groups by margins of 3-to-1 and 4-to-1 in the four states, but that had been the case in … "They had time to gear up with an advertising campaign in addition to statement that did penetrate and persuade people.…
Obama's win part of big election setback for social conservatives
https://townhall.com/columnists/baptistpress/2012/11/07/obamas_win_part_of_big_election_setback_for_social_conservatives
– We need to understand it's only going to happen because the people of God start praying for revival in America." … "I call upon all Christians and other people of faith to heed the biblical admonition to pray for all those in authority and to communicate … An exception was Ohio, where 30 percent of evangelicals voted for Obama this year in contrast to 27 percent in 2008.…
No Mandate: Obama Lost Ground With Key Demographics
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/kevinglass/2012/11/07/no_mandate_obama_lost_ground_with_key_demographics
– how Americans voted. … To an extent, we have to recognize a truth: President Obama is a candidate who has uniquely transcendent appeal. … Conservatives settled on Mitt Romney, a man that many had to hold their nose to vote for.…
Message For International Election Meddlers: “Butt Out”
https://townhall.com/columnists/bobbarr/2012/11/07/message_for_international_election_meddlers_butt_out
to close. … Mission to that organization issued an “official invitation” earlier this Fall for it to send nearly four dozen officials to monitor … Mission to OSCE, some elected officials in our country have told these foreign observers to “butt out.”…
Legalizing Marijuana Passes in 2 out of 3 States
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/heatherginsberg/2012/11/07/legalizing_marijuana_passes_in_2_out_of_3_states
– Both Colorado and Washington have decided by large margin to legalize selling and using marijuana, while Oregon voted it down by a … According to federal laws, it is illegal to distribute or hold marijuana.…
U.N. Poll Watchers Baffled U.S. Doesn't Require I.D. to Vote
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2012/11/06/un_poll_watchers_baffled_us_doesnt_require_id_to_vote
– Elabbar, who traveled to the United States along with election officials from more than 60 countries to observe today's presidential … Voters can also vote by mail, sometimes online, and there's often no way to know if one person has voted several times under different … Among registered voters, the numbers were 75 percent to 23 percent.…
FROM THE STATES: Mich., Ala., Ky., Tenn. evangelism/missions news
https://townhall.com/columnists/baptistpress/2012/11/06/from_the_states_mich_ala_ky_tenn_evangelismmissions_news
– On Oct. 7 the church voted to enter a five-year partnership with Living Water Community Transformation (LWCT), a 501(c)(3) organization … "God called us to Akot originally and seems to be leading us to a deeper level of commitment," he said. … Young believers need to learn to share their faith and to lead kingdom ministry.…
French move toward full funding of abortion
https://townhall.com/columnists/baptistpress/2012/11/06/french_move_toward_full_funding_of_abortion
– PARIS (BP) -- French lawmakers have voted to provide full government funding of abortion. … France's National Assembly voted Oct. 26 to increase coverage of both surgical and chemical abortions for 2013 to 100 percent, according … "Women who want to stop an unwanted pregnancy have the right to be covered: The enactment of the right to choose to halt a pregnancy…
N.J. governor thanks volunteers as Baptist response continues
https://townhall.com/columnists/baptistpress/2012/11/06/nj_governor_thanks_volunteers_as_baptist_response_continues
– Prior to Sandy's landfall, SBDR area commander Mark Gauthier reminded state DR leaders to make sure deploying volunteers voted absentee … before they traveled to begin ministry. … Other ways to donate are to call 1-866-407-NAMB (6262) or mail checks to NAMB, P.O. Box 116543, Atlanta, GA 30368-6543.…
Tumbling Off The Fiscal Cliff With Barack Obama
https://townhall.com/columnists/donaldlambro/2012/11/06/tumbling_off_the_fiscal_cliff_with_barack_obama
– Even so, millions of Americans who voted for him either believed he created lots of jobs, or it didn't matter to them one way or the … to a failed presidency. … added to the equation.…
Former GOP Official Alleges Fraud: "I Was Told I'd Already Voted -- But I Hadn't"
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2012/11/06/former_go…ficial_alleges_fraud_i_was_told_id_already_voted_but_i_hadnt
– As hokey as it sounds, I was excited to vote in person. I had absolutely not voted earlier that day. … The former GOP official says that prior to this year, he'd voted absentee in three consecutive elections, due to the nature of his … "I haven't voted in-person since 2004; I'd had to do absentee ballots because of my work -- so I was really excited today.  …
Ohio Early Voting: Romney Closes the Gap?
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2012/11/06/oh_my_romney_tied_or_leading_in_oh_early_voting
– on the available early voting data in Ohio:   By my calc, in '08, 24.8% of registered voters in Obama's OH counties voted … how many votes Romney must net to go over the top.   … It all boils down to turnout.  Again.…
Early Tea Leaves?
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2012/11/06/early_tea_leaves
– Most of it amounts to frivolous time-fillers.   … Romney led 49 percent to 44 percent among those planning to cast ballots and led 43 percent to 41 percent among those who had already … voted.  …
First Polls Close in New Hampshire, Romney Ties Obama
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/kevinglass/2012/11/06/first_polls_close_in_new_hampshire_romney_ties_obama
– Dixville Notch, the sleepy unincorporated in northern New Hampshire, enjoys a historic status as the nation's first precinct to … Historically, Dixville Notch has trended heavily Republican, but Barack Obama became the first Democrat to win the small early vote … The 2010 census found 12 people who lived in the township, 10 of whom were registered voters - and all ten voted.…
What Does a Second Obama Term Mean for Gun Owners?
https://townhall.com/columnists/katiepavlich/2012/11/06/what_does_a_second_obama_term_mean_for_gun_owners
– A second term spells trouble for law-abiding citizens wanting to exercise their right to keep and bear arms: Obama is strongly opposed … to concealed carry, has supported gun owner licensing and gun registration and voted to ban semi-automatic rifles, handguns and ammunition … “I don’t believe that people should be able to own guns,” Obama told author and economist John Lott, according to an interview Lott…
Waiving Freedom
https://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2012/11/06/waiving_freedom
– Among the objections to ObamaCare, one that has not gotten as much attention as it should is the president's power to waive the law … They are truly ominous as part of a more general practice of this administration to create arbitrary powers that permit them to walk … to the United Nations and the Arab League, but not to the Congress of the United States, elected by the American people, whose blood…
Minorities Disproportionately Worse Off Under Obama
https://townhall.com/columnists/rachelalexander/2012/11/25/minorities_disproportionately_worse_off_under_obama
– , $110,729 to $4,995. … The president knows we are going to act in deference to him in a way we wouldn't to someone white." … The saddest part about this paradox is that many of the minorities who voted to re-elect Obama will lose their jobs under him.…
Postal Reform in the Lame Duck?
https://townhall.com/columnists/taddehaven/2012/11/25/postal_reform_in_the_lame_duck
– According to the Hill, policymakers are “scrambling” to do something about the U.S. … West, however, voted to save the CDBG program and he also voted back in May to save the Economic Development Administration, which … That’s pretty rich given that he proceeded to vote to protect programs that engage in central planning.…
4 Reasons The GOP Would Be Foolish To Dump Social Issues
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnhawkins/2012/11/24/4_reasons_the_gop_would_be_foolish_to_dump_social_issues
– Telling tens of millions of Christian conservatives that they can drop dead as far you're concerned to try to appeal to a few million … a heavy price to be paid. … Do we really want to turn off voters in those swing states to make ourselves more appealing in a handful of blue states?…
The GOP's Must Do List Before The 2016 Election
https://townhall.com/columnists/donaldlambro/2012/11/23/the_gops_must_do_list_before_the_2016_election
– This means that nothing passes the Senate without the hard-to-get 60-votes needed to take up any administration legislation. … But the answer to that question seems self-evident. … It's should be clear by now that Republicans must find new ways to reach out and appeal to a much larger base of voters.…
Obama Thanks Young Voters with Student Aid Cuts
https://townhall.com/columnists/celiabigelow/2012/11/23/obama_thanks_young_voters_with_student_aid_cuts
– .” -- President Obama, 2008 Any student who voted for President Obama--in either 2008 or 2012--in order to cut their college … In the second debate of the campaign, President Obama said that he was going to make sure that young people are able to “afford a college … They didn’t, and now we have four more years to look “forward” to and we start by heading “forward” off the fiscal cliff.…
Dems Have Edge, but Presidency Still in Play
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelbarone/2012/11/22/dems_have_edge_but_presidency_still_in_play
– He needed 140 more to win and barely got them. … Since then, we've been in a period of open field politics, with big swings to the Democrats in 2006 and 2008 and a big swing to the … It looks like we're back to trench warfare politics at the national level.…
Let Obama be Obama
https://townhall.com/columnists/victordavishanson/2012/11/22/let_obama_be_obama
– The current battle over the budget hinges on whether to return to the Clinton-era income tax rates, at least for those who make more … Allowing federal income rates to climb to near 40 percent on that cohort would bring in only about $80 billion in revenue a year -- … most of the small businesspeople Republicans wish to protect while allowing Obama to tax the one-percenters whom he believes have…
Unholy Trio: Gun Control, the UN and Obama
https://townhall.com/columnists/susanstamperbrown/2012/11/21/unholy_trio_gun_control_the_un_and_obama
– Of course, the UN wants us to believe that global gun control is for our own good and granting them authority to force us to register … sell weapons to those linked to the Mexican drug cartel in Arizona. … And more than 50 million Americans voted to give them a second term.…
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