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  1. Obama will pardon a turkey from Princeton, NC, which is in the 2nd district, repped by Bob Etheridge, who was actually born in Turkey, NC!
  2. Little known fact about Charlie Crist: He was general counsel for Minor League Baseball in the '80s
  3. Moore's last close race was '04. After that a Johnson Cnty GOP activist remarked "Maybe we have to wait for Dennis Moore to retire."
  4. Dennis Moore (D-KS-03) is retiring. That's a R+3 district and a fierce battleground between the mod. and conserv. wings of the GOP.
  5. @thehotline That's correct! Periello squeaked by158,810-158,083. @ArjunJaikumar was first with the right answer.
  6. @thenote Did you know ND is the #6 energy-producing state in the nation and has the largest oil shale potential in the lower 48?
  7. @thehotline TRIVIA: How many votes did Periello win by in 2008 once the dust had settled?
  8. Alaska has 16% of the nation's land area and just .23% of its population - a state created by a fed govt that it now often resents.
  9. Today's stat is on pivotal Senate vote Ben Nelson. His composite 2008 rating was a clean 50% Lib, 50% Con.
  10. Smart move! RT @ryansneddon I had to breakdown and purchase @The_Almanac.
  11. We have a trivia winner - Cook Political Report House Editor @Dave_Wasserman with the correct answer (and added stat) of Columbus, OH
  12. TRIVIA - Which city has the nation's highest proportion of residents age 25 to 34? (Hint: It's in a D+1 district)
  13. @brittmce That would be Artur Davis in AL-07, where Obama won +48%.
  14. RT @Dave_Wasserman Member from most heavily R district to vote for House #hcr bill? Rep. Earl Pomeroy (D-ND-AL).
  15. @chucktodd In June '04, Jodi Rell's FAV rating was 34%. By Nov '04, it was 80%.
  16. Joseph Cao left Vietnam in April '75 on a US military-transport plane. His Dad was a military officer sent to a Viet Cong "reeducation camp"
  17. @joenbc thanks for the shout-out on Morning Joe yesterday!
  18. In '96, Stupak spoke against abortion at Dem Natl Con. In '03 he cospon bill to prohibit cloning. In '06, supported Bush's stem-cell veto.
  19. @jmartpolitico If you want to turn L, you make a R and then a U-turn. BTW, dont forget Corzine's plan to lease the Turnpike and raise tolls.
  20. @jmartpolitico NJ is the land of horizontal traffic lights, jughandle intersections and banned self-service gas stations.