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Saturday, November 21, 2009 7:33 PM

Published 11/07/2009 by Detroit News

GOP moderates should go nuclear

Wingnuts of the world unite. You have nothing to lose but election ... after election ... after election.

That's the lesson from the far right's stinging defeat in a New York Republican congressional district this week. Conservative Party candidate Doug...

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