http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/sweep/ en-us Thu, 5 Nov 2009 00:41:46 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378775/posts The Democrats did not lose a 2-1 squeaker last night. They lost two huge races, saw an overall evaporation of 25 basis points of support -- and lost by nearly 500,000 cumulative votes in the three high-profile elections. Or put another way, Republicans won two races decided by millions of voters -- and Democrats won a small race dominated by party operatives. In addition, the GOP made some historic gains in Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Washington state special elections to boot. In the context of Bob McDonnell's huge win in Virginia and Chris Christie's surprisingly comfortable win in New Jersey, of... The American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378775/posts#comment Thu, 5 Nov 2009 00:41:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378650/posts Shannon Valentine has conceded the election for the 23rd house district to Dr. Scott Garrett. Chair of the Lynchburg Democrat party, John Lawrence, said Wednesday afternoon that Valentine will not seek a recount. Stay with ABC 13 for the latest on this. WSET story http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378650/posts#comment Wed, 4 Nov 2009 21:50:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378107/posts Robert F. McDonnell scored a landslide victory over R. Creigh Deeds in the Virginia gubernatorial election Tuesday night as Republicans swept the state's top three offices and ended nearly a decade of Democratic dominance at the top of the ticket. Mr. McDonnell, a former attorney general, captured strong support from independents and voters in the Northern Virginia exurbs of Prince William and Loudoun counties that had been key to President Obama's unexpected victory in the state in 2008. Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378107/posts#comment Wed, 4 Nov 2009 09:06:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378082/posts WASHINGTON – Independents who swept Barack Obama to a historic 2008 victory broke big for Republicans on Tuesday as the GOP wrested political control from Democrats in Virginia and New Jersey, a troubling sign for the president and his party heading into an important midterm election year. Conservative Republican Bob McDonnell's victory in the Virginia governor's race over Democrat R. Creigh Deeds and moderate Republican Chris Christie's ouster of unpopular New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine was a double-barreled triumph for a party looking to rebuild after being booted from power in national elections in 2006 and 2008... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378082/posts#comment Wed, 4 Nov 2009 06:48:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2377880/posts Fox News just called the Virginia gubernatorial race for Republican Bob McDonnell. Exit polls show him defeating Democrat Creigh Deeds in a landslide. Republicans also have captured the Lt. Governor and Attorney General spots, making it a clean sweep. The Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2377880/posts#comment Wed, 4 Nov 2009 01:31:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2375568/posts Obummer thought it was pretty cute to use analogy of a (socialist) mop last week. I think the analogy might be more like a capitalistic broom for what may be coming this Tuesday. I can hear the dems shaking tonight on Halloween! And it isn't because it's Halloween. I'm stoked. Freepers thought please. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2375568/posts#comment Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:30:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2375553/posts <p>Republicans rallying this morning in Springfield had a new prop: A broom that read "McBolliNelli" on the handle.</p> <p>The Republican ticket is stumping throughout the state Saturday but began with a traditional GOP pep rally at Interstate Van Lines in Springfield. Gubernatorial candidate Bob McDonnell was joined by ticket mates Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling, attorney general candidate Sen. Ken Cuccinelli and a variety for Republican luminaries, including Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, chairman of the Republican Governors Association.</p> Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2375553/posts#comment Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:53:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2360186/posts KOTALAK, Afghanistan (AFP) – An elderly Afghan woman, her hair dyed red and a black shawl draped over her shoulders, shouts as she aims a gun at US Marines who are arresting her husband as a suspected Taliban insurgent. A Marine points his assault rifle at her and is ready to pull the trigger until the woman drops her rusty pistol. Members of the 2nd Battalion 3rd Marines, accompanied by Afghan soldiers, were sweeping villages for militants early this week as part of Operation Germinate. The aim of the operation was to reduce the threat of home-made bombs -- ...(IEDs)... AFP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2360186/posts#comment Sun, 11 Oct 2009 21:47:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2289268/posts Operation Falcon, a multiagency effort led by the U.S. Marshals Service, nabbed 258 fugitives in Minnesota during the week of June 22, officials announced Thursday. Fugitives included 18 sex offenders and at least nine known gang members, and all of the fugitives were considered violent, officials said. The number of arrests this year during the one-week sweep from Duluth to Rochester doubled the number of arrests last year, said Michael McGinn, U.S. marshal for the state of Minnesota. StarTribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2289268/posts#comment Thu, 9 Jul 2009 23:40:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2038786/posts Looks like McCain is headed for a southern sweep, as predicted I might add. Coming soon my first official Electoral College recap. I remind you that in 04 I only missed New Hampshire. Ignore all other Electoral College recaps but mine. Rasmussen Reports http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2038786/posts#comment Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:18:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1980064/posts ....... Among the 36, six had criminal convictions along with their immigration violations. In a news release, ICE highlighted two of the people arrested: • Merido Mazariegos, 32, of Guatemala, convicted of fifth-degree assault in Minnesota's Nobles County. • Jose Inocente Garcia-Huix, 38, of Guatemala, convicted in Nobles County last year for forging two state identification cards under aliases. Minneapolis Star Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1980064/posts#comment Tue, 4 Mar 2008 11:28:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1968812/posts **EXCERPT** WHITE MARSH, Maryland (CNN) — Hillary Clinton on Monday explained away Barack Obama's clean sweep of the weekend's caucuses and primaries as a product of a caucus system that favors "activists" and, in the case of the Louisiana primary, an energized African-American community.She told reporters who had gathered to watch her tour a General Motors plant here that "everybody knew, you all knew, what the likely outcome of these recent contests were.""These are caucus states by and large, or in the case of Louisiana, you know, a very strong and very proud African-American electorate, which I totally respect and... CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1968812/posts#comment Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:57:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1968271/posts **EXCERPT** Hillary Rodham Clinton had hoped her strong showing on Super Tuesday would halt Barack Obama's momentum - but that notion was shattered yesterday as Obama scored blowouts in Washington state, Louisiana and Nebraska. The Clinton camp had tried to downplay the widely anticipated losses as old news - and her campaign had ceded Louisiana and Nebraska to save their resources for the bigger March 4 contests in Texas and Ohio. But the big wins for Obama could fuel the perception that he's on a roll, and victories could be scarce for Clinton over the next few weeks if she... Newsday http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1968271/posts#comment Mon, 11 Feb 2008 01:26:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1922071/posts Coleman, Dems sweep City Hall(Click for details) The Columbus Dispatch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1922071/posts#comment Wed, 7 Nov 2007 04:38:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1911775/posts Colorado now has won 7 straight playoff games, 8 if you count the play-in game against the Padres, and have lost only one game in the last month. They now await the winner of the Indians - Red Sox series, which the Indians lead 2 games to 1. TBS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1911775/posts#comment Tue, 16 Oct 2007 05:42:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1786653/posts BAGHDAD, Iraq - First, American soldiers scoured the home for weapons as four veiled Iraqi women cowered on a dusty rug. Then a platoon sergeant politely wiped his muddy boots, came in and talked to the family about the violence suffocating their city. Staff Sgt. Michael James of the Army's 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment came with his platoon on a search-and-seizure mission. But he was careful to follow up with expressions of respect and concern. "Tell them, 'Thank you,' for their hospitality," James asked his translator. U.S. troops are working hard to strike a tricky balance between force and... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1786653/posts#comment Sat, 17 Feb 2007 20:39:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1785574/posts BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. and Iraqi forces pushed deeper Thursday into Sunni militant strongholds in Baghdad — where cars rigged with explosives greeted their advance — while British-led teams in southern Iraq used shipping containers to block suspected weapon smuggling routes from Iran. The series of car bomb blasts, which killed at least seven civilians, touched all corners of Baghdad. But it did little to disrupt a security sweep seeking to weaken militia groups' ability to fight U.S.-allied forces — and each other — as Iraq slips further into factional bloodshed. The attacks, however, pointed to the critical struggle to... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1785574/posts#comment Thu, 15 Feb 2007 22:33:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1784893/posts BAGHDAD, Iraq - Thousands of U.S. troops swept house-to-house through mostly Shiite areas near a militia stronghold Wednesday in the opening phase of the long-awaited Baghdad security crackdown. The clearing operation began as Iraqi forces set up new checkpoints across the city of 6 million people, snarling traffic and forcing Iraqis to stream across bridges on foot. The neighborhoods targeted by the Americans are north of the Shiite militia stronghold of Sadr City, which had been off-limits until Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki lifted his protection of them. Some 2,500-3,000 troops — or an entire Stryker brigade — fanned out in... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1784893/posts#comment Wed, 14 Feb 2007 21:12:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1772418/posts SANTA ANA Federal immigration officials said Tuesday they arrested more than 750 illegal immigrant fugitives from 14 countries in what they described as one of the biggest such sweeps in U.S. history. The weeklong series of raids in the five-county Los Angeles region targeted illegal immigrants who had previously been deported for crimes or had ignored final deportation orders. The raids netted 338 illegal immigrants who were arrested at their homes and apartments and 423 who were identified in area jails since Jan. 17. Those already jailed will be transferred to federal custody when they finish serving their state sentences,... ap on Riverside Press Enterprise http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1772418/posts#comment Tue, 23 Jan 2007 20:16:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1753449/posts The immigration raids on meatpacking plants in six states were the largest sweep of their kind against a single company and resulted in the arrests of 1,282 suspected illegal immigrants, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said yesterday. The raids early Tuesday of facilities owned by meatpacking giant Swift & Co., based in Greeley, Colo., were followed by immigration charges against 18 percent of the 7,250 workers scheduled to work the morning shift, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials said. More than 100 people were charged with crimes that included identity theft, Chertoff said, and that number is expected to grow. Federal... The Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1753449/posts#comment Thu, 14 Dec 2006 16:28:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1748896/posts WASHINGTON Supreme Court justices raised questions Tuesday about the conviction of a Peruvian immigrant on charges stemming from a car theft in California, raising doubts about whether they will go along with deporting him. The justices were mulling whether conviction on state charges of aiding and abetting a car theft rise to level envisioned by Congress when the Immigration and Nationality Act was passed allowing for deportation of immigrants found guilty of aggravated felonies. Luis Alexander Duenas-Alvarez was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to a theft charge in California. His attorney, Christopher Meade, argued that the... ap on Riverside Press Enterprise http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1748896/posts#comment Tue, 5 Dec 2006 20:54:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1744153/posts Democrats pledge array of investigations By KEVIN FREKING, Associated Press Writer 12 minutes ago The incoming chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee is promising an array of oversight investigations that could provoke sharp disagreement with Republicans and the White House. Rep. John Dingell (news, bio, voting record), D-Mich., pledged that Democrats, swept to power in the Nov. 7 elections, would govern "in the middle" next year. But the veteran lawmaker has a reputation as one who has never avoided a fight and he did not back away from that reputation on Sunday. Among the investigations he said he... Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1744153/posts#comment Sun, 26 Nov 2006 16:47:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1740080/posts WASHINGTON, Nov. 16, 2006 -- Iraqi soldiers swept a northern area in Iraq yesterday with the help of U.S. and coalition forces, military officials reported. Meanwhile, Iraqi police and coalition forces captured cell members in separate raids in Baghdad, and terrorists trying to set a roadside bomb blew themselves up western Mosul. More than 1,000 Iraqi soldiers with the 2nd Brigade, 4th Iraqi Army Division, and coalition forces began conducting cordon-and-search operations in the Zytoon and Rashad valleys yesterday to clear several villages of possible insurgents and unauthorized weapons near Iraq’s northern city of Kirkuk. Insurgent forces were reported... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1740080/posts#comment Fri, 17 Nov 2006 04:56:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1708317/posts Police Sweep Paris Suburb After Attack Tuesday September 26, 2006 4:01 AM PARIS (AP) - More than 200 police raided a neighborhood Monday in suburban Paris where a band of youths attacked riot police last week and seriously wounded one officer, reviving memories of the violence that raged in poor French suburbs last year. Twelve people were detained in the early morning sweep in Corbeil-Essonnes south of the capital, the local prosecutor said. A band of up to 30 youths armed with makeshift weapons attacked two riot police patrolling a housing project in Corbeil-Essonnes last Tuesday. One suffered a double... The Guardian (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1708317/posts#comment Tue, 26 Sep 2006 03:15:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1667966/posts FORT BRAGG, N.C. - Federal agents conducting a sweep aimed at illegal immigrants detained 58 civilian workers Tuesday as they tried to enter Fort Bragg with suspected false or fraudulently obtained identification, officials said. Almost all of them were construction workers, officials said. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, U.S. marshals and FBI agents worked with the military on the sweep, which was conducted between 6 a.m. and 7:30 a.m. when most of the thousands of soldiers and civilian workers who live off the post enter the gates. "Today's operation was part of our ongoing force protection measures," said post... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1667966/posts#comment Tue, 18 Jul 2006 18:53:32 GMT