The election may not be the traditional two-horse race between the preferred Democrat and Republican party candidates.

这次选举可能并不是支持率最高的民主党与共和党候选人间的传统两方角逐。

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Democrat Al Franken leads Republican incumbent Norm Coleman, and if he is declared the winner, would become the party's 60th vote.

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Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter who switched parties from Republican to Democrat earlier this year says the Democratic Party leadership had no choice.

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In the opposition Republican Party's weekly address, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison says the Democrat-sponsored Senate bill would not end government bailouts, and Republicans want to continue negotiating.

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We will be busy trashing some other president who may be a Democrat, Republican or Tea Party devotee.

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Whether Republican, Democrat, third-party or independent, the lesson here is that cloud computing will be more and more of an essential tool to campaign organizations in elections to come.

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"What we have done is what you expect us to do, my friends, and that's come together with the president of the United States, the leader of our party, Democrat and Republican, conservative Republicans like Jon Kyl, Johnny Isakson, Saxby Chambliss and Trent Lott, and sit down and figure out an approach to this problem, " he said.

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