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In its initial reports of the North Korean Dictator’s demise, the Associated Press wrote, “Kim Jong Il, North Korea’s mercurial and enigmatic longtime leader, has died of heart failure. He was 69.” Mercurial and enigmatic? I suppose it tells part of the story, but it’s kind of like starting a notorious mass murderer’s obituary by calling him “the well-traveled Ted Bundy.”

Now that the “Dear Leader” has departed for that slave labor camp in the sky, it is important to remember the moral principle that one should never speak ill of the dead. Therefore the balance of this obituary will focus on Kim’s good qualities. And so it goes.

Newt Gingrich has now led eleven national straight polls, counting just the latest Gallup tracking, and now covering a span of four weeks. He’s been ahead a month. That’s already four times longer than Herman Cain ever led, and getting close to the span of Rick Perry’s lead, which lasted about five weeks.

But is there any sign of weakness?

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Newt Gingrich has now led eleven national straight polls, counting just the latest Gallup tracking, and now covering a span of four weeks. He’s been ahead a month. That’s already four times longer than Herman Cain ever led, and getting close to the span of Rick Perry’s lead, which lasted about five weeks.

But is there any sign of weakness?

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Frank blames right-wing sources for spreading this rumor, like theAssociated Press:

“The stakes are so high Democrats won’t rule out taking as long as a month to certify the election results — should Brown win — to prevent a Republican from assuming the seat until the Senate completes its work on Kennedy’s hallmark legislation.”

A more recent AP story is here, again, confirming the story above.

So who is the right-wing source Rep. Barney Frank is talking about? Why it’s the Democratic spokesman for the Massachusetts Secretary of State, er, Commonwealth (a Democrat). It’s the old we need-two-signatures trick:

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Watch the video here.

Frank blames right-wing sources for spreading this rumor, like theAssociated Press:

“The stakes are so high Democrats won’t rule out taking as long as a month to certify the election results — should Brown win — to prevent a Republican from assuming the seat until the Senate completes its work on Kennedy’s hallmark legislation.”

A more recent AP story is here, again, confirming the story above.

So who is the right-wing source Rep. Barney Frank is talking about? Why it’s the Democratic spokesman for the Massachusetts Secretary of State, er, Commonwealth (a Democrat). It’s the old we need-two-signatures trick:

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