<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div class="itemHeader" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; "><h2 class="itemTitle" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 36px; line-height: 39px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-weight: normal; ">Four Signs That Regular Folks Can Still Win (and One That Shows the Power of Money)</h2><span class="itemDateCreated" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-size: 11px; ">Sunday, 10 November 2013 11:40</span><span class="itemAuthor" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; display: block; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic; color: rgb(156, 22, 46); ">By <a href="http://truth-out.org/author/itemlist/user/45050" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; color: rgb(156, 22, 46); text-decoration: none; ">Sarah van Gelder</a>, <a href="http://www.yesmagazine.org/people-power/four-signs-that-regular-folks-can-still-win-and-one-that-shows-the-power-of-money" target="_blank" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; color: rgb(156, 22, 46); text-decoration: none; ">Yes! 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(Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/68172254@N05/10632385465/in/photolist-hcxKLM-fQZCN1-fQZCPU-fcRpzt-eZ9KV9-gbG3Vc-gbFHgW-fUa2pg-fUaeq9-fU973n-fUa6JE-fU9Zt2-fU9aaL-fU9eGk-fUa7zX-fU9XH8-fU95Wq-fU9YXT-fUa7BE-fU9dVa-fUacv9-fUa5hS-fUaEfZ-fUa8Af-fU93Kk-g7sYgH-g7suvo-fTHQXW-fQ6xyd-fTGNFu-atsXLS-aoCWAi-fgj9X5-fgj9QE-7sh5Gu-7ttnEJ-7tppHp-7tppYR-7tppPX-7sgETm-7ttnwJ-7tppTx-7ttnqj-7scKMz-7tppEH-7tpqJ8-7ttony-7tpqoz-7tpqEt-7ttoy1-7ttoDG" target="_blank" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; color: rgb(156, 22, 46); text-decoration: none; ">Kevin Case / Flickr</a>)</span></span><em style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; ">Here are four cases in Tuesday's election where people power won out over corporate interests. And one that went the other way.</em></div><div style="font-size: 17px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; line-height: 1.467em !important; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">In light of the Supreme Court decision on<a href="http://www.yesmagazine.org/people-power/states-push-back-on-citizens-united" target="_blank" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; color: rgb(156, 22, 46); text-decoration: none; ">Citizens United</a>, many fear that their votes will be swept aside by the overwhelming power of big corporations and the superwealthy.</div><div style="font-size: 17px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; line-height: 1.467em !important; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;"><a href="http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/19937-four-signs-that-regular-folks-can-still-win-and-one-that-shows-the-power-of-money">http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/19937-four-signs-that-regular-folks-can-still-win-and-one-that-shows-the-power-of-money</a></span></font></div></div></div><div>
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