 Cheer Up Barack, At Least You're Not Gordo
 02.10.2009 17:15  15 views  0 comments
 As bad as things have been going for President Obama lately - including another dismal day today - his troubles pale in comparison to what Gordon Brown is experiencing in England. Gordo's been on a killer losing streak for the better part of 18 months and his Labour Party is at all time low in [...] Read more »
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Deeds Again Targets McDonnell's Conservatism
02.10.2009 15:21 13 views 0 comments
 The Deeds campaign just announced a new TV ad that once again pushes the argument that Bob McDonnell (R) is socially conservative and will attempt to make Virginia that way if elected governor. This is the latest in a slew of negative ads aired by Creigh Deeds (D) since early September, after The Washington Post [...] Read more »
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Reid's Silly Strategery
02.10.2009 14:21 18 views 0 comments
 I meant to blog about this story yesterday:
The Democratic leader of the US Senate has urged President Barack Obama to fulfill his campaign promise to repeal the ban on gays in the military, in a letter released Thursday.
Senate Majority leader Harry Reid appealed to Obama and Defense Secretary Robert Gates to come to Congress with [...] Read more »
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So Much For The O-lymipcs
02.10.2009 11:29 16 views 0 comments
 Despite President Obama's personal pitch, Chicago will not host the 2016 Olympic Games. Worse still, the Windy City was eliminated in the first round.
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Kos/R2K Poll: Christie +4
02.10.2009 10:33 16 views 0 comments
 A new Daily Kos/Research 2000 poll of New Jersey, the first to include independent candidate Chris Daggett, mirrors other polls released this week in showing a narrower gap for Gov. Jon Corzine (D).
General Election Matchup
Christie 46 (-2 from last poll, 8/6)
Corzine 42 (+2)
Daggett 7 (n/a)
Undecided 5 (-4)
Christie's lead is now 3.8 in the RCP Average.
The [...] Read more »
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Unemployment Up, GOP Pounces
02.10.2009 10:16 17 views 0 comments
 In what has become a monthly routine, Republicans took the opportunity once again to cite new unemployment numbers in criticizing Democrats for the economic stimulus package passed earlier this year. The Bureau of Labor Statistics announced this morning that unemployment had risen a tenth of a point to 9.8 percent, the highest since June 1983.
"Today's [...] Read more »
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Fox News Scorching Rivals
02.10.2009 9:24 31 views 0 comments
Looking for a fitting historical analogy to describe the current "cable wars?" Try the firebombing of Dresden.
Fox News has been dominating its competitors now for some time, but the latest round of Abritron ratings shows FNC absolutely scorching rivals CNN and MSNBC:
As you can see, every show in the top ten is from Fox News, [...] Read more »
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Back Home, A New Challenge For Biden
01.10.2009 14:10 14 views 0 comments
 Beau Biden was officially welcomed home after a deployment in Iraq yesterday. As focus now turns to his political future, a Rasmussen survey shows that the Delaware attorney general can't count on an easy road to the U.S. Senate seat that his father once held.
General Election Matchup
Castle (R) 47
Biden (D) 42
Not Sure 6
At-large Rep. Mike [...] Read more »
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Consumer Reports Weighs In On Health Care
01.10.2009 12:13 17 views 0 comments
 Consumer Reports is throwing its hat in the health care reform ring, calling on Congress to pass legislation this year. For the first time ever, the organization is airing a TV ad to get across its message on behalf of consumers.
"We believe that so much attention has been focused on the politics of health [...] Read more »
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Reading McChrystal's Tea Leaves
01.10.2009 10:42 19 views 0 comments
 This New York Times story is laden with tea leaves and significant political implications:
LONDON — The top military commander in Afghanistan, Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, rejected calls for scaling down military objectives there on Thursday and said Washington did not have unlimited time to settle on a new strategy to pursue the eight-year-old war. [snip]
He [...] Read more »
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Another Poll Shows Corzine Closing Gap
01.10.2009 9:01 17 views 0 comments
 New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine (D) heads into tonight's first televised debate with the wind at his back. A Monmouth University/Gannett poll shows him trailing Chris Christie by just 3.
General Election Matchup -- Likely Voters
Christie 43 (-4 from last poll, 9/14)
Corzine 40 (+1)
Daggett 8 (+3)
Don't Know 8 (+1)
Though Democrats will welcome the news, the [...] Read more »
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PA Sen Poll: It's a Race
01.10.2009 7:40 20 views 0 comments
 Just one point still separates Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter (D) and his Republican challenger for re-election Pat Toomey, the former congressman and Club for Growth head. Both find themselves leading Rep. Joe Sestak (D-Pa.), according to a Quinnipiac poll released today (Sept. 22-28, 1100 RV, MoE +/- 3%).
Specter's margin over Sestak in the primary has [...] Read more »
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Dem Party ID Margin Dropping
30.09.2009 16:15 19 views 0 comments
 Democratic party identification is at its lowest mark since the second quarter of 2005, while GOP ID is at its highest point since the first quarter of 2006, according to Gallup's quarterly party identification report.
At 48% Democrat or lean-Democrat and 42% Republican or lean-Republican, the six-point gap is the smallest since 2005. Although the number [...] Read more »
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The Rubes Are Getting Restless
30.09.2009 15:31 15 views 0 comments
 From an AP story earlier today:
WASHINGTON – Too many agencies are still holding their secrets close nine months after President Barack Obama ordered the federal government to open the flow of information to the public, advocates of access said Wednesday.
Some are trying to circumvent the 42-year-old Freedom of Information Act through special provisions slipped into [...] Read more »
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VA Gov Poll: McDonnell +9
30.09.2009 13:12 21 views 0 comments
 A new Rasmussen poll finds Bob McDonnell (R) leading Creigh Deeds (D) by 9 points in the race for governor of Virginia (Sept. 29, 500 LV, MoE +/- 4.5%). The result is a 7-point margin increase from two weeks ago, and is the second poll released in the last day to show McDonnell increasing his [...] Read more »
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Obama Goes for the Gold
30.09.2009 11:11 18 views 0 comments
 As a Chicago-area resident I'm conflicted over the prospect of the Windy City winning the 2016 Games. On one hand, it would be great for the city and fun to be able to take my kids to see some of the action without having to travel half way around the world. On the other hand, [...] Read more »
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DNC TV Ad Knocks GOP 'Scare Tactics'
30.09.2009 10:53 17 views 0 comments
 The Democratic National Committee has launched a TV ad calling out the GOP for its "scare tactics" and "scare mongering."
"Republicans are trying to scare seniors about health reform," the announcer states. "Tell Republicans: Stop the lies on health reform."
"It takes some nerve on the part of the Republican Party - the same party who [...] Read more »
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Dems Personal Responsibility Hurdle
30.09.2009 9:59 18 views 0 comments
 The core dilemma of Democratic reformists is underscored in yet another poll out this morning.
It's not the minutia of health care proposals that dogs Democrats. It's not Barack Obama's personality. And it's not the anger on the radical right.
Democrats have a mainstream problem, one long inseparable from American politics and entirely predictable. As many liberals [...] Read more »
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PA Gov Poll: Corbett (R) Leads All
30.09.2009 7:55 12 views 0 comments
 Attorney General Tom Corbett (R) is the most well known of the candidates looking to replace the term-limited Gov. Ed Rendell (D), and therefore leads his potential opponents by wide margins, a new Quinnipiac survey finds (Sept. 21-28, 1100 RV, MoE +/- 3%).
Corbett leads Rep. Jim Gerlach (R-Pa.), who represents a district northwest of Philadelphia, [...] Read more »
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Q Poll: Christie Lead Cut In Half
30.09.2009 7:52 16 views 0 comments
 A new Quinnipiac poll of the New Jersey gubernatorial race seems to show a September surge of sorts for Gov. Jon Corzine (D).
General Election Matchup
Christie 43 (-4 from last poll, 9/1)
Corzine 39 (+2)
Daggett 12 (+3)
Undecided 6 (unch)
The poll brings Chris Christie's (R) lead in the RCP Average down to 5 points, the lowest in our [...] Read more »
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