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Another Week, Another Weak Set of Polls for House Democrats
The Hill is out with another set of House polls of likely voters from Penn Schoen Berland. This time, it is a poll of open seats, and, again, it is generally very bad news for Democrats. The Hill Penn...
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FL Sen: Race Shows Difficulty for Third Party, Despite Voters Wanting That...
The Hill just became the most recent news outlet to find, through polling, that most voters want a viable third party as an alternative to the Republicans and Democrats. Their poll found that 54...
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FDL’s Hot House: (10/27 Update) 102 Congressional Races to Watch
There are several updates today thanks mainly to a new round of polling from The Hill newspaper. At the beginning of the week, I wrote of how remarkably competitive so many of these races remained so...
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FDL’s Hot House: (10/29 Update) 105 Congressional Races to Watch
The number of contests close enough to watch continues to grow daily. As a result, I’m adding RI-01 because new polling shows the race effectively tied. RI-01: (Open, currently held by Democrats)...
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Arizonans Set to Contemplate “Senator” Joe Arpaio
Here is some rather frightening news from Arizona. Ultra anti-immigration Sheriff Joe Arpaio is eying a possible promotion to ultra anti-immigration Senator Joe Arpaio. From the Hill: Maricopa Sheriff...
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Prognosis for 2012: Even More Secretive Corporate Campaign Spending
In this post Citizens United era, expect the 2012 election to experience even more large scale corporate campaign spending by secretive groups than we saw in 2010. Karl Rove hopes to raise $120 million...
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Failure to Pass DC Statehood When Possible Was a Disaster for Democrats and...
There was a moment two years ago when Democrats controlled the Presidency, the House and had 60 votes in the Senate. It would have been the perfect time to finally fully enfranchise 600,000 mainly...
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The Statistics Are About Real People
Probably the best proof that high unemployment is a serious problem for the Obama re-election campaign is that the campaign can’t come up with a coherent answer for why it won’t be a serious problem....
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How Not to Run a Convention
There should be one simple rule for how to make a nomination convention a success: don’t let anything distract from the candidate and the message. I assumed this piece of common sense should be...
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Get Ready to Hear A Lot More About Rand Paul
Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) If you think there isn’t enough Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) on your TV, then today is your lucky day. Paul has recently publicly said he is considering a 2016 Presidential run. From...
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