GOP Can't Rest Easy
November 17, 2009
For better or worse, politics, like life, is rarely simple or one-dimensional. Generally, there are competing dynamics, ones that most would agree are relatively important, and others whose importance is highly debatable. Certainly, this 2010 midterm election is no exception.
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House: Time to Rethink Who the Vulnerable Democrats Are
November 19, 2009
House Editor David Wasserman explains why plenty of Democratic House veterans are quickly losing their aura of invincibility. In 2008, voters who didn't feel comfortable with Obama but liked their own Democratic member were able to express their skepticism towards Obama at the top of the ticket and move on. But in 2010, their only way to send a message could be through the congressional ballot.
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Oregon Senate: Baseline Analysis
November 19, 2009
Senior Editor Jennifer Duffy writes: Oregon is very difficult terrain for Republicans. Democrats hold an 11-point advantage in voter registration. The party controls both U.S. Senate seats, four of the five congressional districts, the Governor’s office and the state legislature. It’s not much of a surprise then that Republicans don’t seem enthusiastic about finding a first-tier challenger to two-term Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden.
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Oklahoma Senate: Baseline Analysis
November 19, 2009
Senior Editor Jennifer Duffy writes: No one would mistake first-term Republican Sen. Tom Coburn for a career politician. Coburn didn’t run for his first office until 1994 when he easily won a seat in the U.S. House. He served for three terms, retiring in 2000 to keep his term limits pledge. Although Coburn had a competitive Senate race in 2004, not a single Democrat has stepped forward to challenge him next year.
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Pelosi, Emanuel Tough As Nails
November 14, 2009
The skills that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel displayed working from their respective ends of Pennsylvania Avenue to get the health care reform package through the House last Saturday night were quite impressive.
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GOP Can't Rest Easy
November 17, 2009
For better or worse, politics, like life, is rarely simple or one-dimensional. Generally, there are competing dynamics, ones that most would agree are relatively important, and others whose importance is highly debatable. Certainly, this 2010 midterm election is no exception.
Read on
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