CQ does some 2010 math: "Of the 16 states where Democratic Senate seats will be on the line in 2010 (including New York, where both seats will be up), Obama won with ease in 13 of them -- California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Nevada, New York, Oregon, Vermont, Washington and Wisconsin. He scored a more narrow but historic victory in Indiana, which had gone Republican in 10 consecutive presidential elections dating to 1968. The only two McCain states in which Democratic...( read more )
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Election Central Morning Roundup
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 12/8/2008 — Mitt Laying Groundwork For 2012, Using Leadership PAC Money
The Boston Globe reports that Mitt Romney appears to have his eyes on 2012 -- and he's using money from his personal leadership PAC, which was ostensibly set up to support other ...
Supreme Court won't review Obama's eligibility to serve
usatoday.com 12/8/2008 — The court did not comment on its order Monday rejecting the call by Leo Donofrio of East Brunswick, N.J., to intervene in the presidential election. Donofrio says that since Obama had dual nationality at birth — his mother was American and his Kenyan ...
Barf Alert: Streisand and Bush Share Smooch - Streisand Remains Classless
flapsblog.com 12/8/2008 —
Kennedy Center 2008 Honorees, from left, Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend, Twyla Tharp, Morgan Freeman, Barbara Streisand, and George Jones pose for a group photo after the State Department Dinner for the Kennedy Center Honors gala Saturday, Dec. 6, 2008 at the State Department in Washington. ...
Down the ballot: GOP sweep in LA? —
First Read 12/8/2008
ILLINOIS: Obama political mentor Emil Jones says he's interested in the Senate seat vacated by Obama, and he also said the seat should be filled by an African American. Jones is African American.
LOUISIANA: The New Orleans ...