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Taegan Goddard's Political Wire:  Nationalizing the Midterm Elections

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Nationalizing the Midterm Elections
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire — First Read: "In Axelrod's interview with one of us, he talked about the Democrats' turnout problem on Tuesday, and he claimed that if they nationalize 2010, they won't have that problem. Translation: The White House is going to take a page from the 2002 White House playbook, which is to nationalize the midterms and try and do it on your terms. The downside of trying to AVOID nationalizing 2010 is what happened in Virginia -- the ...

Democratic Turn Out
Liberal Values — ... One reason Democratic turn out was far lower than in2008 is that Obama was not on the ballot, and this will be the case again in 2010. One solution would be to try to nationalize the election, and First Read reports that this is being considered: ...

The Daily Grind
Weekly Standard Blog — ... Obama says when he wins. WaPo pretty pumped GOP is not claiming a mandate in its 18-point thrashing of the Post's candidate. "Republicans won’t find a more conservative candidate than Bob McDonnell if they draw lots from National Review’s subscription list. He didn’t abandon or “moderate” his principles to win the middle. Instead, he complemented them with an optimistic, populist vision of economic success." The Blue State exodus. Last night, the White House began to own up to the fact that Democrats performed very badly ...

Remainders: Maine
Ben Smith's Blog — The White House will nationalize 2010. Huckabee leads the 2012 field, and fewer than a third think Palin is qualified. Her biographers suggest she makes things up. Gaspard huddles in Wisconsin. TNR blasts Gration. Kerik pleads out. Tea Partiers take DC.   The left finds extremely bad taste. Gibbs is sure there's a Jon Voight joke there somewhere. Hillary bundler Reshma Saujani challenges Maloney. Clinton's inevitability strategy ...

I’m Baaaaack! Miss Me? Happy Friday
Page One — ... National media is now beginning to write the Conway-Mongiardo race off. The writing is on the wall, kids, unless the Conway campaign gets it together ASAP. [MSNBC] ...