marcambinder.theatlantic.com - 12/3/2008
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Partisans will take Saxy Chambliss's victory to heart, under and over-interpreting it to fit their assessment of the electorate. Maybe -- Georgians, already fed up with Democratic control, re-elected Chambliss to send a message to Obama and the Democrats. Or; Obama had no coattails whatsoever ...
fivethirtyeight.com - 12/3/2008
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fivethirtyeight.com —
I tend to think that we should not
be too dismissive of Saxby Chambliss's win in Georgia
tonight. Although the outcome was expected, and although runoffs and special elections sometimes behave in idiosyncratic ways, moving from a 3-point margin of ...
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The Georgia Runoff
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
Marc provides a guide to its meaning: Should Republicans have reason to crow about their chances in 2010? On the one hand, there's no Bush on the ticket. Ok, there might be one, but he'll be in Florida, and besides, he's not THAT Bush. Two: the Democrats are in charge, and Republicans will have something to rally the base with. Three: ... three is a "but." But... more Republican retirements are expected, including at least two in blue states (Chuck Grassley of Iowa and George Voinovich of Ohio.) ...
2010 Senate Rankings, Revised and Extended
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right —
... in 2010, nor are they likely to run into another campaign run as ineptly as Elizabeth Dole's. Probability of Democratic Pickup 25.0%9. Iowa (R-Grassley) Approval/Favorability Ratings: Chuck Grassley (R) Poll Date Approve Disapprove Net SurveyUSA 10/18 63 29 +34 Selzer 2/19 67 18 +49This has moved up slightly on retirement rumors, and also rumors that Grassley might get a serious challenge (e.g. ...
Senate Guru: IA-Sen: Will Chuck Grassley Be the Next Senate GOP Retirement?
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... . With Florida's Mel Martinez, Kansas' Sam Brownback, Missouri's Kit Bond, and now Ohio's George Voinovich all out, who's next? My money is on Iowa's Chuck Grassley. Let's re-visit the prescient words of The Atlantic's Marc Ambinder from December 3, 2008: ...
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