voices.washingtonpost.com - 10/14/2008
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When John McCain's bid for the GOP nomination nearly flatlined last summer, his campaign trumpeted Ronald Reagan's comeback win in the 1980 primaries as a model . Now, down in the polls with just three weeks to go, some are again suggesting a "Reagan-esque" path for their candidate. It is an ...
newyorker.com - 10/20/2008
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newyorker.com —
Ken Adelman is a lifelong conservative Republican. Campaigned
for Goldwater, was hired by Rumsfeld at the Office...
of Economic Opportunity under Nixon, was assistant to Defense Secretary Rumsfeld under Ford, served as Reagan’s director of arms control, ...
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Interesting Times: George Packer: Online Only: The New ...
time-blog.com - 10/16/2008
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time-blog.com —
I'll have more to say about the debate
in my print column, which releases later today. But...
I did want to say a few things about my colleagues--in general, no names--and the coverage of the campaign this year. Pundits tend to be a lagging indicator. ...
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Senator Government V. Joe the Plumber
nationaljournal.com - 10/17/2008
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nationaljournal.com —
The last time a presidential candidate won a
landslide that simultaneously carried his party to resounding congressional...
gains was in 1980, when Ronald Reagan captured 44 states and swept a dozen new Republicans into the Senate and nearly three dozen ...
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National Journal Magazine - The End Of The Reagan Era?
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1) Seth Masket on whether this election portends a realignment.
2) Robert Erikson and Larry Bartels on whether Obama’s current lead signals a likely victory.
3) Jon Cohen on Reagan’s mythical come-from-behind victory in 1980.
5) Matthew Shugart on the Canadian election.
6) Simon Jackman on what party polarization really looks like.
7) Tom Holbrook’s Electoral College forecast.
8) Charles Franklin on house effects in recent pre-election polls.
9) ...
The "Comeback"
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
A review of old polls shows McCain may have a hard time following Reagan's model.
Debate Expectations
Swampland —
... tonight: another Hail Mary pass from John McCain, though in exactly what form is anybody's guess. As Maureen Dowd noted on GMA: McCain needs a big rabbit out of a small hat.
The Obama campaign is stoking those expectation with a memo out this morning entitled, “John McCain’s plan to “whip” “That One’s” “you-know-what.”” (See after the jump for full memo.) Certainly, game changing final debates have happened before. But Reagan and Carter hadn’t been through the 40+ debates we’ve had this cycle. Both Obama ...
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Reuters: Politics 10/14/2008
WILMINGTON, North Carolina (Reuters) - Republican presidential nominee John McCain on Monday sought to assure supporters he can come from behind to defeat Democrat Barack Obama, who proposed new ways to address the economic turmoil.
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