outsidethebeltway.com - 23 days ago
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The loss of a Republican seat in NY-23 under highly unusual circumstances notwithstanding, yesterday was a good day for Republicans. After crushing defeats in successive elections, they won back the Virginia governor’s office in a blowout and knocked off a billionaire incumbent governor ...
thinkprogress.org - 23 days ago
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thinkprogress.org —
Republican Bob McDonnell won a “ landslide ”
victory over Democrat Creigh Deeds in yesterday’s gubernatorial election...
in Virginia, sweeping the state by a whopping 18 points . Exit polls showed Democrats had “ trouble getting their base to the ...
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Creigh Deeds Failed To Run As A Progressive
dailykos.com - 24 days ago
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dailykos.com —
Ignore the exit poll topline numbers, since those
are always bunk. However, the issue stuff is always...
much better, and while the numbers might shift some as the data is massaged to reflect the actual results, these numbers are well within the exit ...
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Not a referendum on Obama
abcnews.go.com - 23 days ago
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abcnews.go.com —
Independents who swept Barack Obama to a historic
2008 victory broke big for Republicans on Tuesday as...
the GOP wrested political control from Democrats in Virginia and New Jersey, a troubling sign for the president and his party heading into an ...
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GOP Sweep: Big Governor Victories in Virginia, NJ
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Off-Year Election Reax II
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
... to be more right than left. But if an upshot of this mood is declining tolerance for the practice of people buying political office with their own money, then that's one (minor) thing for liberals to celebrate on an otherwise lousy night.
Ben Smith:
I think the temptation to read too much into [Bill Owens win] is probably to be
resisted. The central dynamic was locals against outsiders, not liberal
against conservative. James Joyner: [T]hese races demonstrate that Republicans can win — even with ...
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