realclearpolitics.com - 22 days ago
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Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post
nytimes.com - 23 days ago
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WASHINGTON Blaming election setbacks on a drop
in voter enthusiasm, Congressional Democrats said Wednesday that losses...
in governors’ races in Virginia and New Jersey and a striking House win in New York should give new urgency to their ...
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Democrats in Congress Say Election Gives New Urgency to ...
blogs.reuters.com - 23 days ago
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Voter revulsion at trillion-dollar deficits and impatience about
unemployment is creating a toxic environment for the Obama...
White House and congressional Democrats. Major legislative items like healthcare, energy and financial reform are already ...
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‘Permanent Democratic majority’ begins to unravel
realclearpolitics.com - 22 days ago
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America Returns to the Center/Right Norm
Blogs For Victory —
Krauthammer gets it very right:
…November ‘08 was one-shot, one-time, never to be replicated. Nor was November ‘09 a realignment. It was a return to the norm — and definitive confirmation that 2008 was one of the great flukes in American political history.
The irony of 2009 is that the anti-Democratic tide overshot the norm — deeply blue New Jersey, for example, elected a Republican governor for the first time in 12 years — because Democrats so thoroughly misread 2008 and the mandate they assumed it bestowed. Obama ...
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The Myth of 2008 -- By: NRO Staff
corner.nationalreview.com 21 days ago — Krauthammer today:
Exactly a year later comes the empirical validation of that skepticism. Virginia — presumed harbinger of the new realignment, having gone Democratic in ’08 for the first time in 44 years — went red again. With a vengeance. ...
Election Day 2009 Guide: What To Watch For
huffingtonpost.com 24 days ago — WASHINGTON — Most Americans won't vote Tuesday.
Still, a handful of elections in a few states will give hints about this country's state of mind, provide lessons for both Republicans and Democrats, and shed light on answers to a few ...
New Jersey ≠ Virginia
fivethirtyeight.com 23 days ago — New Jersey and Virginia are similar states in many respects. Both are wealthy and suburban. Both live in the shadow of large cities -- New York, of course, in New Jersey's case, and Washington in Virginia's. Each has its "white ethnic" population -- ...
Election Day 2009 Liveblogging
sistertoldjah.com 24 days ago — *This post will be continuously updated throughout the evening. Newest updates are at the bottom.*
6:20 PM: I’m just now getting home and starting to get caught up on all the Election Day 2009 news. I see the AP is now onboard with the ...
About Last Night -- By: An NRO Symposium
article.nationalreview.com 23 days ago — I s the GOP now on top? Are we riding the first wave of the next Reagan Revolution? National Review Online consulted some expert strategists to interpret the results of yesterday ’ s vote. DAN CASEY Tonight’s massive GOP sweep in Virginia ...
Creigh Deeds Failed To Run As A Progressive
thinkprogress.org 23 days ago — 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 ...
The Outlook for 2009
realclearpolitics.com 29 days ago — Stuart Rothenberg, Roll Call We are still a few days away from Election Day, but party strategists, operatives and local activists are already blaming their own nominees for their defeats.The clearest evidence that the Virginia gubernatorial race is ...
Media in 2001: Off-year elections have little national significance
mediamatters.org 24 days ago — Conservative media are attempting to use the results of gubernatorial elections to suggest President Obama's agenda and Democrats' 2010 electoral prospects are in trouble. In the wake of Bob McDonnell's apparent victory in the Virginia gubernatorial ...
Election Night Preview: GDP Trumps Gay Marriage
huffingtonpost.com 25 days ago — Tomorrow night's election results will be read, discussed and interpreted for weeks to come. But even before the first vote is counted, we can probably draw some conclusions from those races.
VIRGINIA
Let's start in the South. A big Republican ...
Obama agenda: Peace, out? —
First Read 22 days ago
Peace, out? “President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority, citing dismay over the progress of US-brokered peace initiatives, said yesterday that he does not want to run for reelection when his term ends in January, potentially upending the ...
Health reform gets boost before vote —
Reuters: Politics 22 days ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With a close vote looming in the House of Representatives, President Barack Obama's push for healthcare reform was boosted on Thursday by the support of powerful lobbies representing doctors and seniors.