The Hayride

There are two ways of looking at last night’s results. There is the point of view already being trumpeted by the Washington establishment that “Primary night yields good news for Obama, Dems.” There is, however, still the reality that in the 22 states where both parties had contested primaries, 54% of primary voters have chosen a Republican ballot. [...]

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…did the Clintons invite President Obama to Chelsea’s wedding?

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As this article is being written, Election Day is 14 weeks away. The predominant chatter among political pundits is not whether there will be Republican gains, but the extent of those gains, and whether those gains can produce a Republican wave large enough to enable them to retake the House, the Senate, or both houses of Congress [...]

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 (Click here for analysis of 1992-2010 turnover) Thought #1: Putting this year’s turnover in perspective While the fact that (so far) four incumbent Congressmen have lost in their primaries might be indicative of an anti incumbent election, this number actually pales in comparison to 1992. In that year, a combination of “The Year of the Woman”, [...]

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If there is one predominant theme from “Super Super Tuesday”, it’s that while incumbents are down, they’re certainly not out.

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The New York Post has the story of a rather unfortunate campaign fundraising mailer on behalf of the DSCC which ought to set off guffaws: Former President Clinton has sent out a fundraising letter on behalf of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee under his own name warning that Republicans are trying to “derail’ President Obama’s [...]

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