2009 Elections

Too Much Is at Stake in Virginia for a Blackout in Coverage

Cliff Schecter | Posted 01.01.2012

Read More: Blue Viginia, Abortion, Anthony Weiner, Bill Clinton, Tea Party, Teabaggers, State Senate, Karl Rove, Bob MdConnell, Dick Black, Cliff Schecter, Terry McAuliffe, Jim Webb, 2009 Elections, Lowell Feld, Barack Obama, Eric Cantor, Guns, Barbara Comstock, Virginia, Paul Hackett, Ken Cuccinelli, Far Right, Alec, Caren Merrick, George Allen, Tim Kaine, Anti-Immigrant, State House of Delegates, Politics News

With just over a week to go, will we rise to the occasion and help Virginia Democrats keep control of the State Senate?

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One Year Ago, No Different Than Today: A Political Observation

B.D. Gallof | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Long Island, Incumbents, New York-New York, Hope, 2010 Elections, Elections 2010, Tom Suozzi, Democrats, Tea Party, Barack Obama, New York, Republicans, 2009 Election, 2009 Elections, Politics News

We change now for change's sake, hoping that somehow it is not insanity for us to repeat ourselves but that one of these new leaders will provide anything besides rhetoric and/or going through the motions.

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"Nobody Is on Our Side"

Mike Lux | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 2010 Midterm Elections, Populism, Midterm Elections, Democratic Party, 2009 Elections, Politics News

The New Jersey and Virginia gubernatorial elections. The Massachusetts special election. The Utah Republican party conventions. The Mollohan party upset in West Virginia. Yesterday's results. How many wake-up calls do politicians need?

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How The East Was Lost: Tom Suozzi & Democrats Lose Long Island

B.D. Gallof | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Long Island, Nassau County, Tom Suozzi, Ed Mangano, Democratic Party, Democrats, 2009 Elections, Republican Party, Republicans, New York News

Tom Suozzi's supposed easy ride to a third term blew out in embarrassing fashion as many voters were not seeing change or results.

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What Happened in Virginia?

Ben Tribbett | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Virginia, Virginia Governors Race, Bob Mcdonnell, Democrats, 2009 Elections, Creigh Deeds, Republicans, Politics News

If this election serves as a reminder that pandering to right wingers is not a successful electoral strategy -- then Deeds will have done even more good for Democrats than if he had won today.

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Why Your Representatives Should Make You Mad as Hell

John W. Whitehead | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Congress Perks, Congress, 2009 Elections, Congress Work Week, Network, Congress Approval Ratings, Ward 72, John Kerry, Pork Barrel Spending, Herb Kohl, Water Reed, Politics News

Congress should be America's representative body, yet too many of its members bear little resemblance to those they have been elected to represent.

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Ideologues and Election Results

Peter Connolly | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bob Mcdonnell, Chris Christie, Jon Corzine, 2009 Elections, Creigh Deeds, Politics News

For Democrats who value their Congressional majority, the 2009 Election results might suggest a need for caution in pursuing major new liberal initiatives until the deficit is brought down.

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Frank Rich: White House Doesn't Seem To Understand Public's Wall Street Rage

New York Times | FRANK RICH | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Larry Summers, ny23, Regulation, Obama, Teaparty, New York 23, White House, Dede Scozzafava, Finance, Gop, Paul Volcker, Wall Street, Bill Owens, New York City, Michael Bloomberg, Financial Reform, Election Day 2009, H1N1 Vaccine, Ny-23, Doug Hoffman, Democrats, 2009 Elections, Bill Thompson, Main Street, Elections, Anger, Tim Geithner, Banks, Bonuses, Too Big to Fail, Executive Pay, Republicans, Politics News

The Obama administration does not seem to understand that this rage, left unaddressed, could consume it. It has pushed aside the entreaties of many --...

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Rove Criticizes White House Response To Elections: "A Contemptuous Gesture"

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Video, Karl Rove, Election Results, Robert Gibbs, 2009 Elections, Barack Obama, Eat the Press, Media News

Karl Rove wasn't too happy about the way the White House dismissed the Most Important Off-Off-Year Elections In United States History, and amid a weir...

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The Wrath of Suburbanites and Independents

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.25.2011

The election results show that no incumbent governor (or incumbent party) can escape the wrath of an electorate that continues to bleed while it watches tax dollars squandered on foreign wars and Wall Street fat cats.

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Arianna Discusses Limbaugh, Obama And The Elections On Tuesday On Joy Behar Show (VIDEO)

Huff TV | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Joy Behar Show, Video, Arianna Video, Arianna, Arianna Joy Behar Show, Rush Limbaugh, 2009 Elections, Politics News

Arianna joined Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor and publisher of The Nation, on The Joy Behar Show tonight to discuss Rush Limbaugh slamming President Ob...

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Now What? The Long and Winding Road towards LGBT Equality

Geoff Kors | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: California Gay Marriage, Proposition 8, Gay Rights, Prop 8, Maine Gay Marriage, Referendum 71, Obama Administration, Equality California, Washington State, Kalamazoo, 2008 Election, 2009 Elections, Gay Marriage, Maine, Marriage Equality, Politics News

Over the past year, voters have stripped away marriage rights in California and Maine. And the California Supreme Court failed in its obligation to protect our fundamental freedom to marry. So now what?

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Budget Votes Prove Unsuccessful Throughout Colorado

The Denver Post | Jessica Fender | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Election Day 2009, Colorado Springs, Budget Crisis, 2009 Elections, Colorado, Tax Increases, Denver News

The Mapleton Expeditionary School of the Arts will continue to operate in aging, asbestos-filled buildings. Aurora will close four of its seven librar...

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Sifting Through the Economic Messages From the Elections Last Night

Simon Rosenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Virginia, New Jersey, 2009 Elections, Economy, Business News

It is the fundamental failure to make the economy the central issue of this Presidency that has left the door open for the Republicans. It is also a door that it easily closed next year by the President and his team.

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Today's Alleged "Bellwether" Elections Aren't Bellwethers and Don't Say Much About Nat'l Politics

David Sirota | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jon Corzine, Virginia, New Jersey, Election Day 2009, Election Day, 2009 Elections, Politics News

While the Democratic Party certainly has its problems right now, these contests do a better job of illustrating severe Republican weakness than anything else.

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BREAKING: Politico, Drudge-Baiting And Pointlessly Mystifying The Political Process

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politico, Barack Obama, 2009 Elections, Media Narratives, Media Criticism, Eat the Press, Media News

Much has already been said about Politico editor John F. Harris's recent idiotic "7 stories Barack Obama doesn't want told" article. Matt Yglesias mak...

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The Right-Wing Media's Election Analysis Just Ain't That Good

Karl Frisch | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: MIchael Barone, ny23, Dick Morris, Newsbusters, Bob Mcdonnell, Roger Ailes, Wall Street Journal, Fox Business Network, Creigh Deeds, biggovernment.com, Mike Huckabee, Morton Kondracke, Laura Ingraham, Rupert Murdoch, John Fund, Hannity & Colmes, Voter Fraud, News Corp, Andrew Breitbart, Chris Christie, Karl Rove, Rush Limbaugh, Lou Dobbs, Ny-23, Doug Hoffman, 2009 Elections, Brit Hume, Barack Obama, New Jersey Governor Race, Republican Governors Association, Jon Corzine, Virginia Governors Race, Sean Hannity, Media Research Center, Cnn, Sarah Palin, Fox & Friends, HBO Documentaries, Fox News, Bill O'Reilly, Media News

Back in 2001, conservative media figures were adamant. Democratic Party victories at the ballot boxes during the off-year elections had little national significance.

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The Right Campaign Metrics for Obama's Promises and Performance

Ari Melber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obama, David Plouffe, Arianna Huffington, Russ Feingold, Bipartisanship, 2009 Elections, Barack Obama, Politics News

Even as the results from actual, live campaigns in Virginia and New Jersey roll in, the political and media establishment is fixated on the anniversary of Obama's election.

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High Time!

Shan Wells | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Breckenridge, Marijuana, George Will, Medical Marijuana, Drugs, War on Drugs, Marijuana Legalization, Cartoon, 2009 Elections, Legalize Marijuana, Drug Legalization, Weed, Colorado, Denver, Denver News

When even old George Will thinks Mary Jane is riding the Freedom Express, you know that national legalization can't be too far away.

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How Important Are These Off-Year Races?

New York Times | ADAM NAGOURNEY | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Polls, Mcdonnell, 2010 Elections, Corzine, 2010 Election, Christie, John Corzine, Obama, Incumbent, Creigh Deeds, Approval Ratings, Virginia, Rnc, White House, New Jersey, Governors Races, Analysis, Bill Owens, Incumbents, Chris Christie, Third Party Candidates, Doug Hoffman, Scozzafava, Dede Scozzafava, 2009 Elections, Elections, Governors Race, Independents, Mid-Term Elections, Gubernatorial, Dnc, Deeds, Elections 2010, Politics News

At the very least, the results in the governors' races, if not predictive, are quite likely to drive the political narrative, bolstering or diminishin...

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Post-Election Lessons for Progressives

Page Gardner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Unmarried Women Voters, Rising American Electorate. U.S. Electorate, 2009 Elections, 2010 Elections, Elections 2010, Politics News

The Rising American Electorate now constitutes a majority of the voting-eligible population in America. And it goes without saying that if they stay home in 2010, the chances for progressive reforms will drop.

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GOP's Internal Ideological Battles Remain After Victories

Washington Post | Philip Rucker and Perry Bacon Jr. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michael Steele, Gop, Chris Christie, 2009 Elections, Republican Party, Politics News

A rebounding Republican Party savored victories in two states that President Obama won last year, but as it tries to build momentum toward what GOP Ch...

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Deliver the Goods

Mike Lux | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Creigh Deeds, Chris Christie, Mcdonnell, Garamendi, Economy, Voter Turnout, Corzine, Jobs, Referendum on Obama, 2009 Elections, Politics News

Republicans, conservative Democrats, and corporate lobbyists are all eagerly lining up to spin the losses as evidence that Democrats should go slower. That is the worst possible thing they could do right now.

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David Plouffe Weighs In On 2009 Elections, Obama's Job Performance (Video)

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: White House, Democrats, 2009 Elections, Barack Obama, David Plouffe, Palin, Audacity to Win, House, Change, Pawlenty, Plouffe, Obama's Popularity, Gop, Election 2009, Republicans, One Year Later, Politics News

Tuesday's elections are local races -- not measures of President Obama's ability to deliver or a referendum on the president's popularity, according t...

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Corzine on My Mind

Deborah Jacobs | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Don't Ask Don't Tell, Marriage, Expectations, New Jersey, Corzine, Progressives, Obama, 2009 Elections, Voting, New York News

Corzine has weeks to seal his legacy, and the Democratic legislature has to push through its most powerful members' agenda items as well, before it faces unknown terrain with Chris Christie.

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