2010 Elections

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Surfing With A Tabula Rasa

Stephen Ratner | Posted 08.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Young Voters, Gavin Newsom, 2010 Elections, Youthocracy, Barack Obama, Students for Gavin Newsom, Politics News

For the 2010 cycle, candidates can no longer expect skyrocketing voter turnout to inch them to victory. It seems that regardless of party there is a tabula rasa between candidates and young voters.

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Poll Shows Rep. Carolyn Maloney Leading Potential Senate Matchup in NY

Joe Trippi | Posted 07.25.2009 | Home

Read More: Senate, 2010, 2010 Elections, US Senate, Ny, Kirsten Gillibrand, New York, Jonathan Tasini, Carolyn Maloney, Home News

It is pretty extraordinary to show an incumbent Senator losing a primary to an opponent who hasn't begun to campaign.

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American Voters Want Congressional Investigations: Will Democrats Seize the Opportunity for 2010?

Mark Weisbrot | Posted 07.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Economic Stimulus Package, 2010 Elections, Economic Crisis, Obama Administration, Federal Reserve, Technology-Stock-Bubble, US Congress, Alan Greenspan, Democratic Party, Democrats, Accountability, Housing Bubble, Politics News

The 2010 elections will very likely be about who gets blamed for the current economic disaster. Even if the economy is recovering in the latter half of next year - and that is a big "if."

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The Blame Election

Mike Lux | Posted 07.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Job Losses, 2010 Elections, Barack Obama, Recession, Economic Crisis, Politics News

Another year and a half of this kind of dreadful economy is going to put people in a real grumpy mood in November of 2010.

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Democrats, Republicans Eyeing Virginia, New Jersey Governors Races As 2010 Indicators

Washington Post | Dan Balz | Posted 07.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mid-Term Elections, Democrats, Statehouse Races, State Races, 2010 Elections, Republicans, Governors Races, Politics News

Off-year elections rarely predict the future -- except when they do. That's why Democratic and Republican leaders will be closely watching the guberna...

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Roy Barnes Wants His Old Job Back

AP | SHANNON McCAFFREY | Posted 07.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Roy Barnes, Georgia, Ex-Governor Roy Barnes, 2010 Elections, Georgia Governors Race, Politics News

ATLANTA — Former Georgia Gov. Roy Barnes is asking voters to give him his old job back. Barnes made the announcement Wednesday. The Democrat pl...

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It's Time for Native Americans to Start Thinking Independent

Tim Giago | Posted 07.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Native Americans, Indian Reservations, Independents, Democrats, Indians, 2010 Elections, Republicans, Indian, Politics News

The advantages of becoming an Independent are many and the detractions few. It is something I encourage all Native American voters to look into, to thoroughly research, and to openly consider.

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Sotomayor's Nomination Reveals Obama's Biggest Mistake

Jesse Berney | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pennsylvania Primary, Arlen Specter, Supreme Court, Pennsylvania, 2010 Elections, Sonia Sotomayor, President Obama, Politics News

Following Sonia Sotomayor's nomination of to the Supreme Court today, two U.S. Senators issued the following statements.

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GOP Wants More Help From Cheney

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 06.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Vice President, Guantanamo Bay, Torture, 2010 Elections, Lindsey Graham, John Thune, Dick Cheney, Politics News

Democrats and Republicans may have found an area of agreement: Dick Cheney should keep on campaigning for the GOP cause. Cheney's apparently endless ...

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More Than Just Winning

Andrew Sargus Klein | Posted 06.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Victory, House of Representatives, Politics, Senate, Liberals, 2010 Elections, Progressive Movement, Democrats, Barack Obama, Election, Economy, George W. Bush, Guantanamo, Bush Economy, Gop, Republican Party, Politics News

Obama is simply biding his time on the issue, letting Cheney's "doth protest too much" vitriol wither on the vine.

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Note to GOP: It's the Independents, Stupid

Mark Nickolas | Posted 06.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Job Approval, Independent Voters, Elections, Right Track/Wrong Track, 2012 Election, 2010 Elections, Republican Party, Barack Obama, Politics News

It doesn't take a political rocket scientist to understand the spiral death trap that the GOP seems to be in when it comes to the most critical bloc of voters: independents.

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Plouffe Warns: Democrats Are A "Little Over-Confident" Right Now

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: David Plouffe, House Elections, Democrats, Plouffe Rove, Plouffe House Elections, 2010 Elections, Politics News

David Plouffe, whose refusal to let poll numbers eclipse electoral realities became the defining feature of the Obama campaign, threw some cold water ...

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GOP Starts Robocall Attack Against Specter; Is Specter Vulnerable as Democratic Candidate?

Rob Kall | Posted 05.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pennsylvania, Pat Toomey, 2010 Elections, Arlen Specter Democrat, Politics News

So, there I was, sitting in the house in the blue-collar Fishtown section of Philly and the phone rang. He started laughing. "It's a call about Arlen ...

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Signs That GOP Is Giving-Up On Holding Sen. Bunning's Seat

Mark Nickolas | Posted 05.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Senate Races, Nrsc, Jim Bunning, Kentucky, Kentucky Primary, Mitch McConnell, 2010 Elections, 2010 Senate, Politics News

A couple of very interesting developments in the ongoing saga of the most vulnerable Senate incumbent in 2010 -- Sen. Jim Bunning (R-KY).

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Jim Inhofe: Specter Switch Will Bring Republican Revolution In 2010 (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jim Inhofe, Arlen Specter, 2010 Elections, Arlen Specter Democrat, Republican Revolution, Politics News

Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) said Wednesday that Sen. Arlen Specter's defection from the Republican Party is "the first visible evidence" that the GOP wi...

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Specter 2010: Democrats To Clear Decks For Primary

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Labor Community, Democratic Primary, Arlen Specter, 2010 Elections, Primary Specter 2010 Elections, Specter Democratic Primary, Union Specter, Pennsylvania Democrats, Politics News

Sources with knowledge of Sen. Specter's decision to switch political parties say that efforts will be made to ensure that he will not face a primary ...

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IMF Numbers Show a Great Economic Hole That Will Frame Partisan Debate

David Fiderer | Posted 06.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Fortune 500, Freddie Mac, 2010 Elections, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Barney Frank, Aig, Financial Crisis, Fannie Mae, Fox News, Timothy Geithner, Bret Baier, Imf, Business News

Nobody has a good take on the ultimate costs of the mortgage crisis, but the IMF believes the size of the problem is about double the amount estimated six months earlier.

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It's Official...I am Running for Governor of California

Gavin Newsom | Posted 05.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gavin Newsom, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Green Jobs, 2010 Elections, Health, Environment, Jobs, San Francisco, Green Living, Green Energy, Mayor Newsom, Health Care, California, Gavin Newsom Governor, San Francisco-California, Politics News

In San Francisco, we're showing what can be accomplished when we stop looking back and start looking for solutions. We can't keep returning to the same old, tired ideas and expect a different result.

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Pat Toomey: Specter Challenged For Senate Seat

AP | PETER JACKSON | Posted 05.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arlen Specter, 2010 Elections, Spector 2010 Challenge, Pat Toomey 2010, Arlen Specter Pat Toomey, Pat Toomey, Sen. Arlen Spector, Spector 2010, Senator Arlen Specter, Politics News

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pat Toomey, who as a little-known congressman nearly defeated Sen. Arlen Specter in the 2004 primary, announced Wednesday that...

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Kentuckians Continue To Flee The GOP, And Why Sen. Jim Bunning Is Toast...

Mark Nickolas | Posted 05.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Voter Registration 2008, John Yarmuth, Bill Clinton, Daniel Mongiardo, Mitch McConnell, 2010 Elections, Jim Bunning, Jack Conway, New Voters, Kentucky, Barack Obama, Ben Chandler, Politics News

Having spent more than four years in Kentucky politics, I can say quite definitively that it's a fascinatingly complicated state when it comes to politics.

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Imagine the Reaction If It Were Olbermann

Mark Nickolas | Posted 04.19.2009 | Media

Read More: Nrcc, Greta Van Susteren, 2010 Elections, Cnbc, 2010 Senate, GOP Hypocrisy, Larry Kudlow, Chris Dodd, Keith Olbermann, Fundraising, Republican Party, Chris Matthews, Media News

It's incredible how quickly CNBC is rivaling Fox News when it comes to conflicts of interest and as a bastion of biased and partisan news.

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Peg Luksik Will Challenge Specter In Primary

AP | Posted 04.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arlen Specter, Peg Luksik, Pennsylvania, 2010 Elections, Pat-Toomey, Politics News

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A conservative activist who ran for Pennsylvania governor three times in the 1990s says she will challenge Arlen Specter for t...

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Reid Gets Help For 2010 Race With New Ad

MSNBC | Posted 04.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: 2010 Elections, Harry Reid, Nevada, Americans United for Change, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Senate Majority Leader, Politics News

Other than The Replacements -- Roland Burris and Kirsten Gillibrand -- likely no other Democratic senator will have a bigger target on his or her back...

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