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Sam Stein

Obama, Democrats Plot Out Follow-Through On Jobs Speech

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.02.2011

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WASHINGTON -- In the wake of Friday's dismal employment report, which reported no net change in the number of U.S. jobs, Top officials in the Democrat...

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Mark Blumenthal

Pollster Urges Democrats To Face 'Real Economy'

HuffingtonPost.com | Mark Blumenthal | Posted 08.03.2011

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WASHINGTON -- A prominent Democratic pollster has a blunt warning for the Party: Despite a turn in economic growth and job creation statistics, Americ...

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Stan Greenberg: Afghanistan War Likely Cause of Primary Challenge

Robert Naiman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Stan Greenberg, Eugene McCarthy, Ross Perot, Afghanistan, Nancy Pelosi, Jesse Jackson, Christian Science Monitor, Joe Biden, Huey Long, Afghanistan War, Foreign Policy, World News
Robert Naiman

Press reports have suggested that the White House is trying to make Democratic voters forget that the Administration promised to start drawing down troops from Afghanistan in July 2011.

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Sam Stein

James Carville Blasts Obama's Economic Message

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Two of the top consultants in the Democratic Party leveled unusually blunt criticisms on Thursday over what they deemed a "total mis-fra...

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Sam Stein

Obama Better Off Now Than Clinton In '94, Says Clinton Pollster

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- President Bill Clinton's chief pollster when the Democratic Party suffered massive losses in the 1994 midterm election said the landscap...

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Sam Stein

Tea Party Candidates Have Drained GOP Resources

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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The conclusion of the 2006 congressional elections was supposed to be a euphoric moment for Democrats. But within hours of winning majorities in both ...

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Polls, Research Show Dems Can Win Talking Trade (GOP too)

Lori Wallach | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lori Wallach

Recent polling shows that anger about U.S. job-offshoring and "free trade" has become a powerful election issue nationwide - across stunningly diverse...

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A Message That Actually Works

Mike Lux | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mike Lux

This memo ranks right near the top of being one of the most important that I have ever seen, because it definitively lays out a strategy for Democrats, even at this late date, to make these elections far more competitive.

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Sam Stein

Chris Van Hollen: GOP Prematurely Popping Champagne, No Chance For '94 Repeat

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Responding to Democratic doomsayers who see the potential for an electoral bloodbath in 2010, the man in charge of running House races for the party s...

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Sam Stein

Clinton Pollster: If Election Were Today, It Would Be Like '94

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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The pollster manning the ship for President Bill Clinton during the disastrous 1994 congressional elections is experiencing some déjà vu as the Demo...

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Need Cover for Betraying the Democratic Base? Ask The Democratic Strategist!

Derrick Crowe | Posted 05.25.2011

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Derrick Crowe

Look, "strategists," this is very simple. Decisive majorities of Democrats oppose sending more troops to Afghanistan.

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Teabaggers Out Of Touch, New Study Finds

Posted 05.25.2011

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Democratic pollster Stan Greenberg and strategist James Carville have set their sights on the Republican base, exploring the conspiracy theories fueli...

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State of the Union Update

Mark Blumenthal | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mark Blumenthal

No, we are not doing any live-blogging tonight, though I might post a thought or two via Twitter. Also, I will update this post later tonight with lin...

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Sam Stein

Clinton Pollster: Cheney Shows GOP Won't Have Repeat Of '94 Revolution

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Midterm elections are notoriously tricky business for the political parties of the sitting president. The drubbings experienced by Democrats in 1994 a...

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Sam Stein

GOP Defined As "Utterly Uncaring" In "Time Of Crisis": Dem Pollster

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Longtime Democratic pollster Stan Greenberg is not normally in the business of advising Republicans. So when he willingly offers a diagnosis of the GO...

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More People Blame Geithner for AIG Bonuses Than Bush

Jane Hamsher | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jane Hamsher

I'd say there's about a zero percent chance that Stan Greenberg released this without the blessing of his good friend David Axelrod.

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Party Weighting? - Democracy Corps and Resurgent Republic Respond

Mark Blumenthal | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mark Blumenthal

Here is another follow-up on Monday's back-and-forth between Democratic pollster Stan Greenberg on behalf of the organization known as Democracy Corps...

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Re: Pollster Smackdown

Mark Blumenthal | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mark Blumenthal

A quick follow-up on yesterday's back-and-forth between Democratic pollster Stan Greenberg on behalf of the organization known as Democracy Corps and ...

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Take the Steering Wheel out of Geithner's Hands

Arianna Huffington | Posted 05.25.2011

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Arianna Huffington

Tim Geithner's actions throughout his career, including his time as Treasury Secretary, are proof that the toxic thinking that got us into this mess is part of his DNA.

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Ad Research: From Obama Political Ads to Cheese-Flavored Snacks

Mike Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mike Smith

Why have not political advertising execs focused on this new neuromarketing tool for measurement and for creative planning?

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Fellow Dem Pollster Slams Mark Penn: Surveys "Biased," "Rigged"

Pollster.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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Of the many stories in Democratic pollster Stan Greenberg's new book, Dispatches from the War Room, the most newsworthy may be his slashing condemnati...

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Sam Stein

A Message To Obama: Study Mandela

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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One of America's most prominent and well-respected pollsters has a piece of advice for Barack Obama: study Nelson Mandela. Stan Greenberg, who helped...

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Gould: Greenberg versus Penn, Continued

Guest Pollster | Posted 05.25.2011

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Guest Pollster

[This Guest Pollster contribution comes from Philip Gould, who served as a polling and strategy adviser to the British Labour Party for general electi...

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Smith Reports on the Greenberg-Penn Feud

Mark Blumenthal | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mark Blumenthal

Over at Politico, Ben Smith picks up the story of the Greenberg-Penn feud: Greenberg’s new book ups the stakes. He argues that Penn played di...

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A Tuppence Worth

Mark Blumenthal | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mark Blumenthal

A reader, a European politico who "witnessed the working of the Labour war rooms in both 2001 and 2005," emails to share his "tuppence worth" on the G...

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