Etheridge Grabs Student, Ellmers Grabs Lead Raleigh, N.C. – With a widely publicized video of a confrontation with two students on a Washington, DC sidewalk circulating, incumbent Democratic Congressman Bob Etheridge now trails Republican challenger Renee Ellmers according to a new SurveyUSA poll released today by the Civitas Institute According to the poll of 400 […]
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NEW YORK TIMES By SHAILA DEWAN and ROBBIE BROWN NY Times June 14 2010 BAMBERG, S.C. — Nikki Haley, the favorite to become the first governor of South Carolina who is neither white nor male, has always challenged established norms with her own brand of moxie. As a girl, her parents — the first Indian
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JUNE 11, 2010 Big Labor’s Arkansas Bust By KIMBERLEY A. STRASSEL Arkansas Democrats went to the polls on Tuesday, though not necessarily to vote in a primary runoff. What they actually took part in was a referendum. Big Labor lost. Sen. Blanche Lincoln’s triumph over Bill Halter and his union allies goes well beyond simple
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The Weekly Standard Don’t trust a congressman over the age of 50. BY Matthew Continetti May 31, 2010, Vol. 15, No. 35 As far as I can tell, Sean Duffy is the only world-champion lumberjack and reality television star running for Congress this year. Duffy is the Republican candidate in Wisconsin’s 7th Congressional District. A
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They Just Want It Too Much Why voters turned against Bennett and Specter and Crist. BY Geoffrey Norman May 31, 2010, Vol. 15, No. 35 According to news accounts, the man had tears in his eyes when he talked of coming in third in the voting. Merely reading about it makes one feel a little
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MAY 29, 2010 California’s GOP Senate Primary Comes Down to the Wire By ALLYSIA FINLEY Costa Mesa, Calif. ‘I’ve always voted against taxes. This is important, ladies and gentlemen, because our country is on a precipice. Do you want people to follow through on their promises?” state Assemblyman Chuck DeVore bellows to a rapt crowd
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MAY 29, 2010 Primary Fight Alters Dynamic in Race vs. Reid By ALEXANDRA BERZON Republican Sue Lowden was expected to pose a stiff challenge to Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada this fall, in one of the nation’s most closely watched Senate races. But Mr. Reid, facing a tide of unpopularity in his home state,
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MAY 21, 2010 By JOHN FUND Elections this month have enhanced the political clout of two groups widely separated on the political spectrum. The tea party movement stands to play an outsize role in the fall elections now that outsider Rand Paul has swept Kentucky’s GOP Senate primary, while unions provided the muscle for Democrats
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MAY 20, 2010 Anti-Incumbent? Try Anti-Obama By FRED BARNES The hordes are not massing at the gates of Washington—not yet. They won’t arrive until after the midterm congressional election in November. Most are likely to be Republicans, a good number of them old Washington hands. Yesterday’s primary elections, including the impressive victories of Republican Rand
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MAY 20, 2010 A Bad Day for the Obama Agenda By KARL ROVE The temptation for politicians and political analysts is to draw broad, sweeping conclusions from election results. But most election outcomes defy being reduced to a single cause. Campaigns are a complicated mix of issues, personalities and impressions. Voters settle on a candidate
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