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Scott Brown and the Palin Path: Will He Choose Brassy or Boring?
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Rep. John Murtha, Advocate for Pa. District, Pentagon, Dies at 77
Liz Christman, Enemy of the Passive Voice, Who Rocked Some Jaunty Hats
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'Snowmageddon' in D.C. -- The Politics, Talk Shows and Snowball Fights Go On
Sarah Palin Serves Tea Party Delegates Red Meat and Certainty
My Left Breast Put Fancy TSA Scanner to the Test
From a Grass Roots Tea Party, a PAC Blooms
At Nashville Tea Party: Saving the Country, Waiting for Palin
Polls
Hodes Can't Gain Ground on Ayotte in New Hampshire Senate Race
By Bruce DrakeNew Hampshire's Republican Attorney General Kelly Ayotte continues to be the strongest GOP candidate against Democratic Rep. Paul Hodes, leading him 41 percent to 33 percent with 25 percent undecided, according to a WMUR/University of New Hampshire Granite State poll conducted Jan. 27 - Feb. 3. The ...
Kasich Maintains Lead Over Strickland in Ohio Governor Race
By Bruce DrakeThe contest for governor in Ohio remains about where it has been in the last two months with former Republican Rep. John Kasich leading Ted Strickland, the Democratic incumbent, by 47 percent to 41 percent with 5 percent preferring someone else and 8 percent undecided, according to a Rasmussen ...
Insurgent Debra Medina Shakes Up GOP Governor Race in Texas
By Bruce Drake
Following a series of elections where conservative activists, Tea Partiers, disgruntled independents and energized Republicans have shaken things up, a political neophyte in Texas is riding that same kind of wave and may affect the outcome of the race for the GOP gubernatorial nomination. Debra ...
Tea Party Supported by a Third of Iowans
By Bruce DrakeA third of Iowans say they support the Tea Party movement while 45 percent do not and 22 percent are undecided, according to a Des Moines Register poll conducted Jan. 31 - Feb. 3. That third is constituted by 49 percent of independents, 34 percent of Republicans and 17 percent of Democrats. But ...
Democrat Hickenlooper Edges Past Republican McInnis in Colorado Governor Race
By Bruce DrakeDenver's Democratic mayor, John Hickenlooper, has edged ahead of former Republican Rep. Scott McInnis in the race to fill the seat of Democratic Gov. Bill Ritter who decided not to seek re-election, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted Feb. 4 Hickenlooper leads by 49 percent to 45 ...
Rory Reid Runs Way Behind One GOP Governor Hopeful in Nevada, Leads Two Others
By Bruce DrakeClark County Commissioner Rory Reid, son of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, is running ahead of embattled Republican Gov. Jim Gibbons, but if former federal judge and state Attorney General Brian Sandoval wins the GOP nomination, Reid would find himself trailing by double-digits, according to a ...
Voters, Especially Independents, Sour on Obama and Congress
By Bruce DrakeVoters are in a sour mood both about President Obama and Congress, with a plurality disapproving of Obama's job performance and a significant percentage saying that if the 2010 elections were held today they would vote for a new candidate rather than their current representative, according to a ...
Portman Holds Modest Lead Over Two Democrats in Ohio Senate Race
By Bruce DrakeThe race to fill the U.S. Senate seat being vacated in Ohio by the GOP's George Voinovich has not moved much since last month, with former Republican Rep. Rob Portman holding modest leads over the two hopefuls for the Democratic nod, Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner and Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher, ...
Latest Round-Up of Obama Poll Ratings by State
By Bruce DrakeThe latest round-up of President Obama's job approval or favorability ratings by state updates or adds Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Kentucky, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, and Texas. One notable finding in this round of polls: Rasmussen has been asking voters whether their ...
Tea Party Is Seen by Majority of Voters As a Serious and Not a Fringe Group
By Bruce DrakeThe Tea Party movement, which right now is holding its first national convention in Nashville, is regarded as a serious and not a fringe group by a majority of Americans, according to a Fox News/Opinion Dynamics poll conducted Feb. 2-3. It is seen favorably by 35 percent of voters and unfavorably by ...
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