Tag: 2009 Elections

Call It! Final Predictions of Nov 3 Elections

Filed in National by on November 3, 2009 13 Comments

This weekend’s dramatic turn of events up in NY-23 means that the teabaggers bagged a real scalp from the establishment Republicans and no matter the outcome, the Republican Party (at least the part that is serious about governing) has a real problem on its hands. The media will be repeating that this election is a referendum on Obama (while the only nationalized election is NY23) even though Obama is holding his own with approval ratings pretty close to his election winning numbers and these other races haven’t been nationalized in the way NY 23 has been.

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Call It! Predictions of Nov 2 Elections (Weekend Practice Run)

Filed in National by on October 31, 2009 41 Comments

So next Tuesday there are multiple off-year elections that people are watching. We’re launching this thread early so you can spend the weekend debating and working out your selections of the outcomes of Tuesday’s races. On Monday AM we’ll put up another thread where you can make your FINAL predictions complete with winning spreads. Whoever gets the most wins correct, with the closest guess to the winning spread and closest guess to the Bonus Question wins a delightful prize.

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The Dangers of Parsing Tuesday’s Elections

Filed in National by on October 30, 2009 1 Comment
The Dangers of Parsing Tuesday’s Elections

No matter how they are spun, rerun and overdone, the Virginia and New Jersey gubernatorial races are not national referenda. Even if the expected occurs — and Republican Bob McDonnell romps home in Virginia and New Jersey Democratic Gov. Jon Corzine wins a second term — it will be difficult to decipher an overarching message […]

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GOP Gov nominee in Virginia opposed contraception

Filed in National by on August 31, 2009 5 Comments
GOP Gov nominee in Virginia opposed contraception

AG Bob McDonnell, the GOP’s nominee for the ’09 Governor’s race in Virginia, is currently enjoying a modest lead in the polls; but what are Virginia voters going to make of this? At age 34, two years before his first election and two decades before he would run for governor of Virginia, Robert F. McDonnell […]

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