Elections Blog

Utah Governor Jon Huntsman (Republican) has included $850,000 in his budget proposal to fund a February 5 “Western Primary” for 2008. Several Western governors have expressed interest in the idea, though only Bill Richardson (Democrat, New Mexico) and Huntsman have committed to the early primary.

“We have some willing governors in the region who like [...]

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A potential Presidential faceoff between Hillary Clinton and Rudy Giuliani could put a New Yorker back in the Oval Office for the first time since Franklin Roosevelt.
New York has not had one of its own elected president since Franklin Delano Roosevelt won a fourth term in 1944. Since then, several New Yorkers — almost [...]

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I am sure it is quite clear that I am big fan of Russ Feingold. Although he has not said he is running in 2008 I emphatically throw my support behind him now and hope that as others in the blogosphere start to cast their eyes toward the presidential contest we can do for [...]

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If you are looking for a defender of civil liberties and a candidate who will stand on his principles no matter what the pressure to do otherwise is, look for further than Senator Russ Feingold. I know I have said the same things about the good Senator before but that is because he just [...]

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U.S. Senator Russ Feingold (Democrat, Wisconsin) has gone from a minority of one to leading a filibuster that could sink the renewal of controversial provisions of the Patriot Act. The high profile defense of civil liberties will further endear Feingold to the Democratic Party’s liberal base, but ironically will find him allies among Republican [...]

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Mitt Romney is on Neil Cavuto right now, and I must say he is fielding the questions well  —  very well. He’s a good speaker, though not overly charismatic (though I think charisma is overrated when it comes to candidates).

Of course, he got the “Mormon question,” which surprised me a little (I didn’t expect that from Neil). [...]

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I’ve just got to wonder who are the mush-brained bozos voting in this poll?

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Kentucky Dan wrote a good article about recent polls and their interpretation. You should go read it. However, I want to use something he said as a springboard:

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Who is this being that looks and sounds like John Kerry but responds succinctly and directly?
Standing outside the big white government mansion he had hoped to call home, Sen. John Kerry on Thursday offered a terse assessment of how he lost last year’s election to a president whose approval ratings are now in the tank.
“9/11,” [...]

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