Elections Blog

It looks like the Republican spring of George W. Bush will have to wait another generation.
According to a new Bloomberg/Los Angeles Times poll, Americans 18 to 24 years of age give President George Bush an approval rating of just 20 percent, with 53 percent disapproving and 28 percent having no opinion of him at all.
Much like Franklin Roosevelt attracted a new generation [...]

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With less than five months to go before Election Day, Democrats hold two distinct advantages in the midterm campaign that they have not enjoyed for some time. First, Americans continue to say they favor the Democratic candidate in their district, by a 51% to 39% margin. Second, the level of enthusiasm about voting among Democrats [...]

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Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI), a potential 2008 presidential candidate, received a raucous and enthusiastic greeting Wednesday from the group "Take Back America."
The same crowd had booed Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) the presumed 2008 front-runner, a day earlier for opposing a set date for withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq.
Feingold was the first senator to call for a timetable to bring back [...]

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Despite the killing of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, President Bush remains hugely unpopular with lethal job approval numbers. The much anticipated "bounce" Karl Rove, et al, had hoped for simply hasn't materialized.
From Rasmussen Reports polling:
Thirty-nine percent (39%) of Americans approve of the way that George W. Bush is performing his role as President. Sixty [...]

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• New York's High Court agreed to hears same-sex marriage case. Jo-Ann Shain, a 53-year-old medical publication editor, and her partner, Mary Jo Kennedy, 50, hope to celebrate their 25 years together by getting married. They also hope that could happen soon as New York's highest court hears arguments by Lambda Legal on behalf of  same-sex couples who [...]

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• Mary Cheney must be mainlining the Kool Aid through an IV drip.  This week, the whining GOP lesbian daughter of Vice President Dick Cheney appeared on the David Letterman show and opined, "Twenty-five million — 25 million people are free today who were not free three years ago in Iraq." Yes, little Mary sunshine, 25 million Iraqis are free, except [...]

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• Still no decision from Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald on whether or not to indict Karl Rove over his involement in the outing of CIA undercover agent Valerie Plame. The grand jury met Wednesday and Friday. Most court watchers familiar with the case believed an announcement would be made by week's end. Indictment watch continues.
• Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) shamelessly sails [...]

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From USA Today.
President Bush's approval rating has slumped to 31% in a new USA TODAY/Gallup Poll, the lowest of his presidency and a warning sign for Republicans in the November elections.
The survey of 1,013 adults, taken Friday through Sunday, shows Bush's standing down by 3 percentage points in a single week. His disapproval rating also [...]

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