Elections Blog

Love him or hate him Senator Russ Feingold (put your cursor over the star to gets lots of great info on the senator) has been absolutely consistent in his position on the Iraq War. From the very beginning he stood up against this war and continued to stand against the misguided foray. He [...]

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“Al Gore is emerging as the one for her to worry about in 2008. Anti-war from the start, riding the global warming issue and a proven popular-vote winner, Gore will be increasingly attractive to the same left-wing voters who nominated Lamont in Connecticut. Hillary’s convoluted flip-flops on the war won’t play well in the primaries.” [...]

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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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For some reason Kerry’s latest statement that his Iraq war vote was a mistake seems to be making the news. I am not sure why though, I thought Kerry made this statement a while ago. Nonetheless Wayne Woodlief has a great analysis on the pit falls of Kerry’s “get the troops out right [...]

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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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Poor Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY). She's so afraid of appearing soft on national security and social issues that she's managed to morph into George Bush with breasts and a vagina. From her pro-Iraq war position, to her antigay marriage stance, and her pathetic position in favor of a flag burning amendment. The freshman senator from New York has [...]

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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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