Josh Goodman

Recent Articles

• Axing the Taxman
• Mar 31, 2010
• Tax collectors might not be the most popular government officials, but as Arizona recently discovered, they might be the very worst to cut in a...
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• Governors: Democrats' Best Case Scenario
• Mar 31, 2010
• Yesterday, I used Rasmussen polls to find the worst case scenario for Democrats in gubernatorial races. Last night I was thinking, well, what's the ...

• Governors: Democrats' Worst Case Scenario
• Mar 30, 2010
• Rasmussen Reports, this election cycle's most prolific pollster, tends to show results that are more favorable to Republicans than other survey firms. But, that ...
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• Meg Whitman: I'm Tougher than the Terminator
• Mar 29, 2010
• As Meg Whitman tries to make the transition from underdog to overdog, one of her big challenges is the last wealthy Republican outsider to run ...
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• NY-Governor: Cuomo Bounces Back
• Mar 26, 2010
• Since I commented on a poll that showed New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's approval rating dropping to 54% recently, it's worth noting that ...

• Illinois: Why Sheila Simon Lost in Carbondale
• Mar 26, 2010
• It's easy to see why, coming off the Scott Lee Cohen debacle, Gov. Pat Quinn wants the Illinois Democratic Party to pick Sheila Simon ...
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• Health Care Tests the Independence of Attorneys General
• Mar 25, 2010
• In a day, an argument about health care has morphed into a case study over the relative power of governors and state attorneys general. Michigan ...

• Which Attorneys General Will Sue Over Health Care Reform?
• Mar 24, 2010
• As you probably know by now, 13 Republicans attorneys general are suing to block the individual mandate in federal health care reform, claiming that it is ...
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• On Health Care, Patrick Stands Alone and Stands to Gain
• Mar 23, 2010
• In January in Massachusetts' U.S. Senate special election, Martha Coakley, a candidate who favored health care reform, took 47% of the vote. That was bad ...

• With a Democrat in the White House, Republican AGs Rise
• Mar 22, 2010
• When George W. Bush was in the White House, Democratic state attorneys general attempted to check his administration's power. State attorneys general, for example, ...

• Governors' Races Ratings: South Carolina-Wyoming
• Mar 19, 2010
• Here's the fifth and final installment of my gubernatorial ratings. South Carolina -- Leans Republican: One lesson I took from Scott Brown's victory ...

• Governors' Races Ratings: Nevada-Rhode Island
• Mar 18, 2010
• Here's part four of my gubernatorial race ratings. The English majors out there will note that if I had been going in proper alphabetic ...

• In Los Angeles, Avoiding the Risks of the Status Quo
• Mar 18, 2010
• I tend to think that one mistake people often make (in business, in government, in life in general) is to assume that maintaining the status ...

• Governors' Races Ratings: Maine-New Mexico
• Mar 16, 2010
• Here's the third part of my gubernatorial race ratings: Maine -- Toss Up: Maine's 2006 governor's race was a robust four-way race. Gov. ...
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• Governors' Races Ratings: Florida-Kansas
• Mar 16, 2010
• Here is the second part of my governors' races ratings: Florida - Leans Republican: I tend to think that state party scandals and feuds don'...
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