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Mitch Daniels: Let Go of the Gipper
Posted By: Alan Greenblatt | April 25, 2008
Indiana Republican Governor Mitch Daniels is taking some heat from the conservative commentariat for suggesting in a speech that it's time for the GOP "...
Categories: State Offices
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The Problem With Exit Polls
Posted By: Alan Ehrenhalt | April 25, 2008
Maybe somebody can answer this question for me: All of us are bombarded with exit polls, and all of us know that they can be ...
Categories: Polls
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Negative on Negativity
Posted By: Josh Goodman | April 24, 2008
Everyone hates negative ads. But does that mean people like ads that condemn negative ads? North Carolina gubernatorial candidate Beverly Perdue apparently thinks so because ...
Categories: State Offices

Wilder on Obama
Posted By: Josh Goodman | April 24, 2008
Appropriately, Doug Wilder believes in the Wilder Effect, as Bloomberg reports: ``Let's not kid ourselves again, the issue of race will not disappear; but I ...
Categories: Local Offices , National Politics

Are Legislators Overpaid?
Posted By: Alan Greenblatt | April 24, 2008
California's Citizen Compensation Commission the other day decided that it might be a good idea, in light of the state's ever-escalating deficit, to lower the ...
Categories: State Offices

Can an Initiative Save Vallejo?
Posted By: Alan Greenblatt | April 24, 2008
Visiting the Bay Area recently, I noted stories in the local papers detailing how the city of Vallejo is still teetering on the edge of ...
Categories: Ballot Measures
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Failing Upwards
Posted By: Alan Greenblatt | April 24, 2008
Diana Longrie, the controversial mayor of Maplewood, Minnesota, has filed to run against a sitting incumbent House member of her own party. This, despite the ...
Categories: Local Offices , State Offices

Will Vermont Allow Gay Marriage?
Posted By: Josh Goodman | April 24, 2008
A commission created by the Vermont legislature has stopped short of calling for gay marriage, but the implication of its report seems pretty clear. From ...
Categories: Social Issues , State Offices

Bet on Spitzer
Posted By: Josh Goodman | April 23, 2008
If you enjoy making money off the misfortune of others, Intrade has a market where you can bet on whether Gov. Eliot Spitzer will be ...
Categories: State Offices

Was the Pennsylvania Campaign Irrelevant?
Posted By: Josh Goodman | April 23, 2008
On March 7, more than six weeks ago, I predicted that Hillary Clinton would win Pennsylvania 55%-45%. Last night, she won by about 55%-45%. I point ...
Categories: National Politics

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