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North Carolina Negativity
Posted By: Josh Goodman | April 30, 2008
A rule of thumb in politics: The candidate who is on the attack is also the candidate who is behind. That's true in North Carolina ...
Categories: Polls , State Offices

Is Haley Barbour Too Conservative for John McCain?
Posted By: Josh Goodman | April 30, 2008
Haley Barbour has the distinction of being the second most prominent Republican governor in the country -- and the most prominent one who never starred ...
Categories: National Politics , State Offices

Unindictable Character
Posted By: Alan Greenblatt | April 29, 2008
Over the last several years, I've sometimes wished that the other candidate had won -- that we wouldn't have been saddled with a chief executive ...
Categories: State Offices

Easley Does It
Posted By: Josh Goodman | April 29, 2008
North Carolina's governor has given his support to Hillary Clinton, as the News & Observer reports: After months of courting, Gov. Mike Easley today gave ...
Categories: National Politics , State Offices
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City Council Races: Where's the Competition?
Posted By: Josh Goodman | April 29, 2008
David Schleicher, a Harvard lecturer, makes an interesting point about local politics: Despite the attention given to the anticompetitive effects of gerrymandering on national and ...
Categories: Local Offices , Parties & Interest Groups , State Offices , Voting Process & Voting Rules

Will Lee or Won't Lee?
Posted By: Josh Goodman | April 28, 2008
Bill Lee might be the Hamlet of the Delaware G.O.P. The retired judge is once again said to be mulling a gubernatorial bid, ...
Categories: State Offices

Supreme Court Okays Voter ID Bill
Posted By: Alan Greenblatt | April 28, 2008
Washington Post : The court ruled 6-3 that the requirements enacted by Indiana's legislature were not enough of a burden to invoke constitutional protections. Because the ...
Categories: Voting Process & Voting Rules

Richard Moore's KKK Ad
Posted By: Josh Goodman | April 28, 2008
I was somewhat dismissive last week of North Carolina gubernatorial candidate Beverly Perdue's television ad against negative ads. However, given the new ad from Richard ...
Categories: State Offices

Fighting Last Year's Battles
Posted By: Alan Greenblatt | April 28, 2008
As California's budget shortfall continues to climb well past the $10 billion mark, some of the state's leading politicians are still fighting over last year's budget. ...
Categories: State Offices

Pawlenty of Nothing
Posted By: Alan Greenblatt | April 28, 2008
Josh has been skeptical about Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty's prospects as a McCain running mate, despite the governor's early support for the Arizona senator and ...
Categories: National Politics , State Offices

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