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Appointment no promise in high-profile 26th District race
May 11–During the 2010 campaign season, Democrat Randy Gordon was knocking on doors one day in the 41st District in King County, where was serving as a state senator. Gordon walked down a driveway to approac Continue Reading
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Q&A With Gov. Brian Sandoval (Part II)
CARSON CITY, Nev. — Gov. Brian Sandoval has cut a lower, less-partisan profile than many Republican chiefs executive. But as a Hispanic Republican and the relatively popular leader of a Western swing state that sided with President B Continue Reading
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Obama’s newest ally: John McCain
President Barack Obama has an important new ally as emboldened Republicans work to derail his agenda: John McCain. The shift is striking: The 2008 rivals never got along throughout Obama’s first term in office. McCain has been Obama& Continue Reading
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Tony Norman column
May 10–Two months before President Barack Obama won re-election, Secretary of the Commonwealth Carol Aichele embarked on a damage control tour to assure Pennsylvania voters that the Republican-controlled Legislature rea Continue Reading
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The Philadelphia Inquirer Thomas Fitzgerald column
May 14–n it comes to presidential elections in Pennsylvania, Republicans are like Tantalus, the figure of Greek mythology. The man whose name lives on in the word tantalize was doomed to stand in a pool of water that he Continue Reading
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FiveThirtyEight: Audit Allegations Show a Flawed Statistical Thinking
The Internal Revenue Service is under fire for inappropriately targeting conservative groups that sought tax-exempt status. As I wrote earlier this week, the revelation has the potential to motivate conservative turnout in the 2014 elections, per Continue Reading
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POLLSTER UPDATE: Could Pennsylvania Be A 2016 Swing State?
It’s a good time to ignore horse race numbers in Virginia, but a fine time to speculate about battleground states in 2016. Eliot visits Elliot, the most Democratic county in the U.S. And polling proves that Americans love their mothers more. Continue Reading
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Walmart Moms: Walmart Moms Talk First 100 Days
Walmart Moms discuss what they want to see addressed during the first 100 days of the next presidency.