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Here He Comes to Save the Day

By | 04.29.09 | 9:39 am

Just when the Republican Party is skidding along to its lowest level of power since the 1970s, here comes Scott Rasmussen, the only pollster who matters:

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 41 percent would vote for their district’s Republican candidate while 38 percent would

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NY-20: Murphy Defeats Tedisco

By | 04.24.09 | 4:44 pm

Jim Tedisco, the Republican candidate in New York’s 20th Congressional District, has finally conceded defeat to Democrat Scott Murphy. This seems like a good time to revisit what Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele said about winning NY-20 in his first speech to Republicans after being elected.

That

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The Last Days of Tedisco

By | 04.17.09 | 8:36 am

Man, defeated New York 20th Congressional District GOP candidate Jim Tedisco is bold:

Jim Tedisco submitted a petition to the Dutchess County Supreme Court Thursday asking the judge to declare him the winner of the extremely close special election race, despite the numbers currently being in favor of his

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Kirsten Gillibrand Has No Right to Vote

By | 04.14.09 | 3:54 pm

I don’t know how seriously to take Republican candidate Jim Tedisco’s ballot challenges in New York’s 20th Congressional District special election when his campaign is pulling stunts like this as absentees are combed over:

When Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand’s absentee ballot came up in the queue, the poll watchers for

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Rudy Giuliani Comes Out for Spending Cuts

By | 04.07.09 | 2:05 pm

Ben Smith clips an interview that noted Republican primary voter repellent Rudy Giuliani gave to New York radio.

The measures that [President Obama]‘s taken don’t seem to me to be the measures that would be needed to an economy that’s in a serious recession… In a situation like this,

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When in Doubt, Shout ‘Thief!’

By | 04.01.09 | 11:28 am

The National Republican Congressional Committee’s latest appeal on the New York 20th Congressional District House race, after 12 hours of fairly noncommittal, positive statements of the election contest:

Don’t let the Democrats steal this election. Less than 80 ballots separate Republican Jim Tedisco and his Democrat opponent. We cannot afford

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You Read It Here First!

By | 03.30.09 | 4:23 pm

Two weeks ago, I talked to independent Republican groups and people working on the special congressional election in New York’s 20th Congressional District and found that hundreds of thousands of dollars in negative ads directed at Democrat Scott Murphy were backfiring. Today, Fred LeBrun of the Albany Times More…

NY-20: Libertarian Candidate Endorses Democrat

By | 03.27.09 | 4:19 pm

After getting bounced from the ballot in the special election in New York’s 20th Congressional District, former Libertarian candidate Eric Sundwall has endorsed Democrat Scott Murphy.

I will be voting for Scott Murphy on Tuesday. While we disagree on some important issues, I find him to be a

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Candidate Who Denounced Negative Ads Won’t Denounce Negative Ad

By | 03.27.09 | 4:14 pm

The Republican candidate in New York’s 20th Congressional District special election, Jim Tedisco — who loudly denounced negative ads in his race against Democrat Scott Murphy — isn’t denouncing a new ad from the National Republican Congressional Committee that shows a minute’s worth of terrorist mugshots while playing More…

NY-20: Democrat Moves Into the Lead

By | 03.27.09 | 9:37 am

The new Siena Research poll of the special election in New York’s 20th Congressional District gives Democrat Scott Murphy a four point lead over Republican Jim Tedisco. Tedisco had led by four points two weeks ago and 12 points two weeks before that.

Democratic candidate Scott Murphy –

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