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Republicans Spending Big to Turn West Virginia Red

By | 09.24.10 | 11:10 am

Sensing vulnerability in Gov. Joe Manchin’s (D-W.Va.) latest poll numbers, the National Republican Senatorial Committee is launching over a million dollars worth of ads in the West Virginia Senate race today. ”Big spending, more government and less freedom…we don’t want a rubber stamp for Obama,” the ad’s narrator intones. “We can’t More…

Palin’s Coded Anti-Abortion Support

By | 10.29.08 | 6:00 am

HERSHEY, Pa. — During Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s last swing through battleground states this week, boisterous supporters cheer almost on cue when she delivers her stump speech.

Few lines get a more deep-felt roar of approval than her signature issue — support for children with disabilities.

Palin’s words strike deeper More…

A Myth of Voter Fraud

By | 10.28.08 | 6:00 am

Earlier this month, Republicans in Ohio lost their lawsuit challenging a state rule that allows voters to register and vote early on the same day. But the state party had no intention of conceding the point. GOP officials demanded records from all 88 county boards of election identifying every person More…

McCain Used To Hate Robocalls

By | 10.17.08 | 3:04 pm

The McCain campaign’s robocalls have drawn a lot of attention over the past couple of days.

The phone calls play one of several automated messages about Sen. Barack Obama and are being made in swing states across the country, including Colorado, North Carolina and Virginia.

The messages More…

Polls: McCain Slipping in Swing States, Arizona

By | 10.01.08 | 11:50 am

WIth both parties’ national conventions now several weeks in the past, it’s safe to say we are back in the real world when it comes to polling data — and a slew of new polls paint an increasingly bleak picture for Sen. John McCain.

Quinnipiac University released its first round More…

Why McCain Likes Obama’s New ‘Lead’

By | 09.18.08 | 1:34 pm

The latest national polls show the presidential race settling back to its pre-convention rhythm, with Obama holding what is often reported as a “small lead,” or a lead of about five points. The new CBS headline blares “Obama Retakes Lead Over McCain,” for example, with a sub-header about his More…

Evangelical Vote Enters the Race

By | 09.09.08 | 5:58 am

WASILLA, Alaska – Pastor Larry Kroon of the Wasilla Bible Church, where Gov. Sarah Palin attends services, calls on his congregation to make up their own minds about politics.

“I’m not the one you look to for policy—foreign, domestic or local,” Kroon said Sunday morning More…