Everybody is an independent. Obama’s non-ideological penchant has spread. It’s the antidote to tea partyism. Dan Baltz has the traditional view: The most significant change came among independent voters, who solidly backed Democrats in 2006 and 2008 but moved decisively to the Republicans on Tuesday, according to exit polls. In Virginia, independents strongly supported Republican Robert F. [...] [...more]
multiple updates below (Post originally logged @ 8:38 pm) Earthquake in New Jersey, according to Fox News and CNN. On top of the independent voter news, this is huge. But in NY-23, the tea party activist candidate Hoffman is on his way to a loss, with the Dem possibly winning in a district we haven’t won [...] [...more]
The White House is stepping back from lending its heft to a bellwether gubernatorial race in Virginia, party strategists say, seeking to conserve its political capital and avoid close association with a candidate who might lose. – White House Steps Back in Virginia Race The White House hasn’t been shy about butting in to state races, [...] [...more]
The blaring headline accompanying this leaked reality is disappointing: The Obama administration has all but abandoned plans to allow Guantanamo Bay detainees who have been cleared for release to live in the United States, administration officials said yesterday, a decision that reflects bipartisan congressional opposition to admitting such prisoners but complicates efforts to persuade European allies [...] [...more]
When it crashed down this morning I thought the house was going to collapse. Thunder like I’ve not heard since I was a kid. In fact, I have to go back to when I was a girl growing up in Missouri to recall such crashes. Then the rain came, with this morning bringing with it [...] [...more]
cross-posted on Alternet and Huffington Post We’re new to the D.C. area. So when we started paying attention to the Virginia governors race it was late in the game. But because I don’t write about these issues, I wouldn’t have even commented on the race if it hadn’t been for McAuliffe being attacked for backing Hillary [...] [...more]
–debate update– Tacky. Tacky. Tacky. That’s Brian Moran. And this is the last post I thought I’d be writing today, because I rarely weigh in on state races, which aren’t my thing (Webb and Sestak were my two exceptions in the last years). For those of you who don’t know, Moran is running in the Virginia gubernatorial primary [...] [...more]
It began in Virginia yesterday, with President Obama’s DNC chairman, Tim Kaine, taking the first hit. Virginia’s Republican-run House of Delegates rejected a proposed expansion of unemployment benefits Wednesday, along with $125 million in federal stimulus cash to pay for it. On a mostly party-line 46-53 vote, the House turned down amendments by Democratic Gov. Timothy M. [...] [...more]
