July 30, 2008
The Cook Political Report currently sees the Presidential contest as a Toss Up. Obama currently has a 240 to 174 Electoral vote edge, with 124 Electoral votes in the Toss Up column. 270 are needed to win.
July 18, 2008
Senior Editor Jennifer Duffy believes that Democrats will score a net gain of between five and seven Senate seats in November.
July 17, 2008
House Editor David Wasserman estimates that Democrats will pick up between 12 and 17 House seats.
May 7, 2008
Senior Editor Jennifer Duffy sees the potential for no net change to a Democratic gain of one seat among this year's 11 Gubernatorial races.
GOP Needs VP Pick Who Changes Game
August 28, 2008
You can always count on James Carville for a good line. The conventional wisdom among Republican strategists and activists has been that former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney would be Sen. John McCain's choice for his running mate. That speculation has set the Ragin' Cajun up for another one.
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Latinos May Need More Convincing From Obama
August 27, 2008
Polls are showing the presidential general election race tightening. The Gallup nightly tracking poll released on Tuesday afternoon had Republican Sen. John McCain edging 2 points ahead of Democratic Sen. Barack Obama. Most of the other highly reliable surveys, including a separate Gallup/USA Today poll taken late last week, still show Obama ahead by 3 or 4 points.
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With Die-Hard Following, Hillary Must Lead
August 26, 2008
Having grown up in the South in the 1960s, I vividly remember that during the Civil War's centennial years a few diehard Confederate sympathizers just refused to get over the fact that the war was long past and it was time to move on.
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Obama May Have Had Georgia on His Mind
August 25, 2008
A certain anxiety is palpable among Democrats gathered this week in Denver for their national convention. Clearly, overconfidence had built over the first half of the summer, leading some party members to see Barack Obama's election as almost inevitable.
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Biden Pick Means Obama Means Business
August 24, 2008
It's always been amazing to me how closely many people around the world watch our presidential elections, but this year tops them all. Having just arrived in Denver from Beijing and Hong Kong for the Democratic National Convention, I can personally attest how fascinated people overseas are about this race. Little wonder that journalists from 130 countries are descending on Denver this weekend.
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GOP Needs VP Pick Who Changes Game
August 28, 2008
You can always count on James Carville for a good line. The conventional wisdom among Republican strategists and activists has been that former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney would be Sen. John McCain's choice for his running mate. That speculation has set the Ragin' Cajun up for another one.
Read on
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