July 2, 2009
House Editor David Wasserman releases baseline analyses for two potentially competitive seats in New Jersey. Both freshman Democrat John Adler and Republican Leonard Lance are early favorites to win second terms in 2010.
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July 2, 2009
Senior Editor Jennifer Duffy writes that Kansas is one of five open GOP-held Senate seats, and will be the easiest for the party to hold. In fact, the real contest is the Republican primary between Reps. Jerry Moran and Todd Tiahrt. Whoever wins the nomination will very likely be the Sunflower State’s next Senator.
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June 30, 2009
The bad thing about being awash in a flood of polling data is that the survey results don't always agree. Just as I begin to settle on one conclusion, new figures appear to support a different one.
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June 23, 2009
A recurring theme in last week's political news, particularly on cable, was that President Obama's job ratings had dipped.
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June 25, 2009
House Editor David Wasserman previews what tomorrow's House vote on the Waxman-Markey climate legislation could mean for both parties' prospects in 2010. While most observers expect the measure to easily "cap" the 218 votes needed for passage, the real intrigue will lie in the outcome of the behind-the-scenes "trading" for votes.
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June 30, 2009
The bad thing about being awash in a flood of polling data is that the survey results don't always agree. Just as I begin to settle on one conclusion, new figures appear to support a different one.
Read on