With 11 months to go until the 2012 elections, the fight for control of the Senate already seems to boil down to a dozen states.
If, as many believe, we have entered a new era of parliamentary-type voting, when ticket-splitting becomes increasingly rare and the top of the…
Republicans are now chewing over their party’s potential presidential nominee for 2012, and a dramatic division has become apparent between GOP insiders and the grass roots. But it’s not primarily a difference of ideology, though there is an element of that. Instead, the split centers on electability.
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Presidential debates, says NBC News Political Director and Chief White House Correspondent Chuck Todd, are now part of the winnowing process. Instead of going to a small state and wooing caucus-goers, Republican presidential hopefuls are going on national cable to see if they can resonate with the voters.
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OK, I give up. I don’t know what the heck is going to happen in the Republican race.
Actually, the fundamentals of the race haven’t changed much, if you think about it. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney continues to appeal to about one-quarter of his party, with the…
If, as many Republicans hope and most GOP political operatives seem to expect, Virginia Republicans win enough seats tonight to take control of the state’s Senate, you will hear another round of talk about Gov. Bob McDonnell as a potential running mate for the Republican nominee in 2012.
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Longtime readers of this column may get the feeling that they have seen this headline before.
Three and a half years ago, I wrote a column with a similar title after former Rep. Geraldine Ferraro (D-N.Y.), a supporter of presidential hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton, asserted that Barack Obama…
A few weeks ago, I wrote a column in Roll Call about President Barack Obama’s Electoral College outlook, noting that “generic” projections weren’t particularly helpful because, to a considerable extent, presidential elections are about the candidates.
My initial estimate of a contest pitting the president against former Massachusetts…
For former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, the GOP presidential campaign is looking like a simple matter of survival.
With a substantial chunk of the Republican Party appearing unenthusiastic about embracing him, Romney now finds himself in the position of having to “hang around” in the GOP race while…
When South Carolina state Rep. Thad Viers (R) came in for an interview recently, I wasn’t sure what to expect.
I knew that he was a successful, young officeholder who surely was one of the favorites to win in the Palmetto State’s new Congressional district. I knew that…
For anyone old enough to remember Bucky Dent’s memorable home run in the 1978 Yankees-Red Sox playoff, the current makeup and political strategy of the Democratic Party has to seem very odd.
No, this isn’t your grandfather’s (or even your father’s) Democratic Party, and while that was an…
