Some DCCC top 2008 targets
The 2006 House battle was about New England, Pennsylvania, and Indiana -- all three places where Dems made huge gains. In 2008, it looks like the epicenter will be very attainable seats in New Jersey...
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Can red turn green? jon tester, max baucus, brian schweitzer on the emerging...
A frame from 'GREENSCREEN MONTANA'Jon Tester's victory in 2006 was a clear signal that the West is emerging as the space of a "new Democratic party." Meanwhile, that space is continuing to evolve. One...
View ArticleDead Even: The Nature of Modern Elections
Cross-posted here. This topic area has been touched upon at Daily Kos, both on the front-page and in some recent diaries, but I wanted to develop on it further. For all of Politico's faults, they do...
View ArticleProbing the NYT's 31 "Lean-Democratic" Districts
The New York Times recently unveiled an interactive, district-by-district tracker of 2010 U.S. House races. Overall, the Times deemed 172 seats to be "solid" Democratic ones, 36 "likely" Democratic...
View ArticleWhat Mainstream Media Missed At Allen West’s May 2011 Town Hall
At U.S. Rep. West’s 5/16/11 Town Hall, GOP congressman & Tea Party favorite is circled by security forces, but still gets confronted by small business owner from his district who takes issue with...
View ArticleStrange doings in WV-01
Does a woman raised in a working class family, who has never run for public office but is outraged by her growing realization that the economic system is rigged, have a chance to win election to...
View ArticleSue Thorn for Congress goes viral
Wednesday evening Sue Thorn held her first campaign rally, at which she formally announced her candidacy for the 1st Congressional seat. On a frigid weekday night, a year before the election, 175...
View ArticleI'm Sue Thorn and I'm running for Congress (WV-01)
I’m Sue Thorn. People throughout West Virginia’s 1st Congressional District have been asking me to run for Congress. Some are friends I’ve known for years, but most are people who have told me their...
View ArticleDamn the Meta: Full Speed Ahead to November!
So over the weekend I was one of the people most Metafied by some serious bad craziness around here. Well, ultimately my Rec List diary was probably the right thing, but with a bit of misidentification...
View ArticleSwing (District) Dancing on the Way to WI State Budget
Funny thing happened late last night on the way to the WI State Senate passing Scott Walker's disastrous, "crap," anything-but-funny state budget...The GOP holds a 19-14 advantage in the State Senate,...
View ArticleHouse Races to Target, Part IV (IN, IL, WI, MN) (long analysis)
On Wednesday, I posted the third in what will be a series of profiles of potentially vulnerable GOP seats. That diary included West Virginia, Ohio, and Michigan. It can be found here:...
View ArticleHouse Races to Target (Part V: the South) (long analysis)
On Friday, I posted the fourth in what will be a series of profiles of potentially vulnerable GOP seats. That diary included Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. It can be found here:...
View ArticleSwing Left launches District Funds to provide early fundraising support for...
From Ethan Todras-Whitehill, Co-Founder, Swing Left:Less than 90 days ago, one day before the inauguration of Donald J. Trump, a small group of friends and I started Swing Left with a singular goal: to...
View ArticleNew Swing District Poll: Run on 'anti-NRA/pro-gun reform' and boost your...
Oh, the waning fortunes of the ever-dwindling number of Americans obsessed with owning and carrying guns…A new House battleground poll from Global Strategy Group on behalf of Giffords PAC points to a...
View ArticleKey swing-district voters, college-educated and independents, desperately...
The voters most critical to the Democratic effort to retake control of the House show strong double-digit support for providing a check this fall on the raging lawlessness of Donald Trump, according to...
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Freshman Democratic Reps take a Stand
—Finally, the Noobies are recalling their Oath of Office.That it’s to the Constitution, and to the Rule of Law — and not to their brand news seats of Power, in the House of Representatives.Seven...
View ArticleImpeachment support grows in polls. How's it playing back home?
We can see how the arrow of public opinion is moving in favor of the impeachment—and even the removal—of Donald Trump. At the same time, there are doom-and-gloom stories warning Democrats, especially...
View ArticlePro-impeachment swing-district Democrats faring just fine with constituents...
Until Wednesday, New York Rep. Max Rose, a military veteran who unseated a Republican in 2018, had not come out in favor of impeachment. But during a town hall in his Staten Island district, Rose made...
View ArticleA Crime Too Far
I keep hearing about the great divisiveness in this country. I keep hearing that we have to find some common ground. I have searched my soul, looked into the eyes of Republicans, listened to their...
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