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–Jay has a nice break down of Tuesday’s results.
–A White House official gets a bit overexcited at Lincoln’s win and sticks a finger in labor’s eye.
—Marc Ambinder writes Arkansas’s lessons lie in the nature of the contest, not the outcome.
–Bill Clinton will be a much sought after …
Considering the huge number of races today and the inevitable search for a narrative to tie them together, it’s worth addressing the dominant theme of the 2010 cycle so far: Anti-incumbency.
Staggering poll numbers might tell us something about anger or unease in the electorate. But the seemingly pervasive mood is unlikely to put a …
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–It’s Super Duper Primary Tuesday with contests in 12 states coast to coast including run-offs in Arkansas and Georgia.
— A Washington Post/ABC News poll finds only 29% of Americans plan to support their representative in November. Maybe that’s why turnout is expected to be low today …
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–BP’s containment cap made some progress over the weekend.
–The administration’s not slapping any backs quite yet. They expect clean-up efforts to last at least through the fall. Thad Allen is on deck for today’s White House press briefing.
—Underestimating risk might be the theme …
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–Rand Paul was on ABC’s “Good Morning America” this morning to run a bit of damage control. It was kind of brutal. He standoffishly dodged the civil rights questions before shifting to a defense of BP and a critique of the minimum wage. Again, the merits of his small government philosophy …
Aided by “ayes” from Republicans Scott Brown, Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins, Senate Democrats succeeded in ending debate on financial regulatory reform by a 60-40 vote Thursday afternoon. Democratic Senators Maria Cantwell and Russ Feingold remained in opposition to the procedural motion, hoping to secure more time to consider …
Re Michael’s earlier post, pollster Glen Bolger has a slightly different take. Not contra anti-incumbenecy, but in tandem with it, he writes that the likes of Specter, Lincoln and Crist are victims of hyper-partisanship:
The nomination defeats (or major troubles at this point for Lincoln), are politicians who were punished for their
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The electoral inadvisability of discussing his views on the 1964 Civil Rights Act have dawned on Rand Paul. He has abandoned his first instinct to defend himself on abstract, philosophical grounds and shifted to a more political tack.
“I will not support any efforts to repeal the Civil Rights Act of 1964,” he says in a statement, not …
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–The Senate’s financial reform legislation will get another cloture vote this afternoon. Despite Wednesday’s 57-42 failure, it seems likely the bill will clear today’s procedural hurdle. Arlen Specter, who wasn’t back in Washington for yesterday’s vote, is expected to be present. …
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So reports the Wall Street Journal. The Chris Dodd compromise I mentioned this morning is being dropped from financial reform as Democratic leadership in the Senate scrambles to line up final votes on amendments and a cloture motion this afternoon.
As Jay suggested the other day, there’s a political angle. Senator Blanche …
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–Mexican President Felipe Calderon is in Washington today for a slew of public meetings and a state dinner with President Obama. Drug violence and immigration will be the issues to get top billing; our colleague Tim Padgett explains why Calderon needs a talking to on police reform and anti-poverty …
Two can play at that game.
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