Democratic Pennsylvania Senate hopeful Rep. Joe Sestak last week came out with this commercial. Puppies! Cute!
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It reminds me a bit of this ad from Michael Steele’s campaign for Maryland Senate. Steele was widely praised for his innovative ads, though he …
Rep. Mark Kirk and Illinois Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias share a laugh as they prepare for a televised debate in Chicago on October 19, 2010. (REUTERS/Frank Polich)
–Alexi Giannoulias and Mark Kirk made sure each others’ flaws were on full display in last night’s Illinois Senate debate.
–It looks like Gov. Ted Strickland’s fate is more or less sealed in Ohio, according to the latest Quinnipiac numbers.
–The RGA backs out of Maryland as Democratic incumbent Martin O’Malley looks like he’s locking down the governorship.
–Esteemed Swamp alum Karen Tumulty pulls out this amazing factoid on Meg Whitman’s …
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Yesterday in a Meet the Press debate with Michael Bennet, Ken Buck misspoke. Badly. When asked by moderator David Gregory if he thought homosexuality is a choice Buck said he believed it is and went on to compare homosexuality to alcoholism.
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Republican Senate hope Rand Paul announces that he won’t shake hands with Democratic Senate hopeful Jack Conway after their U.S. Senate debate at the University of Louisville on October 17. (Photo by Jamie Rhodes/Getty Images)
–“Aqua Buddha” makes it into the Kentucky Senate debate and one of Jack Conway’s …
A while back, when I was writing a piece about California’s races for Senate and governor, I was struck by how often the candidates talked about their pasts — both boasting about their own and questioning each others’. The pillar of Republican Senate hopeful Carly Fiorina’s résumé is her time in the business world; she speaks often (as …
–Outside spending is up 80 percent from 2006.
–Ben Bernanke inches toward Fed action.
–Jon Ralston calls last night’s Nevada Senate debate for Angle.
–Lisa Murkowski airs her Stevens footage:
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–Ben Smith and Jonathan Martin see shades of McCain in Obama’s …
This was the subject of a report released this morning from David Bositis, one of the nation’s foremost experts on black voter trends, at the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies in Washington.
Bositis presented a convincing case on how African American voters could make the difference for Democrats, comparing this year …
–Dan Balz and Jon Cohen crunch the numbers and suggest seniors are compromising the Democrats.
—The Pew Research Center finds that the widespread omission of cellphones from telephone polling has a more notable effect than previously reported. The issue has gained attention in recent years as more households stop using landlines …
Tonight, CNN broadcast nationally the first debate between Republican Christine O’Donnell and Democrat Chris Coons, the candidates for Joe Biden’s old Senate seat in Delaware – at least most of it. The network broke away 53 minutes into the 90-minute debate to air live the rescue of the last two Chilean miners that have been …
What would an election season be without a few October surprises – or a lot? Illegal maids, audio tapes of staff slurring the opponent, old rape cases with questions about prosecution, photos of a young candidate cavorting with a dildo-nosed Rudolph – welcome to the final sprint of the 2010 midterm elections. And it’s only going to …
California Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman shakes hands with her Democratic opponent Jerry Brown following their debate at Dominican University in San Rafael, California October 12, 2010. REUTERS/Rich Pedroncelli/Pool
–The affiliated Crossroads groups and two other Republican independent expenditure organizations …
Here’s my story about the West Virginia Senate race. Though, interestingly PPP has a poll out today showing Governor Joe Manchin retaking the lead. PPP’s been pretty spot on this cycle, but there’s still three weeks left before voting, several lifetimes in terms of newscycles. And yesterday Sarah Palin endorsed Republican John Raese. …
