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FL-13: B.S. test still showed serious problems
Posted on November 29th, 2006 on Daily Kos
It's amazing that even the most cursory test of these machines show that they don't work. This was mentioned in the BeTheMedia diary promoted ea...

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Midterm Results Point to Increased Volatility Among the Electorate
Posted on November 28th, 2006 on The RCP Blog
Yesterday USA Today carried a story titled "Democratic Gains in Suburbs Spell Trouble for GOP." Democrats carried nearly 60% of the...

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Tom Edsall
Posted on November 25th, 2006 on Daily Kos
Poor Tom Edsall. He writes a book about how Republicans will always retain a majority. Then Democrats win. And yet, he continues to peddle his bu...

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House Updates
Posted on November 22nd, 2006 on The RCP Blog
Incumbent Republicans Heather Wilson (NM-1) and Jean Schmidt (OH-2) both clinch wins in their respective races. Races still outstanding:...

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More Election 2006
Posted on November 20th, 2006 on The RCP Blog
A few interesting emails commenting on my post-election analysis from a couple of days ago. Read your commentary related to why the...

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Webb and Tester Good News for Dems
Posted on November 20th, 2006 on The RCP Blog
Jim Webb and Jon Tester's extremely narrow wins in Virginia and Montana two weeks ago were obviously huge for the Democrats in that...

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Meet the New Boss…
Posted on November 17th, 2006 on The RCP Blog
I'm not sensing much enthusiasm from conservatives over the election of John Boehner and Roy Blunt to the top two GOP leadership posts....

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Aftershock
Posted on November 17th, 2006 on The RCP Blog
My take on the election in today's Chicago Sun-Times....


Letters of Commitment Are Crap
Posted on November 16th, 2006 on The RCP Blog
Revising an extending from the post below, I forgot to highlight this delicious nugget on Murtha from the WaPo story which, on the heels...

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D-Day For Murtha
Posted on November 16th, 2006 on The RCP Blog
Jonathan Weisman and Lois Romano set the stage in the Washington Post this morning: A showdown over the House majority leader's post...

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Don’t Mess With Lou
Posted on November 15th, 2006 on The RCP Blog
Lou Dobbs declares, "I'm a damn proud populist" in the midst of this tirade against his critics on both the left and the right who've...

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