Elections

GOP in House at Risk in Northeast

Across the increasingly Democratic Northeast, Republicans are in danger of losing half a dozen or more Congressional seats in November, as even districts once considered safe have become vulnerable to well-financed Democrats, according to political analysts and members of both parties.

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SCOTUS limits policy on campaign finance

<a href="http://electionlawblog.org/archives/011095.html">The Election Law Blog</a> has a helpful summary of today's Supreme Court decision against limits on campaign financing.  The Court ruled that just because a candidate is wealthy does not justify increasing the fundraising limits on his opponent. This follows previous court rulings that frown on limiting the fund raising of candidates.

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Bi-partisan leaders on how to get it back

In this article about (Senator Warren) Rudman, Brad Cook writes about the lessons and wisdom of our

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Schwarzenegger calls for 'rebranding' GOP

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger created shock and awe in the Republican Party when he warned years ago that the GOP was in danger of "dying at the box office" by failing to make the sale to a wide swath of voters.

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GOP: Lost and Found in SEPA

"Why the GOP lost its grip on Phila. suburbs" is because it has strayed from the core Republican principles of limited government and fiscal conservatism.  The play-to-the-base strategy that demagogues moral issues and abandons fiscal conservatism is why so many suburban voters feel alienated and have left the party.
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State Tectonics: How Redistricting Will Shift the Political Landscape

In the heat of the Democratic presidential contest, Illinois Sen. Barack Obama and New York Sen. Hillary Clinton held their final debate at Cleveland State University. But that same night, Democrats in New York took a step closer to a goal that has eluded them for two generations: retaking the Empire State Senate.
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The AWOL conservatives

I CAST my first presidential vote, in 1972, age 18, for George McGovern. Since then, I still haven't managed to vote for a winner. I've always tried to vote for the best candidate, rather than by party, but there's rarely been a candidate who inspired me.
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Why the GOP lost the youth vote

A generation ago, Republicans owned the youth vote. In 1984 and 1988, first Ronald Reagan and then George H.W. Bush won first-time voters and under-29 voters by big margins: 20 points in 1984. The twentysomethings of the 1980s remain the most Republican cohort in the electorate to this day.

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Righting the Right

What's the matter with conservatism? Its problems start with the failure of George W. Bush's presidency but they don't end there. Inequality is rising and working-class voters are being hammered. The cost and availability of health coverage are a big problem, and some Republicans don't want to talk about that simply because they see it as a "Democratic issue."
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Arizona Redistricting Initiative

In Arizona, a bipartisan group of reform-minded citizens is at work to change the way the state conducts fede

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