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2010 Midterm Election Issue

Wisconsin Senate Race

/November 1, 2010

By Lisa Femia, PPN Around this time last year, you would have assumed that the Wisconsin Senate race was a shoo-in for Democratic incumbent Senator Russ Feingold, one of the most liberal Democrats in the Senate.  He has held the seat for 18 years and has proved to be an important and influential member of […]

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Beyond the Tea Party: The Old Dogs of the Republican Party, and How They Will Determine the Course of Congress

/October 30, 2010

By Branden Lewiston, Tory The narrative for the 2010 mid-term elections seems to revolve around the Tea Party. If you are not convinced, merely look at the recent edition of the Tory and the Princeton Progressive Nation: PPN’s cover-story was about the Tea Party, one of the Tory’s main articles was about the origins of […]

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Tea Party Divisions

/October 30, 2010

By James Di Palma-Grisi, Tory As I write this, puttering along the American countryside in a government-subsidized train, I find it difficult to comprehend the Tea Party’s rage. But as difficult as I find it to understand, I must respect that it is there and detachedly analyze it for the benefit of the reader. Last […]

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A Closer Look at Northeast Senate Races: Part 2

/October 30, 2010

By Sam Norton, Tory New Hampshire In the spring of 2009, three-term Senator Judd Gregg announced that he would be retiring, setting off a marquee race in this perennial battleground. New Hampshire, the only state in the Northeast to back George W. Bush in 2000, had swung to the left in the past decade, narrowly […]

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A Closer Look at Northeast Senate Races: Part 1

/October 30, 2010

By Brennan Robbins, PPN Delaware Special Election Senate Race The special election to fill Vice-President Joe Biden’s former Senate seat seems to have its own unique, internal logic: whatever is expected to happen will not happen. At the outset of the race, political observers expected Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden (D) to succeed his father’s […]

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Point-Counterpoint: California’s Proposition 19

/October 21, 2010

In Support of Prop 19 By Natalie Sanchez, PPN California voters face a number of decisions in the upcoming general election. Of special interest nationwide is Proposition 19, which, according to the California Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO), would allow individuals age 21 or older to possess and cultivate limited amounts of marijuana for personal use. […]

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Commentary: The Ideological Origins of the Tea Party

/October 21, 2010

By James Di Palma-Grisi, Tory Since the Tea Party’s inception, it has been unclear whether the movement is a genuine mass protest or a staged machination by the traditional political establishment. While only 5% voted for Obama in 2008, and while their funding sources are traditional Republican strongholds (like Americans for Prosperity), 20% of the […]

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A Snapshot of Contested Political Races in the Midwest.

/October 21, 2010

By Branden Lewiston, Tory The quirky yet quintessentially American region that brought us Jesse Ventura, Al Franken, and Rod Blagojevich promises to deliver many new electoral surprises this mid-term cycle. The common theme is that the national anti-establishment tide spells trouble for many incumbent Democrats in the region, but the politics of local personalities still […]

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Southern Political Roundup

/October 21, 2010

By Jeff Schwartz, Tory In a year most analysts predict that control of the House of Representative and even the Senate has fallen within reach of the Republican Party, the South is no exception. In a region generally distrustful of increased government economic interference and ‘big government’, the legislative agenda of President Barack Obama, Speaker […]

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NE Roundup-Governor Elections

/October 21, 2010

By Brennan Robbins, PPN Massachusetts Governor Race: In Massachusetts, Democratic Governor Deval Patrick faces a difficult challenge from Charlie Baker, a former CEO of Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare with moderate credentials. Baker is competing for the anti-Patrick vote with an independent candidate, Massachusetts Treasurer Timothy P. Cahill. Formerly a Democrat, Cahill became a Fox News fixture […]

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South Races

/October 21, 2010

By Lamar Robinson, PPN Alabama In Alabama there is a Senate race that exactly no one thinks is competitive. Republican incumbent Richard Shelby is expected to cruise to reelection against Democrat attorney William Barnes. Shelby has been in the Senate since 1987. Alabama also has a governor’s race to settle this year. The GOP incumbent […]

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