Category Archives: Senate

Poll: Blunt has narrow lead over Carnahan; Obama’s numbers are “horrible”

By: Tony Messenger St. Louis Post Dispatch Fueled by voter dissatisfaction with President Barack Obama’s administration and the economy, Republican Roy Blunt leads Democrat Robin Carnahan in the highly charged Missouri race for U.S. Senate, according to a Post-Dispatch/KMOV-TV (Channel 4) poll. The poll, conducted July 19-21, asked voters if they would support Blunt, a [...]

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Fiorina Faces Challenges on Abortion

By EMILY SCHULTHEIS POLITICO Former Hewlett-Packard CEO and Republican Senate candidate Carly Fiorina is drawing almost the same support from California voters as incumbent Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer, according to recent polls. Fiorina’s position on abortion? Not so much. A full 71 percent of Californians favor either keeping the state’s liberal abortion laws intact or [...]

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Roy Blunt’s Abortion Voting Record: 1995-2009

[Editor's Commentary: I have not done a search of Roy Blunt's voting record on other issues, but the abortion issue was the first to come up on a very helpful site that I was not aware of until a reader of this site gave me the heads up. I am happy to report to you [...]

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Rasmussen Reports….Election 2010: Washington Senate

Washington Senate: Murray Falls Behind Two GOP Challengers Washington’s Senate race looks increasingly like a referendum on incumbent Democrat Patty Murray with two Republican candidates edging past her this month. A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Voters in Washington State finds Republican hopefuls Dino Rossi and Clint Didier both earning 48% support in [...]

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Latest Poll Shows Fiorina Leading Boxer

From the Fiorina Campaign to Supporters We’re coming off a great week at the Team Carly headquarters. Our campaign is heating up, and almost every poll released in the last week has Carly either leading or in a statistical tie with Barbara Boxer. A SurveyUSA poll released Monday evening shows Carly ahead of Boxer by [...]

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National Review: Romney Had It Right At The START

Mitt Romney caused a furor last week when he wrote a Washington Post op-ed opposing the New START treaty. Democrats and liberal commentators rushed to accuse Romney of bad-faith politics, of ignorance, and of a dangerous extremism. He’ll never get into the Council on Foreign Relations now. The squealing is a sign that Romney hit [...]

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Tea Party’s Next Wave Rising in Alaska to Colorado

Rifle through a stack of Tea Party candidate resumes, and Joe Miller’s will stand out. The man who wants to turn a fellow Republican, Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, out of office is a graduate of Yale Law School and West Point, a decorated combat veteran and former judge. Many Tea Partiers share his disdain for [...]

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McCain and Romney Campaign Together

By: Jonathan J. Cooper (MESA, Ariz.) — Once bitter rivals for the presidency, Mitt Romney and John McCain campaigned together as friends on Friday, one gearing up for a likely presidential bid and the other fighting to hold onto his seat in the U.S. Senate. The two Republicans fielded questions from a largely supportive audience [...]

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Fiorina Pivots to Challenge Boxer in California

Front-Runner in Republican Primary Is Already Looking Toward November; Incumbent Senator Boosts Fund-Raising Goal With California’s Republican Senate primary yet to be decided, front-runner Carly Fiorina is already setting her sights on the November general election and laying the groundwork for a fight against Democratic incumbent Sen. Barbara Boxer. Ms. Fiorina’s strategy against Ms. Boxer [...]

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Hector Maldonado on Supporting the Republican Ticket

Solid Principles does not endorse candidates, but here is a very short YouTube video on the position that Republican Senate Primary candidate Hector Maldonado takes on supporting the eventual nominee after the primary election. ~~John Cronin~~ Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Tell a friend

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