Category Archives: US Senate Race

A presidency on the verge of a nervous breakdown: 5 key reasons why Barack Obama’s future looks increasingly bleak

Nile Gardiner is a Washington-based foreign affairs analyst and political commentator. He appears frequently on American and British television and radio, including Fox News Channel, CNN, BBC, Sky News, and NPR. By: Nile Gardiner telegraph.co.uk Forget the myth of an Obama recovery. The past week has been disastrous for the White House and America’s increasingly [...]

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Meg Whitman, Carly Fiorina Skipping Sarah Palin Event

By ANDY BARR | POLITICO Sarah Palin will be in California later this month for a major national Republican fundraiser, but the state’s two leading Republican women candidates won’t be there, POLITICO has confirmed. The event slated for Oct. 16 in Anaheim is being widely promoted by the Republican National Committee and conservatives in the [...]

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Rasmussen Reports: California Senate: Boxer (D), Fiorina (R) Are Back In A Toss-Up

Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer’s bid for reelection in California against Republican challenger Carly Fiorina is once again a toss-up. The latest Rasmussen Reports statewide telephone survey of Likely Voters shows Boxer picking up 49% of the vote, her highest level of support since mid-July. Fiorina earns 45% support. Two percent (2%) prefer some other candidate, [...]

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Midwest Democrats Rip Senate Foes

By ALEXANDER BURNS POLITICO Three Midwestern Democrats launched biting ads against GOP Senate candidates Tuesday, targeting the Republicans with variations on this message: My opponent is an unethical insider who just can’t be trusted. Indiana Rep. Brad Ellsworth, Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan and Wisconsin Sen. Russ Feingold are all struggling to overcome their [...]

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Alaska Senate: Miller (R) Holds Double-Digit Lead Over McAdams (D), Murkowski

Republican Joe Miller attracts 42% of the vote in the first Rasmussen Reports poll of the Alaska Senate race since GOP Senator Lisa Murkowski announced her write-in campaign to try to keep her job. The telephone survey of Likely Voters in Alaska shows Murkowski picking up 27% of the vote and Democrat Scott McAdams earning [...]

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Interest in 2010 Mid-term Elections has 2012 Hopefuls Waiting in Their Starting Blocks

Some very interesting notes from “Mike Allen’s Playbook” over at POLITICO.  Fascinating to see how the enormous interest in the 2010 mid-terms has affected the timing of the 2012 hopefuls. On another note, it was very gratifying to see that the Tea Party candidates did well last night.  The Pubbies have to realize that if [...]

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Midterms Imperil Immigration Bill

By CARRIE BUDOFF BROWN A Republican rout in November would usher in a class of Senate freshmen who ran on pledges of no amnesty for illegal immigrants — a changing of the guard that could doom President Barack Obama’s already faint chances of passing a comprehensive immigration reform bill in his first term. Immigration reform [...]

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Election 2010: Missouri Senate

Missouri Senate: Blunt (R) 53%, Carnahan (D) 43%     Republican Congressman Roy Blunt now holds a 10-point lead over Democrat Robin Carnahan in Missouri’s race for the U.S. Senate. The latest Rasmussen Reports statewide telephone survey of Likely Voters shows Blunt picking up 53% of the vote, with leaners included. Carnahan, Missouri’s secretary of [...]

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Rasmussen Election 2010: California Senate

California Senate: Fiorina (R) 48%, Boxer (D) 47%       RASMUSSEN REPORTS Democratic incumbent Barbara Boxer and her Republican challenger Carly Fiorina remain in a dead heat in California’s race for the U.S. Senate. The latest Rasmussen Reports statewide telephone survey of Likely Voters, including leaners, shows Fiorina picking up 48% of the vote, [...]

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What McCain’s Tactics Teach

HUMAN EVENTS by Patrick J. Buchanan John McCain is headed back to the U.S. Senate, perhaps a changed and chastened man, and perhaps not. But the manner in which he secured his Senate seat for another six years is instructive, and not only for moderate Republicans facing off against conservatives and tea party candidates, but [...]

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