Tag Archives: 2010 Mid-Term Elections

Mitt Romney to Campaign for R.I.’s John Robitaille

* Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) will campaign for Rhode Island gubernatorial nominee John Robitaille (R) on Monday. Romney’s visit comes on the heels of former president Bill Clinton’s visit Sunday for treasurer Frank Caprio (D); it also falls on the same day that New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (I) is slated to [...]

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More than a thumpin’….The truth about next Tuesday

NEW YORK POST By: John Podhoretz In a week, Americans go to the polls. But it might as well be happening today. For — barring major news events or extraordinarily damaging revelations about individual candidates that cause probable voters to rethink their choices in unprecedented fashion — the 2010 cake is baked, it’s out of [...]

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Obama snubs Rhode Island Democrat at fundraiser

POLITICO   By JONATHAN ALLEN Rhode Island’s Democratic gubernatorial nominee said President Obama can “shove” his endorsement amid an ugly intraparty squabble that has Democrats buzzing that the commander in chief is showing too little loyalty to his own party. Obama, showing deference to Republican-turned-independent Lincoln Chafee, is refusing to endorse Democrat Frank Caprio, even [...]

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Independents Siding with GOP

POLITICO By JAMES HOHMANN & JIM VANDEHEI  Republicans are on the verge of broad wins next week for one big reason: independent voters are ready to boot Democrats from office, according to a new POLITICO/George Washington University Battleground Poll. Expressing deep dissatisfaction with President Obama’s policies and performance, independents have increasingly sided with conservatives in [...]

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Carnahan in midst of final no-bull tour, as competing robo-calls kick in

  By Jo Mannies, Beacon Political Reporter    Posted 1:42 am, Mon., 10.25.10   Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan, the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate, may not be getting any high-profile national help for her come-from-behind quest. But she’s already hit the road for a final week traveling the state with what her [...]

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Romney, top aides, to lunch with K St. today

Mitt Romney and two of his senior aides are holding a small lunch  in Washington today to brief GOP lobbyists and potential 2012 supporters on what the former governor and his PAC have done for candidates this cycle. “Spencer Zwick, Finance Director and Matt Rhoades, Executive Director will join the Governor at lunch to give an update [...]

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There’s No Avoiding ‘Repeal and Replace’

It’s essential for limited government. By: James Capretta   NRO Scores of House and Senate candidates are campaigning on a platform of reestablishing limited government. There could hardly be a more encouraging development for our republic. After decades of legislators’ piling countless new programs on top of old ones, and two years of the most intense [...]

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Democrat says he’s heard Pelosi won’t run again for Speaker

By Michael O’Brien THE HILL A House Democratic lawmaker said late last week that he’d heard Nancy Pelosi wouldn’t seek another term as Speaker. Rep. Mike McIntyre (D-N.C.) said that not only would he not back Pelosi (D-Calif.) for Speaker again, but also that he’d heard she would not seek another term in that position. [...]

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Barbara Boxer in closet match of her career vs. Carly Fiorina

By:  DARREN SAMUELSOHN     POLITICO LOS ANGELES — California’s Senate slugfest has turned into a battle of extremes as both candidates play to their political bases while still trying to entice support from the moderate middle. Democratic incumbent Barbara Boxer’s campaign is using red-meat rhetoric against Republican challenger Carly Fiorina, calling her way too conservative for [...]

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Democrats Retrench as GOP Pulls Away

By LAURA MECKLER And JANET HOOK Democratic strategists acknowledged they are abandoning a dozen House seats the party now holds, as they try to salvage their majority in the chamber by shoring up candidates with better chances. With Republicans expanding their advertising to broaden the field of competitive races, Democrats are shifting resources to help [...]

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