Archive for July 2008
Smart Politics Study: Independence Party Need Make No Apologies to the DFL
The DFL has pointed to the Independence Party gubernatorial candidacies of Peter Hutchinson (2006) and Tim Penny (2002) as part of the reason for Republican Tim Pawlenty’s two plurality wins in the Gopher State. The fear, among the DFL,…
Read MoreWill 2008 Be the Year of the Libertarian?
Although the impact of the Libertarian Party in presidential elections has been muted since first appearing on the ballot in 1972, the expectations for the Party are high in 2008. This election cycle, the LP has nominated its most…
Read MoreMN State House: Independence Party Stops the Bleeding
The Independence Party has stopped the bleeding. After leaving a major footprint on Minnesota State House races in the 2000, 2002, and 2004 elections, the number of IP candidates on the ballot greatly declined in 2006 to just nine districts….
Read MoreMN Senate: Ventura Out, Barkley In, Coleman & Franken Split in Two New Polls
As Jesse Ventura announced he would not challenge Norm Coleman in the 2008 Minnesota U.S. Senate race, two new polls were released revealing vastly different results. Ventura, before Larry King’s national audience on CNN, stated he would not seek…
Read MoreMN Senate: Ventura Out, Barkley In, Coleman & Franken Split in Two New Polls
As Jesse Ventura announced he would not challenge Norm Coleman in the 2008 Minnesota U.S. Senate race, two new polls were released revealing vastly different results. Ventura, before Larry King’s national audience on CNN, stated he would not seek…
Read MoreRasmussen Poll: Obama Up Big in MN, IA, Competitive in the Dakotas
Barack Obama is looking to become the first Democratic candidate to sweep the Upper Midwest since Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964. New polling by Rasmussen indicates Obama is currently competitive enough in the Dakotas to have a chance at doing…
Read MoreWisconsin Assembly Poised to Flip to Democratic Control
The filing deadline for candidacy papers closed last week in Madison and Democrats, who took control of the state Senate in 2006, appear poised to do the same in the Assembly in 2008. Republicans will face an uphill battle holding…
Read MoreObama Maintains Double-Digit Lead in Wisconsin
A new Rasmussen survey of 500 likely voters in Wisconsin finds Barack Obama maintaining a substantial lead over John McCain. The Rasmussen poll measures Obama’s advantage over McCain at 11 points – 50 to 39 percent. These results are in…
Read MoreRalph Nader and The Matrix Trilogy
When I was on Sirius Satellite Radio’s “The Blog Bunker�? yesterday I was asked how the Democratic-led U.S. Senate approval of the latest FISA legislation would have on the presidential election – and whether the left wing of the…
Read MoreSmart Politics On “The Blog Bunker” Today
Smart Politics’ Eric Ostermeier will be a guest on Sirius Satellite Radio’s “The Blog Bunker” program this afternoon. The lively political talk program, hosted by Joe Salzone, broadcasts from 4pm – 5pm CST on Indie Talk 110….
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