Archive for October 2008
“Landslide” Indicators
Dozens of polls are now released each day on the presidential race, with the media focus largely being on whether or not John McCain is making any gains in the battleground states he needs to hold (namely, holding Florida, Ohio,…
Read More“Landslide�? Indicators
Dozens of polls are now released each day on the presidential race, with the media focus largely being on whether or not John McCain is making any gains in the battleground states he needs to hold (namely, holding Florida, Ohio,…
Read MoreMichele Bachmann Still Courting the National Media
Michele Bachmann, a cable television fixture this year with multiple appearances on Larry King Live, is hitting TV and radio programs hard to get her side of the Chris Matthews controversy across the airwaves, during which she questioned whether…
Read MoreLive Blog: Norm Coleman on Energy Independence
11:55 a.m. In the sixth of a series of candidate forums sponsored by the Center for the Study of Politics and Governance at the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey Institute, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Norm Coleman is giving a speech entitled,…
Read MoreCSPG Report: Voter Registration Declines in Many States
A new report released by the Center for the Study of Politics and Governance was released today that finds – contrary to press accounts of a surge in voter registration across the country – that a large number of states…
Read MoreLive Blog: Al Franken on the Economy
1:00 p.m. In the fifth of a series of candidate forums sponsored by the Center for the Study of Politics and Governance at the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey Institute, DFL U.S. Senate candidate Al Franken is giving a speech entitled,…
Read MoreElection Profile: Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District (2008)
Smart Politics is running a series of election profiles of all the Upper Midwestern U.S. Senate and U.S. House races leading up to the November 4th elections. The series will culminate with Smart Politics’ official projections. The twenty-first profile in…
Read MoreElection Profile: Minnesota’s 4th Congressional District (2008)
Smart Politics is running a series of election profiles of all the Upper Midwestern U.S. Senate and U.S. House races leading up to the November 4th elections. The series will culminate with Smart Politics’ official projections. The twentieth profile in…
Read MoreWill the DFL Reach 90 Seats in the Minnesota House?
As detailed in a report released today that I co-authored with Larry Jacobs at the Center for the Study of Politics and Governance, the DFL is fighting to reach a veto-proof 90 seat supermajority in this November’s election. Gaining a…
Read MoreElection Profile: Minnesota’s 3rd Congressional District (2008)
Smart Politics is running a series of election profiles of all the Upper Midwestern U.S. Senate and U.S. House races leading up to the November 4th elections. The series will culminate with Smart Politics’ official projections. The nineteenth profile in…
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