Archive for 2008
Election Profile: Iowa’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 fifth profile in…
Read MoreElection Profile: Iowa’s 2nd 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 fourth profile in…
Read MoreUpper Midwest Delegation Votes 6-2 As $700 Billion Financial Industry Bailout Sails Through Senate
The United States Senate voted 74 to 25 Wednesday night, in support of a revised bill that would, in part, fund $700 billion in a ‘rescue’ of the financial industry. The Upper Midwest delegation voted 6 to 2 in favor…
Read MoreElection Profile: Iowa’s 1st 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 third profile in…
Read MoreElection Profile: South Dakota U.S. Senate
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 second profile in…
Read MoreElection Profile: South Dakota U.S. House (At-large) (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 first in the…
Read MoreUpper Midwestern House Delegation Split in Support of Financial Industry Bailout Bill
The rejection by the U.S. House today of the $700 billion financial industry bailout package was the result of a stranglely-cobbled coalition of conservative Republicans, blue-dog Democrats, and liberal Democrats. The bill, backed by President George W. Bush, eventually won…
Read MoreWeekend Upper Midwestern Presidential Poll Roundup
The nearly uniform surge enjoyed by Barack Obama in the national polls over John McCain this past week has so far only translated into a bump in the polls in the Upper Midwest in the state of Wisconsin, with his…
Read MoreEconomic Concerns Nothing New to Upper Midwesterners
While sometimes it is difficult to get Democrats and Republicans to agree on anything, the economic concerns facing the nation are at the forefront of the minds of the electorate for both major political parties in the Upper Midwest and…
Read MoreCommentary: Race and the 2008 Presidential Election
‘Entitlement politics’ appears to be the theme of the 2008 presidential campaign on the Democratic side of the ballot. It began when Hillary Clinton got pegged with the label, running for President out of the gate with a swagger…
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