Archive for February 2010
A Content Analysis of Governor Pawlenty’s 2010 State of the State Address
Governor’s focus on jobs in speech up more than threefold from 2009 Address despite yearly drop in unemployment
Read MoreBachmann’s Election 2010 Out of State Fundraising Fueled by Democratic States
Conservative Congresswoman’s large donor out of state individual fundraising for 2009 was 33 percent higher per capita in blue states than in red states
Read MorePawlenty Proposal to Get Tough on Sex Offenders Likely to Have Huge Public Support
Previous polling suggests Minnesota residents back various tougher penalties on sex offenders by greater than 3:1 margins
Read MoreBachmann 2010 Election Fundraising Effort Outpacing ’08 by 32 Percent
Small donor contributions to Bachmann soar by 355 percent compared to two years ago while special interest PAC money declines 51 percent
Read MoreRed States Hold Primaries More than Five Weeks Earlier on Average than Blue States: Which Party Benefits?
Average ‘red state’ primary date is June 15th, while average ‘blue state’ date is July 23rd. ‘Purple state’ average date is July 11th
Read MoreWhy Minnesota Democrats Should Be Thankful Tim Pawlenty Is Not Running for Reelection
Republican gubernatorial incumbents in Minnesota have won 93 percent of reelection defenses since statehood (25 of 27), while losing 70 percent of open seat contests over the past century
Read MoreMinnesota GOP Caucus Gubernatorial Straw Poll Voter Turnout Up Over 20 Percent from 2002
Despite the characterization that caucus night was a quiet night for Republicans in some media reports, GOP turnout nonetheless increased by more than 20 percent since the last time the party was searching for its gubernatorial nominee back in 2002
Read MoreTo the ‘Losers’ of the 2010 Minnesota Gubernatorial Straw Polls…
Tim Pawlenty, finished in 2nd place out of 3 candidates in the 2002 Republican gubernatorial straw poll
Read MoreWhat’s In a Name? Could Scrabble Scores Determine Minnesota’s Next Governor?
Gubernatorial candidates with longer names and names with letters totaling higher Scrabble tile values are nearly twice as likely to win general election races throughout Minnesota history
Read MoreIs Barack Obama Avoiding the Press?
Obama press conferences front-loaded during ‘honeymoon period’ of 1st term; President has held fourth fewest solo press conferences during 1st year of office since Herbert Hoover
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