Posts by Dr. Eric Ostermeier
History Gives Baldwin, Neumann Long Odds in Wisconsin US Senate Bids
Only two of 15 ex- or sitting Badger State U.S. Representatives have run successful U.S. Senate campaigns; two more may go down in 2012.
Read MoreConnecticut Democrats Seek to Extend US House Streak to 15
Connecticut currently has the fourth longest Democratic congressional victory streak in the nation with Democrats in the midst of the third longest partisan streak in the Constitution State since the founding of the GOP.
Read MoreMcCain, Rubio, GOP Dominate Broadcast Media Coverage of US Senators in 2012
Republican senators are mentioned in more than twice as many news stories as their Democratic counterparts with John McCain and Marco Rubio leading the GOP to eight of the Top 10 slots.
Read MoreOklahoma GOP Poised to Run Table in US House Races for Just 3rd Time Since Statehood
Democrats won 79 percent of congressional contests in the Sooner State prior to the Republican Revolution and just 14 percent since.
Read MoreWhat Does Mitt Romney Think About Chief Justice John Roberts?
A look back at what Romney and the 2012 GOP field said about the now controversial Chief Justice who wrote to uphold most of the Affordable Care Act.
Read MoreObama vs the Supreme Court: Rhetoric of the 44th President
Obama’s critical comments of the Court outweigh favorable comments by more than a 4:1 margin since taking office.
Read MoreWill Confidence in Supreme Court Erode or Rebound After Obamacare Decision?
The U.S. Supreme Court’s net confidence rating during Barack Obama’s presidency is at an all-time low since Gallup’s measurement began in the early 1970s.
Read MoreObama Cabinet Turnover Rate Remains Historically Low (So Far)
With seven months left in his term, the president holds the fourth lowest departure rate of cabinet department heads out of 23 administrations since FDR.
Read MoreCan Rob McKenna End the Nation’s Longest GOP Gubernatorial Election Drought?
It has been 32 years since voters in Washington State elected a Republican governor – the longest GOP dry spell in any state.
Read MoreClimbing the Ladder
When Iowa Republican Chuck Grassley won reelection for a sixth term in November 2010 he and his fellow Iowa U.S. Senator, Democratic Tom Harkin, were 11th on the all-time list for the longest-serving delegation members serving together to the nation’s…
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