Posts by Dr. Eric Ostermeier
How Will Upper Midwestern Independents Vote In 2008?
With the prospects of a potential high profile Independent presidential candidacy by New York Mayor (and billionaire) Michael Bloomberg on the horizon, gaining the votes of political independents becomes even a higher prize for the establishment parties in 2008. Independents…
Read MoreUpper Midwest House Members Vote Along Party Lines On Iraq Withdrawal
On Thursday the U.S. House voted 223-201 to require the Secretary of Defense to commence the reduction of the number of United States Armed Forces in Iraq to a limited presence by April 1, 2008. The Upper Midwestern delegation…
Read MoreIraq War Policy: How Will Coleman Vote?
Minnesota Republican Senator Norm Coleman’s position on Iraq policy could be crucial not only to the fate of Democratic-sponsored proposals in the Senate to set a firm timeline for troop withdrawal, but also in determining how much of a…
Read MoreUS Senate 2008 Forecast: GOP In Trouble
While most eyes are on the wide-open presidential primary campaigns, an important fight for control of the Senate will also take place in 2008. Republicans are looking to pry back control of the Democrat’s narrow majority, while Democrats seek to…
Read MoreClinton-Edwards Still in Dead Heat in Iowa
One of the few states Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton has not jumped out to a significant lead in early polling is the state of Iowa. John Edwards has lead Clinton or been nipping at her heels in most public…
Read MoreRomney Again Leads GOP Iowa Caucus Hopefuls in New Poll
Mitt Romney has solidified himself as the leader of the pack on the GOP side of the equation in the quest for Iowa caucus voters, as demonstrated by the latest monthly poll by American Research Group (ARG). Romney has…
Read MoreThe ‘Nays’ Have It: Upper Midwest Senate Delegation & Full Body Vote Against Immigration Bill
On Thursday the United States Senate voted against cloture on the high profile immigration reform bill that divided politicians on Capitol Hill much more than the American public. Overall, a vast majority of Americans opposed the bill, advocating ‘enforcement…
Read MoreThe ‘Nays’ Have It: Upper Midwest Senate Delegation & Full Body Vote Against Immigration Bill
On Thursday the United States Senate voted against cloture on the high profile immigration reform bill that divided politicians on Capitol Hill much more than the American public. Overall, a vast majority of Americans opposed the bill, advocating ‘enforcement…
Read MoreWisconsinites Remain Sour about Bush, Direction of Country
A mid-June Badger Poll, conducted by the University of Wisconsin-Madison, finds the vast majority of Wisconsin residents are quite pessimistic about both national politics as well as the direction of the nation. Only 33 percent of Wisconsinites are satisfied with…
Read MoreLive Blogging: Congressman Oberstar on Transportation Policy
12:00 p.m. The title of Congressman Jim Oberstar’s (MN-08) talk today at the Humphrey Institute is “Transportation Policy and America’s Future.” Oberstar is the Chair of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, after serving more than a decade as its…
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