Muscling Up the Majorities

Congressional Quarterly by Bob Benenson | Oct. 27, 2008 (Special Report)

The reasons go beyond the flagging popularity of the Republican “brand,” which has been in evidence all year, and the coattails of Barack Obama , who appears well-positioned to win back the presidency for the Democrats next week with a clear-cut majority in the Electoral College. The GOP has been on the outs with the public in plenty of other election years, and the opposing party has not positioned itself to capitalize on the opportunity the way it ... Full Story »

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Subjects: U.S., Politics
Topics: Presidential Election 2008, Democrats, Republicans, John McCain, Obama Administration, Midterm Elections
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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - Oct 27, 2008 - 9:01 AM PDT
Reviewed by: Derek Hawkins (review), Ashton Sunseri (review), Kaizar Campwala (review), Chris Finnie (review), Dwight Rousu (review)
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Edited by: Kaizar Campwala - Oct 27, 2008 - 9:01 AM PDT
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Chris Finnie
4.3
 by Chris Finnie - Oct. 28, 2008

Overall, it's a good, thorough overview of the wider electoral situation, with some interesting details to give context. The author has done his research and investigated a number of competitive races for Congress.

It has some misstatements such as that Howard Dean ran for president as a "white-hot liberal activist." It wouldn't take much research to discover governor Dean always described himself as a centrist with a Republican family.

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Kaizar Campwala
4.5
 by Kaizar Campwala - Oct. 28, 2008

This is the ultimate 'horse race' story, charting the rise of the Democrat's prospects next week with excellent context, a lot of detailed information, and excellent style. Recommended reading.

Kaizar posted this story.
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Dwight Rousu
3.5
 by Dwight Rousu - Oct. 28, 2008

The story addresses money and the recruiting of good candidates. It minimizes discussion of political policy reasons behind the shifts, and ignores the question of whether all the money influence on elections is good. If Benenson calls Gov Dean a white hot liberal, perhaps he was not much into democratic party political issues.

Dismal Republican policies have fueled the current ability of Democrats to recruit good people to run for offices, and the ability to raise campaign money for races. Republican destruction of constitutional law, budgetary deficit disaster, political corruption, immoral war, and destruction of international reputation should each by themselves justify throwing the bums out. If it was not so expensive to run a successful campaign, perhaps past elections would have had many more good ... More »

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Derek Hawkins
4.0
 by Derek Hawkins - Oct. 27, 2008
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Ashton Sunseri
4.3
 by Ashton Sunseri - Oct. 27, 2008
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