2010 elections

Article: http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2010/03/not-so-fast-halter-primaries-lincoln/36804/ It's about time someone stood up to the corrupt Lincoln from Arkansas; she joined Nelson and Lieberman as one of the few non-Republicans who opposed the public option. Proof...

http://politics.theatlantic.com/2010/02/bayhs_retirement.php Fox News is reporting that Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN) will retire in 2010, dealing a blow to Democrats' electoral prospects for the upcoming midterms. The Democratic retirement wave has been limited mostly to the House (where more...

I'll admit, I thought this far-fetched; after all, because of the 6-year cycle on Senate seats, the Republicans are defending a lot more seats than the Democrats based on the 2004 elections. But consider that the Republicans took the "people's" seat in Massachusetts. Consider that Joe Biden's...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100105/ap_on_el_ge/us_steele_book;_ylt=AoJpwSEByUInLGHVzJwlRb6tQLN_;_ylu=X3oDMTMzMzQ0MmthBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMTAwMTA1L3VzX3N0ZWVsZV9ib29rBGNjb2RlA21vc3Rwb3B1bGFyBGNwb3MDNwRwb3MDNwRzZWMDeW5fdG9wX3N0b3JpZXMEc2xrA2dvcGNoYWlybWFuZA-- awwww........a Republican who actually...

Okay, sooner or later someone had to start a thread on this, so here it is. Personally, I prefer prediction markets over polls any day (I'll explain why if you're curious), and one of the oldest & most respected prediction markets has recently opened up on the question of the 2010 Congressional...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/22/AR2009122203508.html Freshman Rep. Parker Griffith (D-Ala.) switched his affiliation to the Republican Party on Tuesday, saying he could "no longer align myself with a party that continues to pursue legislation that is bad for...

(Poll) What do you think will happen in the US midterm elections in 2010? A big year for republicans like 1994? Or something else?

OK, not really. The conservatives won a couple of state elections held in an off-year. Which doesn't stop pundits from claiming what my headline says. Of course, that's about as accurate as the opposite pundits declaring the end of conservatism and the Republicans a year ago, with Obama...