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• Healthcare Reconciliation

  
  Donklephant — Authority: 504
  With the historic passage of a partisan health care insurance reform measure, the US Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid kept his most recent promise to pass the bill by Christmas. Differences with the House version means that the bill will almost certainly require reconciliation and another 60-vote “filibuster ...
  2 days ago

• Sen. John McCain Could Face Tough Re-Election Bid if J. D. Hayworth Runs Against Him - Video

  
  Freedom's Lighthouse — Authority: 602
  Arizona GOP Sen. John McCain could be facing a tough re-election bid in 2010 if former GOP Rep. J.D. Hayworth decides to run against in the Republican primary. Hayworth has not yet announced a decision, but polls show him virtually dead-even with McCain should he seek the nomination. Whichever wins the nomination is ...
  3 days ago

• Hey, Hey, LBJ! What Kind of Bill Would You Kill Today?

  
  The LA Progressive — Authority: 488
  At a Christmas party a couple weeks ago, back when it looked as if the Senate bill’s compromise would include the Medicare buy-in, a friend of mine told me that he predicted Harry Reid was gong to go down in history as the next LBJ. When I reminded him that the deal was not yet set in stone (the degree of Joe ...
  6 days ago

• WH putting health-care off until … February?

  
  Right Voices — Authority: 122
  Hot Air » Blog Archive » WH putting health-care off until … February? . The longer that debate drags, the further Obama drops in the polls, which is why this move only makes sense if the White House sees weeks more futility in the health-care overhaul debate.  Even liberal commentators like the Seattle Times ...
  1 week ago

• Obama Unlikely to Help Gay Rights in 2010

  
  Gay Marriage Watch — Authority: 147
  Obama will do nothing for gay rights in 2010, predicts Newsweek, because he would like to avoid the possibility of waging a culture war prior to midterm elections. Coming in at number 9 on its “Politics Predictions 2010” top ten list, the magazine foresees a president that will “do nada” for gay rights in the ...
  1 week ago

• Democratic congressman defects to GOP

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 165
  Rep. Parker Griffith of Alabama switched his party affiliation from Democrat to Republican on Tuesday, a startling defection from the majority party in the House that underscores the difficulties facing Democrats in midterm elections next year. Mr. Griffith, a 67-year-old radiation oncologist, blasted the Democratic ...
  1 week ago

• Granholm calls 2009 ‘difficult year’

  
  Michigan Messenger — Authority: 606
  LANSING — After a year that included a battle over the state’s budget that lead to a temporary government shut-down, coupled with an economy in freefall, Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm said it was a “difficult year.” Gov. Jennifer Granholm holds court with the Michigan press corps Tuesday in the Governors ...
  1 week ago

• Giuliani To Skip Senate Race, Back Lazio For Governor

  
  NPR Blogs: Political Junkie — Authority: 435
  For much of the year, the question about former NYC Mayor Rudy Giulianis political plans was which office would he seek in 2010 -- governor, taking on either embattled Democratic incumbent David Paterson or, as many suspect, state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo ? Or for the Senate seat now held by ...
  1 week ago

• Official: Rep. Griffith to switch to GOP

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 165
  WASHINGTON (AP) -- Freshman Democratic House member Parker Griffith of Alabama is switching to the Republican Party, his office said Tuesday, another blow to Democrats facing a potentially tough midterm election. Griffith, 67, was narrowly elected last year from a region of northern Alabama that includes Huntsville ...
  1 week ago

• Report: Ala.s Griffith, A Freshman Dem, To Switch To GOP; Health Bill Blamed

  
  NPR Blogs: Political Junkie — Authority: 435
  POLITICO is reporting that Rep. Parker Griffith , a Blue Dog Democrat first elected in 2008 -- when he succeeded fellow Blue Dog Bud Cramer (D), who retired -- will announce today that hes switching to the Republican Party. Heres more, as reported by Josh Kraushaar: Griffiths party switch comes on the eve of a ...
  1 week ago

• GOP Schism, Democratic Apathy: The Two Big 2010 Midterm Themes

  
  Minor Ripper — Authority: 132
  The far left of the Democratic party is pretty pissed at Obama these days: from escalating the war in Afghanistan, to bailing on the public option for health care....to refusing to fully support gay marriage, lefties are looking for a reason to stay home next November. The far more numerous casual, more moderate ...
  1 week ago

• Rasmussen: Dorgan trailing in ND re-election bid by 22 points (The Wages of ObamaCare)

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  Call it the Wages of ObamaCare. When only 30% of a state’s likely voters support the one piece of legislation on which the incumbent has worked for most of the year, they tend to get a little chippy about the idea of sending him back to Washington. When paired up with Republican Governor John Hoeven in a 2010 midterm ...
  1 week ago

• Hutchison v. Perry: Big Drama, And History Too?

  
  NPR Blogs: Political Junkie — Authority: 435
  2010 is going to be an amazing year for political junkies, but I think one thing everyone agrees on is that the March 2 Republican gubernatorial primary in Texas is going to be one for the ages. Thats the one where Gov. Rick Perry is being challenged by Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison . So much ink has been ...
  1 week ago

• Mid-Term Election Blues

  
  Watch your favorite videos on the internet. — Authority: 178
  The approach of the 2010 mid-term elections is creating anxiety among congressional Democrats. As John Dickerson reports, the Blue Dogs have an early case of the mid-term election blues.
  1 week ago

• Major parties shun call for mid-term election

  
  Pakistan Views — Authority: 153
  Although the PPP appears to have adopted a posture of confrontation in the wake of Supreme Court’s verdict against the NRO, a demand by Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf chairman Imran Khan for mid-term elections has not gained any support from major opposition parties.Almost all important parties which contested the ...
  1 week ago

• Imran Khan Calls Rulers Corrupt; Demands Mid-term Elections

  
  A Pakistan News — Authority: 557
  LAHORE, Pakistan News: Tehreek-e-Insaf Chief Imran Khan Sunday termed the rulers corrupt and called for mid-term elections for resolution of the problems being faced by the country. After condoling with the families of the victims of Moon Market tragedy here, Imran Khan said the Supreme Court has made a landmark ...
  1 week ago

• Controversy Swirls Around Texas Gubenatorial Race

  
  Minor Ripper — Authority: 132
  One of the more intriguing elections next year pits two very popular Texas Republicans against one another--sitting Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison versus current Governor Rick Perry. The race is truly unique and very rare because normally two such high profile, successful politicians from the same party make it ...
  1 week ago

• Pelosi vows to hang onto House in 2010

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Friday that Democrats majority in Congress is not in danger going into the 2010 midterm elections. Pelosi said that while every election cycle is competitive, and acknowledged the particularly large margin by which Democrats control the House, she would work to keep Democrats ...
  1 week ago

• Dick Morris Says a "Republican Tsunami" is Coming in the 2010 Midterm Elections - Video 12/17/09

  
  Freedom's Lighthouse — Authority: 602
  Watch the latest business video at FOXBusiness.com Here is video of Dick Morris talking with Sean Hannity last night where he continued to say that the Republican Party will win back both houses of Congress in the 2010 mid-term election. Morris said there is a "Tsunami" coming, just as there was in 1994 when the GOP ...
  1 week ago

• Impact of Presidential Approval on Mid-Term Elections

  
  Big Government — Authority: 818
  Barack Obama’s public approval rating has dropped to as low as 47% in the last week, according to Gallup .  Although the President will not appear on the ballot again until 2012, how the public views his presidency will have a direct impact on each party’s performance in next year’s mid-term elections. The ...
  1 week ago

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