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Are Democrats Kidding that Iraq Vote Was ‘Bipartisan?’

February 26, 2007 · 12:10 AM EST

Moments after the House voted against President Bush’s additional deployment of troops to Iraq – the so-called surge, if you are for it or trying to be neutral, or the so-called escalation, if you are opposed to it – House Democrats sent out a flurry of e-mails crowing about the “bipartisan”…

Are Democrats Kidding that Iraq Vote Was ‘Bipartisan?’

February 26, 2007 · 12:10 AM EST
By Stuart Rothenberg

Moments after the House voted against President Bush's additional deployment of troops to Iraq - the so-called surge, if you are for it or trying to be neutral, or the so-called escalation, if you are opposed to it - House Democrats sent out a flurry of e-mails crowing about the…

Let’s Not Lower the Bar for Candidates’ Campaign Bloggers

by Stuart Rothenberg February 21, 2007 · 11:05 PM EST

“In an interview, Mr. Hynes said that the Internet was a place where overheated language and vicious personal attacks were often tolerated, even encouraged,” wrote New York Times reporter John Broder in a Feb. 14 article about the blogging controversy that hit Democratic presidential hopeful and…

For Republicans, Bush Bashing Is Not an Appealing Option

by Stuart Rothenberg February 18, 2007 · 11:05 PM EST

For months now, President Bush’s poll ratings have been in the toilet. His performance is the single most important reason why Republicans lost the House and Senate, and the president’s standing shows no sign of turning around between now and Election Day 2008.

So shouldn’t Republican…

The Ever-’Present’ Obama

February 16, 2007 · 12:10 AM EST

Finally and officially, Barack Obama is running for president. His symbolic announcement, in the Land of Lincoln, called for a new era in politics. Obama downplayed his thin federal experience while championing his record on the state and local level, and he talked about the need to change…

The Ever-‘Present’ Obama

February 16, 2007 · 12:10 AM EST
By Nathan L. Gonzales

Finally and officially, Barack Obama is running for president. His symbolic announcement, in the Land of Lincoln, called for a new era in politics. Obama downplayed his thin federal experience while championing his record on the state and local level, and he talked about the…

For Democrats, Time to Pad Senate Majority and Think 60 Seats

by Stuart Rothenberg February 14, 2007 · 11:10 PM EST

Democrats probably don’t have to worry about losing their Senate majority in 2008, but that doesn’t mean next year’s elections aren’t crucial for them.

A strong ’08 could put the party in sight of a 60-seat majority in 2010, and that filibuster-proof majority would change the rules of the game…

Will the NRCC Really Sit Out Primaries, as Cole Is Promising?

by Stuart Rothenberg February 11, 2007 · 11:05 PM EST

“We’re not going to be in primary situations. Our membership has made it pretty clear that they don’t want us to do that,” National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Tom Cole (Okla.) told Roll Call recently, adding that his committee is not “in the game of picking winners and losers.”

Say What? VoteVets Ad

February 9, 2007 · 12:05 AM EST

If supporters of President George W. Bush’s policy of sending another 20,000 troops to Iraq had aired a television ad that argued that opposing the new Bush policy means “you don’t support the troops,” opponents of the President would have rightly gone bananas.

It’s not the troops that they oppose,…

New Print Edition: Maine Senate & Kansas 2

February 8, 2007 · 2:44 PM EST

The new February 8, 2007 print edition of the Rothenberg Political Report is on its way to subscribers. We’ve posted the first few paragraphs of each story, but for both articles and the complete breakdown of each race, you must subscribe. At RothenbergPoliticalReport.com you can subscribe by…