While high gas prices, the war in Iraq and political fallout from Hurricane Katrina have taken their toll on President Bush’s job approval ratings, Republican voters remain loyal to their commander in chief.
But that could change unless Republicans on both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue can agree…
Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry (D) came out swinging recently against President Bush, but it’s unclear whether he’s simply still fighting the last war – the ’04 presidential campaign – or positioning himself for 2008.
Minutes after Bush finished his Sept. 15 address to the nation promising…
Republican Congresswoman Marilyn Musgrave has been in Congress for only three years, yet she already finds herself in the crosshairs of Democrats all across the country.
Her unabashed conservative stances and under whelming election percentages drive many Democrats crazy. Yet once again,…
With just six weeks to go, some voters in Virginia are still waiting to tune in to their state’s race for governor. In a state with political heavyweights like Sen. George Allen (R), Gov. Mark Warner (D), and Sen. John Warner (R), a majority of voters appear uninspired by each party’s nominee for…
Four years ago, a national tragedy transformed a controversial mayor, New York’s Rudy Giuliani (R), into a national celebrity. It also transformed a president with sinking poll ratings, George W. Bush, into a symbol of national unity (at least for a year).
Hurricane Katrina has had a very…
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December 15, 2006, Vol. 29, No. 28
Illinois 6: Money Pit
Pennsylvania 4: To the Beat of Her…
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December 20, 2005, Vol. 28, No. 26
2006 Political Landscape
December 16, 2005, Vol. 28, No.…
Nathan L. Gonzales is political editor of The Rothenberg Political Report, a non-partisan political newsletter covering U.S. House, Senate and gubernatorial campaigns, and Presidential politics. He has been with the Report since June 2001 and is also a Contributing Writer for Roll Call, the…
Cranston Mayor Steve Laffey entered the Rhode Island Republican Senate race with a bang – a wave of TV advertising that’s highly unusual more than a year before the 2006 primary. Now the question is whether the incumbent, Sen. Lincoln Chafee (R), can change the likely dynamic in the race and,…
Over the next year, as we move toward the 2006 elections, we are likely to hear more and more talk of the so-called six-year itch – the historical “trend” that has meant big losses for the president’s party six years into his presidency.
That’s a pity, since the six-year itch is little more…
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