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PENNSYLVANIA – Bob Casey (D), elected 2006 (59%). April 24 primary.
Casey isn’t charismatic, but his positioning as a pro-union, cultural moderate is a good one for a Democrat in the Keystone State. And the Casey name (his father was governor) is still a plus in parts of the state.
A number…
After running many Obama-Romney maps and one Obama-Gingrich map, we figured it was time to offer our initial thoughts on an Obama-Santorum match-up.
Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum is in a remarkable place now. Starting far behind the top tier candidates in the GOP race, he has…
If I told you that the Oakland A’s or the Pittsburgh Pirates would be in the Major League Baseball playoffs this year instead of the New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Phillies, Texas Rangers or Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, you’d probably have me institutionalized.
At the very…
One of the remaining pieces of the redistricting puzzle was revealed Tuesday, with a Minnesota judicial panel releasing a new map that only slightly changes the state’s congressional boundaries but still leaves freshman Republican Chip Cravaack as the top target in 2012.
The new lines also put…
It is a little more than eight months until Election Day, but even now two Republican-held Senate seats look increasingly like the keys to whether Democrats can hold their narrow majority in November.
Republican strategists are overwhelmed with opportunities and potential opportunities this…
Politics, for all of the focus on issues, symbols and ideology, is a deeply personal business.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) doesn’t feel deep affection for fellow Democratic Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Fla.).
Mississippi Republican Sens. Trent Lott and Thad Cochran had no…