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So What Did We Learn From Tuesday’s Election?

Despite the relatively small number of electoral contests, media pundits of every shape and size are trying to come up with the elusive answer to what it means. Many of them are just blowing smoke. However, there ought to be some lessons learned by politicians of every party and ideology. Many of those lessons won’t [...]

Is This a Strange Election Season, or What?

Some notes from Election Season 2009 (in no particular order). President Barack Obama is acting like Tuesday’s gubernatorial election results in Virginia and New Jersey are some type of litmus test for his presidency. Maybe he’s been reading too many desperate newspapers, reading election polls, and watching too many cable talk shows.

President Barack [...]

What’s So Special About NY-23?

For those of you who aren’t political junkies, NY-23 is New York’s 23rd Congressional District. Until Recently, it was represented by John McHugh (R).

President Barack Obama chose him for a post at the Pentagon, setting up one of two races for congressional seats this fall (the other is California’s 10th District). Yet NY-23 has [...]