tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58359542011-04-21T16:45:24.449-07:00PopPoliticsWeekly political updatesDouglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00456095393460128309noreply@blogger.comBlogger511100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835954.post-1084224316245123592004-05-10T13:57:00.000-07:002004-05-10T14:25:16.246-07:00CALIFORNIA POLL === MORE BAD NEWS FOR DEMS:
Although this poll probably over represents the President's chances, these are horrible numbers for Sen Kerry in a state that he must not only win, but not be forced to have to spend any real amount of time or money there.
SEN KERRY: 45%
PRES BUSH: 44%
Hopefully, this poll will prompt more interested parties to perform more polls to reinforce or Douglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00456095393460128309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835954.post-1084149951651617292004-05-09T17:34:00.000-07:002004-05-09T17:51:33.356-07:00SENATE 2004 UPDATE:
MURKOWSKI AND KNOWLES TIED IN LATEST ALASKAN SENATE RACE POLL
Sen Lisa Murkowski has finally caught former Alaskan Gov, and 2004 Dem rival, Tony Knowles. The latest poll from KTUU TV shows Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Tony Knowles dead even at 44.6% each.
The good news for Murkowski and fellow Republicans is the continuing trend these polls reflect. A couple of Douglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00456095393460128309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835954.post-1083195184174255602004-04-28T16:33:00.000-07:002004-04-28T16:37:20.140-07:00WICTORY WEDNESDAY:
Take some time or money to devote towards four more years of George W Bush.
CLICK HERE TO KEEP AMERICA SAFE, AND HER ENEMIES ON THE RUNDouglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00456095393460128309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835954.post-1083194721473386912004-04-28T16:25:00.000-07:002004-04-28T16:29:37.530-07:00KERRY NOW BEING DOUBTED BY OWN PARTY:
This is pretty fascinating. Kerry's numbers nationally aren't that bad (he remains about 4-5 pts behind Bush nationally). However, it appears as if his own Party is beginning to have second thoughts about their own candidate.
This is another interesting article, where a staunch Democrat once again pleads with Kerry to try to be honest. It appears that Douglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00456095393460128309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835954.post-1083163404601923372004-04-28T07:43:00.000-07:002004-04-28T07:47:39.903-07:00Colorado Attorney General Ken Salazar, back on top, with large lead:
It looks as if Attorney General Ken Salazar's lead is larger than earlier expected. Not being in Colorado, I am unaware if Salazar, or any of the candidates for that matter have been on the air advertising at all.
COLORADO:
Salazar (D): 48%
Schaffer (R): 37%
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Salazar (D): 52%
Coors (R):Douglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00456095393460128309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835954.post-1082091608684958552004-04-15T22:00:00.000-07:002004-04-19T14:32:20.686-07:00NEW 2004 SENATE NUMBERS:
Although these numbers don't mean much now, this simply isn't good news for Democrats, due to the large number Democratic retirement in solid Bush country.
Sen Campbell's retirement in Colorado needs to be something Dems can count on picking up if they want a shot at taking back the Senate in 2004.
COLORADO:
Salazar (D): 47%
Coors (R): 41%
FLORIDA:
McCollum (R): Douglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00456095393460128309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835954.post-1082067153773115992004-04-15T15:12:00.000-07:002004-04-15T15:16:32.106-07:00Some Interesting Polling
Real Clear Politics has some interesting state by state polling out. Bush appears to have lost some ground in FL, but actually has a 4pt lead in NJ.Douglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00456095393460128309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835954.post-1081832278893513112004-04-12T21:57:00.000-07:002004-04-12T22:01:52.843-07:00COUPLE OF GOOD SENATE RACE LINKS:
HERE,, here, and here.Douglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00456095393460128309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835954.post-1081831768653300092004-04-12T21:49:00.000-07:002004-04-12T21:53:22.700-07:00Douglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00456095393460128309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835954.post-1081468244300157812004-04-08T16:50:00.000-07:002004-04-08T16:54:32.543-07:00GOP FINALLY GETS SOME GOOD NEWS ON THE SENATE OUTLOOK:
Republicans finally got a bit of good news, after weeks of enduring bad news, on top of bad polling concerning upcoming Sen races.
Peter Coors, brewing magnate, and multi-millionaire, entered the Sen race this week, for the seat Republican Ben Nighthorse Campbell is retiring from. Although Democrats still have a very strong candidate in Douglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00456095393460128309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835954.post-1081465829484116452004-04-08T16:10:00.000-07:002004-04-08T16:14:18.250-07:00CONDI ON THE HILL:
Condoleeza Rice did a geat job testifying today on the the Bush policy towards terrorism. She didn't let hard core Dems on the panel confuse, or slam her. She had concise, well thought through answers for all questions. She also refused to be talked over.
Douglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00456095393460128309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835954.post-1081111867365975582004-04-04T13:51:00.000-07:002004-04-04T13:57:02.090-07:00South Dakota Update: More Problems For Daschle
This past week, editor and publisher of the Lakota Journal, and Native American activist, Tim Giago, announced he will run as an independent against incumbent Sen and Dem minority leader, Tom Daschle. Giago, who originally intended to run against Daschle in the Dem primary, has decided to run as an independent specifically because he thinks he can Douglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00456095393460128309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835954.post-1080793664092802702004-03-31T20:27:00.000-08:002004-03-31T20:31:21.903-08:00Bush Gains Ground Amidst Clarke Contraversy
There is some pretty amazing polling coming out of Pennsylvania and Indiana. After all the so called "Clarke contraversy", it appears President Bush has gained points on Sen. Kerry. It's no surprise that Bush is ahead in Indiana, but has now built his lead to a healthy 15 points.
In Pennsylvania, a state that if Kerry loses, it will practically Douglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00456095393460128309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835954.post-1080792354797060212004-03-31T20:05:00.000-08:002004-03-31T20:09:32.890-08:00Wictory Wednesday:
Today is Wictory Wednesday. This is a day when bloggers around the world offer all readers a chance to make their voices heard, by donating to President George W Bush. If we stand by and hope someone else that can more "afford it", will contribute to W, we will give Sen John F Kerry a chance to be the biggest foe any and all gun owners will ever see step foot in the White Douglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00456095393460128309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835954.post-1079824551351036072004-03-20T15:15:00.000-08:002004-03-20T15:19:14.013-08:002004 Senate Outlook:
Right now there are about 13 senate races to watch in 2004. 8 are currently held by Democrats, and the other 5 by Republicans.
Today's analysis.
South Dakota:
Republicans are making a hard push for this seat by running former, popular US Rep John Thune, who lost a narrow race aginst the state's other Dem Senator, Tim Johnson by 527 votes amidst rumors of voter fraud on Douglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00456095393460128309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835954.post-1079535014328638762004-03-17T06:50:00.000-08:002004-03-17T06:56:43.293-08:00Wictory Wednesday:
Here at Pop Politics, we endorse candidates no matter what their Party.
We feel that due to President Bush's leadership on the economy, social issues, and the brave war against terror he has led, making our country, and the rest of the world safer, from terrorists, he deserves our hearty support.
Democrat special interests groups known as 527's are raising huge amounts of Douglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00456095393460128309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835954.post-107925266192506862004-03-14T00:24:00.000-08:002004-03-14T00:27:55.496-08:00What type of person is elected President?
In the following months there will undoubtedly be a slew of claims tossed around from both Republicans, Democrats, and independents, outlining exactly why President Bush or Senator Kerry shouldn't be President. The Bush campaign will lay out a host of very good policy differences as to why Kerry shouldn't be President. Putting aside policy for a momentDouglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00456095393460128309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835954.post-1078622129410810102004-03-06T17:15:00.000-08:002004-03-06T17:19:00.216-08:00Bush Fights Back:
President Bush is finally hitting Kerry back, after taking months of abuse during the Democratic Primary.
The White House's strategy seems solid;
1) Start by undoing the masive amounts of damage Bush has taken during the primary, by airing ads across the country reminding voters of his strength under pressure during 9/11, and the rebounding economy.
2) Take a few pot-shots Douglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00456095393460128309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835954.post-1078123552786911362004-02-29T22:45:00.000-08:002004-02-29T22:48:48.123-08:00Bush Continues Critical Move Towards His Base:
The White House's blanket refusal to add restrictions from the 'soon to expire' so called "assault weapons ban", to a bill in the Senate now that would give the gun industry broad immunity from civil lawsuits, is a another critical step President Bush needs to make to reassure his base he is a true conservative.
Edwards Finally Goes After Kerry:
Douglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00456095393460128309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835954.post-1077669362825080712004-02-24T16:36:00.000-08:002004-02-24T16:38:50.920-08:00Bush's support of a ban on Gay Marriage should be the first step in the "right's" direction:
To be blunt, Bush has a base problem. His core constiuents aren't any closer to voting for John Kerry, but they might start considering sitting at home on election day. We already know that millions of conservative Christians didn't go to the polls in 2000 once word of his DWI got out, and that's Douglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00456095393460128309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835954.post-1077423111805453582004-02-21T20:11:00.000-08:002004-02-21T20:14:36.310-08:00MORT KONDRACKE IS RIGHT:
Mort pretty much sums up what I have been saying for a while now, which is it's a wonder that Bush is still only a few points behind Kerry.
Mort spells out how Kerry has had nothing but 5 or 6 weeks of great publicity, while the entire Democratic Primary has been one huge negative ad against Bush.
I still give Bush the upper hand for the following reasons:
1) Edward's Douglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00456095393460128309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835954.post-1071017329819394862003-12-09T16:48:00.000-08:002003-12-09T16:49:14.876-08:00Gore Endorses Dean:
Although this doesn't guarantee Dean the nomination, it certainly doesn't help his rivals. This endorsement will:
1) Help Dean raise more money (not that he needs yet, but he will if he wins the nomination)
2) Keep his name in the media in a positive light
3) Possibly help alleviate a few concerns with in the Dem establishment that one of their own has endorsed "the Douglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00456095393460128309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835954.post-1070255956217401692003-11-30T21:19:00.000-08:002003-11-30T21:19:26.060-08:00Dean Still Leads Dem Pack:
After debate after debate, the Dem front-runner still appears to be Howard Dean. If his front runner status was previously uncertain, the debates now have almost as much Dean bashing as Bush bashing. Dean's rivals are beginning to realize that the Iowa caucus is now less than 60 days away and Dean is still riding high. Originally, I believe the Democratic Douglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00456095393460128309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835954.post-1069308137940263392003-11-19T22:02:00.000-08:002003-11-30T21:24:22.696-08:00Blanco win shows GOP has long way to go in Louisiana:
Kathleen Blanco's victory over Bobby Jindal finally gave the Democratic Party a much needed sigh of relief after having 3 staight Governorships switch to Republican hands in the past three months. Poppolitics incorrectly predicted a Jindal victory because we allowed ourselves to temporarily forget the true nature of Louisiana politics, and Douglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00456095393460128309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835954.post-1068783445633608502003-11-13T19:43:00.000-08:002003-11-14T06:57:32.916-08:00POPPOLITICS PREDICTS JINDAL VICTORY IN LOUISIANA GUBERNATORIAL RUNOFF:
It looks like Repblicans are going to walk away victorious in Saturday's gubernatorial race in Louisiana. I predict a Jindal victory for 5 reasons:
1) Republican Bobby Jindal is polling well ahead of his Democratic rival Kathleen Blanco as practically every poll released in recent weeks has shown that. It is important to Douglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00456095393460128309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835954.post-1068418285383559842003-11-09T14:51:00.000-08:002003-11-13T19:41:33.560-08:00POLITICAL WINNER OF THE WEEK: REPUBLICANS
The Republican Party scored 2 major victories this past week:
1) The GDP figures released along with unemployment numbers were great. Headlines were littered around the country with the phrase, 'Economy grows at fastest rate since 1984'. When Republicans ran against Al Gore in 2000, they were able to make Clinton's lack of morals an issue and it Douglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00456095393460128309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835954.post-1067922403878733522003-11-03T21:06:00.000-08:002003-11-03T21:11:07.566-08:00POPPOLITICS PREDICTION:
Currently, it looks like Republican Representative Ernie Fletcher will become KY's first Republican Gov since 1967. I predict this victory for 4 real reasons:
1) Previous KY Democratic Gov Paul Patton's administration was riddled with all sorts of slimy accusations and missteps that have left a bad taste in Kentuckian's mouths towards the Democratic Party. Also, Douglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00456095393460128309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835954.post-1067559111024798352003-10-30T16:11:00.000-08:002003-10-30T16:40:55.666-08:00Gov Races Begin to Swing GOP's Way:
The Democratic Party has got to be in a state of disarray. They have been telling everyone that will listen that the American public has finally seen the light and they will be picking up or retaining their current number of Governorships. There prospects are not only looking bad, but are getting considerably worse by the day. The Hedgehog Report has done aDouglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00456095393460128309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835954.post-106713968969602602003-10-25T20:41:00.000-07:002003-10-30T16:55:39.640-08:00Good News for Republicans: Fletcher widens lead in KY
4 Governorships are up for grabs this year:
California -- SWITCHED to Republican
Kentucky -- Currently Democrat
Mississippi -- Currently Democrat
Louisiana -- Currently Republican
Republicans have already taken California with ease, and now look positioned to possibly pick up another Governorship. The results of these elections are Douglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00456095393460128309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835954.post-1067036209968888932003-10-24T15:56:00.000-07:002003-10-24T15:56:47.930-07:00Jindal reaches out to Black voters: grabs endorsements
This is more good news for Jindal and Republicans nationwide. If Jindal can get 12%-20% of the black vote, he should win comfortably, (Republicans usually get less than 10% of the black vote in Louisiana).
A Jindal win would be huge for the GOP for the following reasons:
1) Jindal is smart; very smart and would probably be successful Douglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00456095393460128309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835954.post-1067016594928754562003-10-24T10:29:00.000-07:002003-10-24T10:29:54.900-07:00To Let You Know..
Poppolitics has stayed away from commenting on certain elements of every day politics that we feel don't have the impact that actual elections do. For example, we are aware of the controversy of the recent Rumsfeld memo questioning the success and the approach we are having with the war against terrorism. We are also aware of the CIA leak that caused a momentary stir. Our Douglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00456095393460128309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835954.post-1066971871636401542003-10-23T22:04:00.000-07:002003-10-24T09:58:30.126-07:00Blanco and Jindal in statistical tie in LA Gov race poll
Of course this is good news for Republican Bobby Jindal, who had been running approx 6-11 pts behind Blanco up until this poll. This is the first non-bias poll I've seen that has put the runoff this close, but Republicans shouldn't start celebrating yet. Keep in mind that Louisiana is a more Democrat friendly state than they like to admitDouglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00456095393460128309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835954.post-1066777260403415812003-10-21T16:01:00.000-07:002003-10-21T16:01:00.603-07:00Potential Bad News for Reps
Conservative Democrat possibly forced out by redistricting, may seek higher office
When redistricting first became an issue in Texas I wandered whether the US House might be the best place for these Dems for Republicans. The caution for Republicans would be to make sure they don't push these Dems out of one public office and into the Governors mansion or the US Douglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00456095393460128309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835954.post-1066759437838501582003-10-21T11:03:00.000-07:002003-10-23T22:06:27.080-07:00Bad News for Clark
A Franklin Pierce College poll shows Dean opening a wide lead over Kerry in New Hampshire, which is really no surprise. For months now Dean has been leading Kerry in New Hampshire. The real news in this poll is the 26 pt lead Dean has over Clark. If Clark doesn't want to run in Iowa, than that's going to put more pressure on him to do moderately well New Hampshire.
Douglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00456095393460128309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835954.post-1066691055652396172003-10-20T16:04:00.000-07:002003-10-21T10:34:04.510-07:00POLITICAL WINNER OF THE WEEK -- DEMS
Not much happened in either camp this week to give either side a decisive victory, however Dems did get a bit of good news out of Louisiana. The good people at the Hedgehog report show Blanco ahead of Jindal in a couple of different polls. This isn't great news for Dems but this is definitely something they need to pick up. What will probably happen in Douglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00456095393460128309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835954.post-1066089609534671292003-10-13T17:00:00.000-07:002003-10-13T17:00:09.730-07:00Good News For Reps:
1) TEXAS LEGISLATURE PASSES REDISTRICTING
As I have been saying for a while now, this is huge. The longer this doesn't get done, the longer it makes the Republicans look power hungry, and the Democrats look abused. This is good news all around for Republicans. If this does in fact give the GOP an additional 5-7 seats in the US Congress, then Dems are in big trouble. ThatDouglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00456095393460128309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835954.post-1065671876442138972003-10-08T20:57:00.000-07:002003-10-08T20:57:55.843-07:00MEDIA FLASH---CLARK CAMPAIGN IN TROUBLE
It looks like Wesley Clark's campaign has taken 3 hits in the past couple of days:
1) There is an open letter to Draft Clark supporters on the web site by one of Clark's former leading advocates, claiming the campaign has been hijacked by political insider Mark Fabiani. This certainly doesn't help Clark, but the real consequences of this, if any, will Douglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00456095393460128309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835954.post-1065670709792163282003-10-08T20:38:00.000-07:002003-10-08T20:40:12.106-07:00GOOD NEWS FOR DEMS:
Conservative powerhouse Sen. Don Nickles of Oklahoma recently announced that he will retire at the end of his current term. This usually wouldn't be such bad news for Republicans, given the fact that Oklahoma is reliably conservative, except that Democrats have very popular moderate Democrat Representative Brad Carson, to run for the seat. This seat still leans Republicans, Douglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00456095393460128309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835954.post-1065670407444014262003-10-08T20:33:00.000-07:002003-10-08T20:33:27.236-07:00ARNOLD WINS BIG
Arnold Shwarzenegger won big in Tuesday's recall. He crushed Lt. Gov Cruz Bustamante and all the other candidates on the ballot. This is good for Republicans. Democrats can only spin election results for so long without at some point having to admit their Party is currently in the toilet.
Not only was it important for Arnold to win, but to win big. He garnished enough of Douglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00456095393460128309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835954.post-1065530414645382972003-10-07T05:40:00.000-07:002003-10-07T05:40:14.253-07:00POPPOLITICS PREDICTION: CALIFORNIA RECALL
Yes: 54%
NO: 46%
Shwarzenegger: 38%
Bustamante: 30%
McClintock: 18%
Really, for all Parties involved, it would be better for the winner to win by at least 3 or 4 points to avoid a 'recall recount' fiasco.Douglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00456095393460128309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835954.post-1065529934583512702003-10-07T05:32:00.000-07:002003-10-07T05:41:21.173-07:00CALIFORNIA RECALL:
As the California Recall race tightened, I held off on awarding a winner of the week. Basically, which ever Party holds the California Governorship at the end of the night, wins big. As recently as a week ago, Pop Politics believed that the recall was all but in the bag for Arnold Schwarzenegger. Now, things look to have tightened considerably. Really, this is a bigger Douglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00456095393460128309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835954.post-1065297204031946112003-10-04T12:53:00.000-07:002003-10-04T12:53:43.223-07:00POPPOLITICS PREDICTION: LOUISIANA GUBERNATORIAL RACE
This is based on the limited polling and coverage I've seen, but I bet it ends up looking something like this
JINDAL== 32%
BLANCO == 26%
IEYOUB == 24%Douglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00456095393460128309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835954.post-1065296958840349582003-10-04T12:49:00.000-07:002003-10-07T05:16:04.396-07:00Louisiana Jungle Primary:
Today is what is referred to by political insiders as a "jungle primary" in the sate of Louisiana. Basically, there are no Party primaries in Louisiana; there is one election in which anyone can run, including members of the same Party. If 4 Dems run and split the vote between the four of them, and one Rep runs and gets the entire conservative vote, which adds up to Douglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00456095393460128309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835954.post-1065287130552365452003-10-04T10:05:00.000-07:002003-10-14T17:24:29.176-07:00More Potential Bad News for Dems:
Currently Republicans hold a strong advantage in the US House of Representatives. Due to current and recent redistricting, this advantage should only swell in future elections. This leaves the Senate as the Democrats last bastion of some sort of power, (although they are the minority, the Republican majority is slim enough, that with filibusters and the Douglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00456095393460128309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835954.post-1064879564666154332003-09-29T16:52:00.000-07:002003-10-04T10:06:48.023-07:00Kinda Good News For Republicans:
A recent poll of the KY Gubernatorial race puts Fletcher the Republican slightly ahead of his Democratic rival. Although further analysis of this poll shows Fletcher has slightly more of a lead when you look at who votes, Republicans need this Governorship and would probably feel much more comfortable with a 5-10 pt lead. Right now, of the 4 Governorships up forDouglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00456095393460128309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835954.post-1064794762627845812003-09-28T17:19:00.000-07:002003-09-29T16:08:54.896-07:00POLITICAL WINNER OF THE WEEK-- Reps
Although it was very close, Republicans barely scraped by with a better week than Democrats.
1) DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY
Republicans benefit the longer the Democratic primary remains confused, chaotic, and lacking any clear frontrunner besides Gov. Howard Dean. Clark's presence in the crowded Democratic primary was suppose to finally give Democrats nationwide Douglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00456095393460128309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835954.post-1064197845142478442003-09-21T19:30:00.000-07:002003-10-14T17:34:57.480-07:00POLITICAL WINNER OF THE WEEK-- Dems
The Democratic Party scored two victories this week:
1) Intra-party wrangling in Texas over redistricting has allowed Democrats to step back and portray Texas Republicans as so power hungry they can't even work with members of their own party. This is bad for Republicans not only in Texas, but nationwide. Either Lt Gov. Dewhurst or Gov. Perry needs to Douglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00456095393460128309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835954.post-1064196754435504642003-09-21T19:12:00.000-07:002003-09-28T19:16:24.126-07:00CLARK AHEAD OF THE REST
A recent Newsweek poll shows Gen. Clark ahead of the other Dem cadidates. So far, it looks like Clark is following THEORY 2 ( see below). If this trend continues of strong polling by Clark while Bush's support continues to slip, don't be surprised to see Hillary jump in the race and grab Clark for her VP.
It should be noted that although Clark is in the lead according Douglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00456095393460128309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835954.post-1064014616134016852003-09-19T16:36:00.001-07:002003-09-19T16:36:55.846-07:00Douglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00456095393460128309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835954.post-1064014560579731262003-09-19T16:36:00.000-07:002003-09-19T16:36:00.300-07:00Please check the site out every Sunday to see who are the political winners and losers of the week!Douglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00456095393460128309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835954.post-1064013809082763162003-09-19T16:23:00.000-07:002003-09-19T17:29:02.913-07:00CLARK AND HILLARY MOVE TO TEST BUSH:
General Wesley Clark's recent entrance into the already crowded Democratic Presidential field is reported to have been heavily pushed by the Clintons. His candidacies true purpose is most likely to help the Clintons. Consider the following theories:
1) Clark is entering the race to appeal to disillusioned Kerry supporters that feel Dean is too out of theDouglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00456095393460128309noreply@blogger.com