In Maryland, incumbent Democratic Governor Martin O’Malley currently leads his Republican opponent, Bob Ehrlich, by a mere three points. Before Republicans get their hopes up here, the fact is that this state is very blue, especially of late. This is evident by the fact that incumbent Democratic Senator Barbara Mikulski leads Eric Wargotz by 24 points and will be back in Washington for another | Read More »
First, lets look at the races in Louisiana- a state not exactly enamored of late with Barack Obama. With no gubernatorial race, the key statewide race is for david Vitter’s seat, the incumbent Republican. Despite being somewhat scandal-tainted having apparently solicited the services of prostitutes, this would, in a conservative state like Louisiana, be a recipe for disaster. Yet Vitter has consistently led his | Read More »
There is no Governor’s race, nor is any Senate seat up for re-election. In 2012, the seat of Robert Menendez will be available. He is currently head of the Democrat’s Senatorial efforts and there has been criticism of his efforts by some. His standing in the Democratic Party may be judged by his performance in this year’s Senatorial cycle. In the interim, Republicans in | Read More »
There is really no suspense in the Idaho race as Butch Otter, the Republican incumbent Governor is up by 18 points, and incumbent Senator Mike Crapo has a huge lead in the polls. Both are expected to be easily re-elected. That leaves the only suspense in the First District race between incumbent Democrat Walt Minnick and challenger Raul Labrador. Minnick had been trailing by as | Read More »
Today, I would like to head west to the Oregon and Hawaii races. In Hawaii, popular Republican Governor Linda Lingle is term-limited. Although there was speculation as to her political aspirations, it will most likely be a waiting game. Most pundits agree that her successor will be Neal Ambercrombie, a Democrat (+16 in recent polls), Lingle is a rising star in the Republican Party. | Read More »
Opening caveat: Anyone from Connecticut or Georgia, please chime in. These are merely the views of one person in New Jersey. In Connecticut, it would appear that Democrat Dan Malloy will be new Governor replacing Republican Jodi Rell. Tom Foley trails by 8 points- certainly within striking distance, but unrealistic. It would be no great surprise if Malloy prevails since Connecticut is considered a very | Read More »
This is the first in a series of diary entries analyzing races around the country as I see it here in good old Jersey. Today, I will discuss the states of Alabama and Alaska. If anyone in these states would like to add to or modify or clarify, or even disagree with my takes, then please feel free to do so. Alabama is a safe | Read More »
It is November 3rd and the elction results are in. The Republicans have, as expected, taken the House and Democrats maintain a 51-49 majority in the Senate, but it was a lot closer than expected as some Republican losing candidates are holding out hope for absentee ballot counts. The pundits have had their say. Keith Olberman’s head spontaneously combusts on live television giving MSNBC | Read More »
Republicans in Delaware have spoken, for better or for worse, as the many political pundits have noted. She won the battle against Delaware Republican stalwart Mike Castle, a mainstay in Delaware politics since the 1960s. And already the liberal media is trotting out past comments made by O’Donnell in an effort to portray her as some crazy nut outside the mainstream. But if anything | Read More »
As many may be aware, New Jersey recently lost out on a potential $400 million grant under the Race to the Top program. Ten states qualified with Ohio being the tenth and New Jersey missing by three points under their scoring system. The reason New Jersey lost is that they included State education figures for the years 2010 and 2011 instead of 2008 and | Read More »
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