President Obama reflects on the Massachusetts election results and his vision for creating a better America.

Posted on January 25th, 2010 by Debby
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by Matt L. Barron When Al Franken finally takes his seat later this year, Democrats will have reached the magic total of 60 votes in their caucus with the move across the aisle by Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania. Talk about Christmas in April for Harry Reid. Sing it out loud and proud. Cloture, baby, [...]

Posted on April 29th, 2009 by Debby
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By Sean Reagan Over in the Bluegrass state, Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell has been battling for his political life against Democrat Bruce Lunsford. Despite significant cash advantage – and a relatively reliable base – McConnell has been on the ropes for most of the campaign. It’s a seat Democrats would love to grab, not [...]

Posted on November 3rd, 2008 by seanreagan
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By Sean Reagan Perhaps one of the best tests of just how long and broad Barack Obama’s coattails will prove to be is in Georgia, where incumbent Republican Senator Saxby Chambliss can’t quite put away Democratic challenger Jim Martin. Most October polls have Chambliss up a few points on Martin (one projects a tie; Rasmussen [...]

Posted on October 20th, 2008 by seanreagan
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By Sean Reagan Kay R. Hagan continues to box incumbent Republican Sen. Elizabeth Dole into a corner. Veteran election watcher Charlie Cook has moved the North Carolina senate race from “Leans Republican” to a toss-up. Last week, two polls showed Hagan with a slim lead. Taken together, that translates into real momentum. There’s little doubt [...]

Posted on September 29th, 2008 by seanreagan
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By Sean Reagan Amidst the Palin chatter, I thought I’d check in on a couple of rural races featuring Democratic women. One is senatorial candidate Jeanne Shaheen in New Hampshire, who’s currently the odds-on favorite to unseat Republican incumbent John Sununu. In a state where Obama holds a razor-thin lead, Shaheen has doubled her lead [...]

Posted on September 1st, 2008 by seanreagan
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By Sean Reagan It’s all Veepstakes all the time these days, but we like to keep our eye on lots of races here at Rural Votes. One of them is the race for the late Paul Wellstone’s Minnesota Senate seat. Republican Norm Coleman, who on the seat in 2002, is being challenged by Democrat Al [...]

Posted on August 22nd, 2008 by seanreagan
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By Miryam Ehrlich Williamson The Atlantic has posted Joshua Green’s article. “The Front-Runner’s Fall,” to which I referred last Sunday, along with the entire collection of Hillary Rodham Clinton’s primary campaign strategy memos and e-mails on which the piece is based.  I haven’t read it all yet, but you can be sure I will. Some [...]

Posted on August 12th, 2008 by Miryam Ehrlich Williamson
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By Karen St. John “Our injured and fallen heroes and their families must be a top priority.  They deserve no less.” US Senator Elizabeth Dole concluded a speech made on the floor of the Senate with those words.  In a February 2005 press release, Providing for Injured and Fallen Soldiers and Their Families repeated the [...]

Posted on August 12th, 2008 by admin
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DEMOCRAT TOM UDALL TAKES A BIG EARLY LEAD By Sean Reagan Democratic Congressman Tom Udall is taking on Republican Steve Pearce, who narrowly defeated Heather Wilson in their hard-fought primary, in the race to replace retiring Republican Senator Pete Domenici who has held the seat since 1973. Udall has politics in the blood. He’s got [...]

Posted on July 21st, 2008 by seanreagan
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