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SurveyUSA for WDBJ-TV Roanoke (8/31-9/1, likely voters, Tom Perriello (D-inc) : 35 (35) Rob Hurt (R) : 61 (58) Jeff Clark (I) : 2 (4) Undecided : 2 (3) (MoE: ?4%) Brutal stuff. It's worth mentioning that last time, we mentioned some issues with the crosstabs , including Hurt's big support among younger voters. Those issues persist in this poll. It's worth mentioning that Perrie...
Swing State Project (Illinois) - 9:41 a.m.
I know a little a bit about small unit warfare. As long as you have conventional soldiering and counterinsurgency going on at the same time, friendly fire accidents are going to happen. It's beyond tragic but it is also predictable. Pat Tillman's story is different in kind. There have now been two books written about him and one movie is in the can. Still, no satisfacto...
Upper Mississippi River Basin - 9:04 a.m.
Just watch this: And this: Holy shit. ...
Swing State Project (Illinois) - 8:41 a.m.
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Behind the scenes here at SSP, I told my co-editors that our daily series of Alaska mega-posts was over now that Lisa Murkowski conceded the race to Joe Miller. But like Dave Wakeling and Ranking Roger once said, I Just Can't Stop It! No Endorsement : We previously noted that Lisa Murkowski walked off the stage on Tuesday night without endorsing Joe Miller -- and, for the time being at least, t...
Swing State Project (Illinois) - 7:29 a.m.
AR-Sen , AR-01 : Bill Clinton is heading back home to Arkansas to do events for Blanche Lincoln (probably not a good use of resources) and Chad Causey (better use of resources). Incidentally, Politico notes that Causey's primary opponent, Tim Wooldridge, still has yet to endorse him. Jeez. DE-Sen : It's official: The Tea Party Express has spooked Mike Castle into going up on the air before ...
Swing State Project (Illinois) - 5:30 a.m.
Minnesota Public Radio/Humphrey Institute (8/25-29, likely voters, 5/13-16 in parens): Mark Dayton (D) : 34 (35) Tom Emmer (R) : 34 (31) Tom Horner (IP) : 13 (9) Undecided/Other : 19 (MoE: ?3.6%) One red flag from this poll is its sample composition -- it pegs the Minnesota midterm electorate at 46% Republican, 41% Democratic, and 13% independent. An early August poll by SurveyUS...
Swing State Project (Illinois) - Wed 5:42 p.m.
Sweet score for Alex Sink: Independent candidate Bud Chiles confirmed Wednesday he would drop out of Florida's race for governor and back Democratic nominee Alex Sink. [...] In a statement, aide Jim McClellan said Chiles would make the announcement official at a Thursday morning news conference in Tallahassee. Democratic pollster Tom Eldon said the rise of surprise GOP nominee Rick Scott end...
Swing State Project (Illinois) - Wed 3:07 p.m.
? DE-Sen : Wow, the mounting establishment/teabagger war in the GOP Delaware primary is actually getting physically violent. A Christine O'Donnell supporter got into a scuffle with a tracker from the state GOP party who was videotaping O'Donnell at a candidate forum ? IL-Sen : The Constitution Party is still trying to get back on the ballot in Illinois, maybe most notably in the close Senate ra...
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Public Policy Polling (8/27-29, likely voters, 6/26-27 in parens): Ted Strickland (D-inc) : 40 (41) John Kasich (R) : 50 (43) Undecided : 10 (16) (MoE: ?4.5%) This does not bode well : The race has pretty much shaped up as a referendum on Strickland and that is not to the incumbent's advantage. Only 34% of voters in the state approve of the job he's doing while 52% disapprove. R...
Swing State Project (Illinois) - Wed 10:48 a.m.
Mason-Dixon for Las Vegas Review-Journal (8/23-25, likely voters, 8/9-11 in parentheses): Harry Reid (D-inc) : 45 (46) Sharron Angle (R) : 44 (44) Other : 2 (2) None of these : 4 (3) Undecided : 5 (5) (MoE: ?4%) Sounds like Nevadans really, really would like another option. Maybe most interestingly, two-thirds of Sharron Angle's supporters in this weekend's Mason-Dixon LVRJ pol...
Swing State Project (Illinois) - Wed 7:46 a.m.
Ipsos for Reuters (8/27-28, likely voters, no trendlines): Joe Sestak (D) : 37 Pat Toomey (R) : 47 Undecided : 15 (MoE: ?4.9%) Ipsos strikes in another state with another of their interesting both-LV-and-RV polls. The enthusiasm gap seems as big here in Pennsylvania as it does anywhere: the LV model spells certain doom for Dems, with Joe Sestak falling into a double-digit deficit aga...
Swing State Project (Illinois) - Wed 7:46 a.m.
AK-Sen : Lulz. Ex-state Rep. Andrew Halcro is still carrying the torch for a Murkowski Libertarian bid, despite the fact that the Alaska Libertarian Party voted to reject having Murkowski on their ticket over the weekend. Halcro is telling The Hill (and anyone else willing to listen, apparently), that he thinks the Libertarians would be willing to reconsider, as long as Murkowski is the one wh...
Swing State Project (Illinois) - Wed 5:29 a.m.
I don't believe the title needs further explanation. Can you guess what this map is of? The map up top is the 2008 race between Mark Begich and Ted Stevens, in which Begich prevailed by 1.25%. If you guessed that correctly (without cheating), 10 points for Gryffindor. If you did cheat and look at the file name, boo on you too, but you can look at the Anchorage inset anyways: Here's...
Swing State Project (Illinois) - Tue 9:24 p.m.
Ellen's Illinois Tenth Congressional District Blog - Tue 1:24 p.m.
? WI-Sen : Know how you can tell that this hypocrisy-on-government-aid problem (see the last couple digests for backstory... Ron Johnson's company Pacur has been repeatedly expanded with the help of government loans, y'know, the kind that of meddling in the free market that we have to get rid of) is putting a scare into the Johnson camp? Now he's been rewriting history on Pacur's website to adjus...
Swing State Project (Illinois) - Tue 1:24 p.m.
The new tally : 438 of 438 Precincts Reporting Candidate Votes Percent Lisa Murkowski 51,358 49.22% Joe Miller 52,988 50.78% More updates as we get 'em. 11:50pm : Y'know, I get a lot of spam from the DSCC. It's been well over an hour since Murkowski has conceded, and the DSCC has yet to put out a statement on the r...
Swing State Project (Illinois) - Tue 12:43 p.m.
Public Policy Polling (8/27-28, likely voters, 7/27-31 in parentheses): Elaine Marshall (D) : 38 (37) Richard Burr (R-inc) : 43 (39) Michael Beitler (L) : 6 (7) Undecided : 13 (17) (MoE: ?3.6%) Things are looking pretty stable in the North Carolina Senate race according to PPP. Richard Burr has put a little distance between him and Elaine Marshall, with most of the movement to Bu...
Swing State Project (Illinois) - Tue 10:48 a.m.
In the last five years we have seen pharmacists refuse to give out a legal medication to women in need (emergency contraception) because of their personal beliefs. We’ve learned that if a woman goes to a Catholic hospital she may be denied an abortion even if it would save her life . We saw an attempt to pass legislation allowing doctors to refuse treatment to GLBTQ people if the docto...
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OK, all the hard righties have been telling us for years that WJC and BHO were just toying with out emotions and manipulating us when they talked about "hope" as a basis for their respective theories of governance. I kind of get that. All the USA is supposed to offer us is the pursuit of happiness. Whether and how we get to happiness is kind of up to us. That's cool. ...
Upper Mississippi River Basin - Sun 4:47 a.m.
I didn't know much about DK Hirner when I went to a neighborhood meet up; the event was held in the home of a colleague from my university. I was blown away with what I saw; she is the real deal. Of course, this fight is an uphill one as her opponent, Aaron Schock, has national name recognition. More below the fold. Cross posted at Prairie State Blue and on my personal blog ...
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Made the terrible mistake of reading my local newspaper while drinking iced tea. Spewed when I read a quote from the local Tea Party spokesman saying it would support a candidate from either party who could "...meet the ideological requirements of the tea party." Now that's building a "big tent," isn't it? Or maybe it's nature's way of telling you that you're...
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Newsflash: voters are angry. Democrats will try to knock on 200,000 doors tomorrow and I'm betting some of them will be surprised. I got a glimpse of that today. I was out running errands in my "League of Conservation Voters" shirt -- which almost everyone misreads as "League of Conservative Voters" -- and the check-out lady asks me, "so who do you vote for?" Now I have to say t...
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Nothing says "do away with the DH" like a claim for Manny from an AL team after the entire NL has passed. ...
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Eldrick's divorced. ...
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Whether discussing foreign affairs or domestic policy the discourse on the status of the Presidency is essentially the same every where. On the one hand, it's "Bush was an idiot. He deviated our resources, diluted our freedoms and caused us to be viewed as a hostile by most of the world. His was a terrible Presidency." On the other hand "Obama's a terrible president. ...
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Seriously, can imagine anyone discussing Nolan Ryan's 'BABIP"? ...
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distracted today, ...
Upper Mississippi River Basin - Aug 9
Robin Kelly offers the people of Illinois an opportunity to continue the excellent leadership of the State Treasurers office. I am very happy and proud to be standing in support of Robin. We all know that this is a very......
49th Ward - Aug 5
Governor Pat Quinn has worked to bring a huge victory to Illinois. Ford Motor Company decided the the best place in North America to build its new SUV was right here in Illinois. A big part of the reason that......
49th Ward - Aug 5
Join us for a Canvass for Change SATURDAY, August 7th, 10:00 a.m., at 1774 W. Greenleaf in honor of President Barack Obama's birthday. We will fan out across the neighborhood to engage first-time 2008 voters and other progressive Democrats and......
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How about this: Teams Play 18 games with one bye week....BUT every player must sit out two non-consecutive hiatus games. Hiatus players must be announced by noon local time Wed. and may not practice with the team Wed. or after. Hiatus time may be merged with injured time but the hiatus games must be non-consecutive. ...
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A guy I work with came in yesterday and said to me “I don’t know why, but I saw this very cool thing yesterday and immediately thought that if anyone I know would know the right person to do it, you would.” And then he told me about this: the Museum of Science and Industry [...]...
The Progressive Fox - Jul 25
I helped write a preservation ordinance once and discovered in my research that you really need to write a clause in there forbidding teardowns while the ordinance is being considered, otherwise there’s always some asshole who will invest a ton of money in destroying his building just to prove a point to the city council [...]...
The Progressive Fox - Jul 24
but I am just so damned good at it. So one more time: Can you help? Besides the author of the diary linked above promises free beer…of course the author of the diary linked above once invited me to a virtual spaghetti dinner fundraiser. Not too filling, but it was a hell of a [...]...
The Progressive Fox - Jul 23
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