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2010 Elections Remain Surprisingly Fluid
Tweet Share on Facebook November 1, 2010 Comment (3)The pre-election weekend polls show a surprising number of close races, which should come as a surprise to no one.
Open seat races are often won in blowouts. Challengers usually defeat incumbents by just a few percentage points--if by even that much. It’s a hard thing to do, which is why incumbents are so infrequently defeated--at least infrequently as a percentage of the total number of seats up for election at a given time.
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Obama Has Landed Only Soft Punches in Hard Times
Tweet Share on Facebook November 1, 2010 Comment (6)Deep in the American heart is a simple reason why the president and his party are languishing and likely to suffer in the midterm election. Although the Democratic leader has accomplished a lot, President Barack Obama’s even-keel temperament is out of tune with a troubled, edgy electorate.
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