Barack Obama Coattails?

November 4, 2008 RSS Feed Print
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My friend Doug Heye raises a good point over at The Hill's Pundit Blog—how many of Obama's first-time voters stuck around and voted down ballot. In other words: Are there Obama coattails (if, as seems likely, Obama is wearing the presidential coat this evening). Worth watching...

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Robert Schlesinger

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Robert Schlesinger is managing editor for opinion at U.S. News and World Report, overseeing all opinion editorial content. He is the author of "White House Ghosts: Presidents and Their Speechwriters." E-mail him at rschlesinger@usnews.com. Follow him on Twitter: @rschles.

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