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Archive for January, 2010

The Shot Heard Round The World

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, January 19th, 2010. Filed under 2010 Elections, Barack Obama, Congress, Democrats, Political Parties, Politicos & Pundits, Politics

The only appropriate word for this is, wow:
BOSTON — Scott Brown, a little-known Republican state senator, rode an old pickup truck and a growing sense of unease among independent voters to an extraordinary upset Tuesday night when he was elected to fill the Senate seat that was long held by Edward M. Kennedy in the [...]

Sarah Palin Still Getting Little Respect

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, January 19th, 2010. Filed under 2012 Election, Elections, Political Parties, Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Republicans, Sarah Palin

It doesn’t look like the release of Going Rogue has done much to enhance the public’s opinion of the former Governor of Alaska:
A new CBS News poll finds that a large majority of Americans say they do not want former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin to run for president.
Specifically, 71 percent say they do not want [...]

Chart Of The Day: The Massachusetts Miracle

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, January 19th, 2010. Filed under 2010 Elections, Barack Obama, Congress, Democrats, Elections, Political Parties, Politics

Unless something very surprising happens today, Massachusetts will elect it’s first Republican Senator since Edward Brooke left office in 1979 and the seat once held by Ted Kennedy and John F. Kennedy, Jr. will be held by a Republican for the first time since Henry Cabot Lodge Jr left office in 1953.
Are you listening President [...]

So, What Did I Miss ?

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, January 15th, 2010. Filed under Blogging, News About The Site

Yes, I’m still here. Of course, you’d know that if you followed my Twitter feed.
Regular, or at least semi-regular, blogging to resume next week.
Coincidentally, this happens to be the 12,000th published post here at Below The Beltway.

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