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Archive for the '2010 Elections' Category

Fimian Concedes To Connolly In VA-11

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, November 9th, 2010. Filed under 2010 Elections, Elections, Gerry Connolly, Keith Fimian, Politics, Virginia Politics

There will no recount in the 11th Congressional District:
Republican Keith Fimian has released a statement conceding defeat in the 11th Congressional District race against Rep. Gerald Connolly (D).
Connolly leads Fimian by 981 votes — or .4 percent of all votes cast — according to the Virginia state board of elections site. That margin [...]

John Stossel & Ron Paul: Can We Trust The “New” Republicans?

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, November 8th, 2010. Filed under 2010 Elections, Elections, Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Ron Paul

Congressman Paul was on John Stossel’s show last Thursday discussing the election results, and whether we can expect anything different from the Congressional Republicans:

Chris Christie: It’s Time For The GOP To Put Up, Or Shut Up

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, November 8th, 2010. Filed under 2010 Elections, Chris Christie, Elections, Political Parties, Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Republicans

Yet another reason why Chris Christie is one of my favorite politicians at this moment:

Rand Paul’s Victory Speech

by Doug Mataconis @ Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010. Filed under 2010 Elections, Elections, Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Rand Paul

Here’s the full video of Rand Paul’s victory speech last night:

Also, Paul spoke with Wolf Blizter after the speech:

Virginia Turns Just A Little More Red

by Doug Mataconis @ Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010. Filed under 2010 Elections, Elections, Politics, Virginia, Virginia Politics

Continuing a trend that began with the GOP wins last year at the statewide level, last night was a very good night for Republicans in the Old Dominion:
Rep. Gerald E. Connolly (D) was holding on to a thin lead in the race to keep his seat Tuesday night, even as a Republican wave swept three [...]

Mid-Term-A-Palooza Live Blog

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010. Filed under 2010 Elections, Blogging, Elections, Outside The Beltway, Politics

I’ll be participating in a live blog of tonight’s election returns at United Liberty along with Jason Pye and whoever else shows up. We’ll start sometime around 6:45pm and continue until, well, perhaps until the Alaska write-in votes are counted  in two weeks (not really).
I will also be posting occasional posts at Outside The Beltway, [...]

A Warning To The GOP: It’s Not About You

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, November 1st, 2010. Filed under 2010 Elections, Elections, Political Parties, Politics, Republicans

Pollster Scott Rasmussen takes a look at the expected results of tomorrow’s elections and notes that they have a message for Republicans, but not the one they may think:
The reality is that voters in 2010 are doing the same thing they did in 2006 and 2008: They are voting against the party in power.
This is [...]

Christine O’Donnell: Halloween Is A Satanic Holiday

by Doug Mataconis @ Sunday, October 31st, 2010. Filed under 2010 Elections, Elections, Politics

Before she fades off into the sunset loving and protective arms of Fox News Channel, here’s one last oldie but goodie from Christine O’Donnell’s days as a late-90s late night television hack:

Pre-Election Podcasting

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, October 28th, 2010. Filed under 2010 Elections, Blogging, Elections, Politics

Last night, I took part in a special pre-election podcast over at United Liberty along with Jason Pye, Brett Bittner, Stephen Gordon, Mike Hassinger, and Shana Kluck.
We spent most of our time focusing on the Senate races in Florida, Kentucky, Nevada, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Colorado, but the conversation also wandered off into an interesting [...]

Republican Congressman: GOP Is Getting A Second Chance, But We Don’t Deserve It

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, October 19th, 2010. Filed under 2010 Elections, Elections, Libertarians, Political Parties, Politics, Republicans

California Republican Tom McClintock isn’t among those who believes that his party has learned their lesson yet:
Speaking at an event last week in Orange County, CA, Rep. Tom McClintock (R-CA) said he expected big gains for his party at this year’s election, but said he worried that Republicans would squander the [...]

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