Wizbang Politics: September 2006 Archives

97 Reasons Democrats Are Weak On Defense And Can't Be Trusted To Govern In Wartime

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: September 30, 2006 · Comments (1)

From Investors Business Daily in an unsigned article at the link preceding. Typical Friday column, though: it's shooting ducks in a barrel. My initial reaction was, "Is that ALL they can think of?" Lock and load.... [Full Story]

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How To Build Bill Clinton's Legacy - Lesson One is 'Shut Up'

Posted by DJ Drummond · Published: September 30, 2006 · Comments (11)

By now, everyone has heard about former President (yes, this guy was once a sitting President of the United States) Bill Clinton's altercation with Chris Wallace on Fox News. The tantrum on national television brought joy to comedians and cartoonists, stress to the political aspirations of a number of politicians... [Full Story]

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Colorado Governor - Ritter's record on plea bargains

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: September 30, 2006 · Comments (2)

The Colorado Governor's campaign to replace Republican Gov. Bill Owens has attracted a great deal of media attention. Originally cast as a tossup contest, recent polls have tended to show the Democratic nominee, Denver District Attorney Bill Ritter, with a persistent lead over Republican Rep. Bob Beauprez. Several readers here... [Full Story]

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Pennslyvania 12th CD - Murtha and Abscam: looking back

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: September 30, 2006 · Comments (2)

The only question is: why wasn't this bastard locked up back then? David Holman blows it open at the American Spectator, backed by the original FBI video, publicly available for the first time: Who Did Murtha Call? After the sheiks' representatives offered Murtha the bribe and investments in his district... [Full Story]

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2006 New Jersey Senate Race

Posted by Alexander K. McClure · Published: September 29, 2006 · Comments (3)

In New Jersey, State Senator Tom Kean has now pulled into a five point lead over Democrat Bob Menendez. I am not about to start guzzling the champagne, but a Kean victory here would be a bright spot for the Republican Party in the Northeast, and with the GOP having... [Full Story]

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2006 Montana Senate Race

Posted by Alexander K. McClure · Published: September 29, 2006 · Comments (5)

I was seriously livid when I read this article. As I have been repeating ad nauseum for as long as I can remember, we have five extremely vulnerable seats this year - Montana, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Rhode Island, and Missouri. In Ohio, the Republican is having a hard time winning because... [Full Story]

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Pennsylvania 7th CD - Weldon's toughest race

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: September 29, 2006 · Comments (2)

Curt Weldon, the incumbent Republican, is serving his 20th year in Congress, but has never faced a challenge like the one this year from Vice Adm. (ret) Joe Sestak. The Democrat has been able to raise enough money to stay competitive, and the race is just that: the latest Keystone... [Full Story]

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Pennslyvania 6th CD - Still a horse race

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: September 29, 2006

The latest Keystone Poll confirms the rematch between Republican incumbent Rep. Jim Gerlach and former Ed Rendell aide Lois Murphy, who only lost by 6500 votes in 2004, will be another squeaker. The poll, taken September 20-25, shows Gerlach with a statistically insignificant lead of 44% to Murphy's 41, with... [Full Story]

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Foley Reaction

Posted by Lorie Byrd · Published: September 29, 2006 · Comments (12)

Reaction to Mark Foley's emails is as expected. Total and complete disgust. I think it is really sad, too. There is some "questioning of the timing" of the release of the emails and some comparing of the reaction to Foley to that Barney Frank received, but mostly, just disgust over... [Full Story]

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2006 Virginia Senate Race

Posted by Alexander K. McClure · Published: September 29, 2006 · Comments (4)

A Survey USA poll out tonight seems to indicate that George Allen's lead in Virginia is stable at six points. Hopefully Allen will run a smart campaign from here on out and win a second term. ... [Full Story]

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Rep. Mark Foley Resigns Over Lewd Messages To Minors

Posted by Kevin · Published: September 29, 2006 · Comments (1)

Rep. Mark Foley didn't get busted by Dateline NBC's Chris Hansen, but he might as well have been. ABC's Brian Ross reports Congressman Mark Foley (R-FL) planned to resign today, hours after ABC questioned him about sexually explicit internet messages with current and former Congressional pages under the age of... [Full Story]

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Indiana 9th CD - VFW endorses Hill

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: September 29, 2006 · Comments (3)

In a big break for the Democrat in one of the most-watched "competitive" House races in the country, the VFW's Political Action Committee has endorsed fromer Rep. Baron Hill over incumbent Republican Rep. Mike Sodrel, as Dick Kaukas of The Courier-Journal reports: Ninth District Democratic congressional candidate Baron Hill yesterday... [Full Story]

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Wiretapping Legislation

Posted by Alexander K. McClure · Published: September 28, 2006 · Comments (3)

Democrats just cannot stop giving us issues to run on this fall. The question is whether Republicans will make the most of it. ... [Full Story]

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Congressional Candidate Kellam Convicted of Assault

Posted by Lorie Byrd · Published: September 28, 2006 · Comments (8)

**Updated -- Scroll to bottom of post** Bearing Drift has uncovered a conviction in the past of the Democrats' Second District congressional candidate. According to Bearing Drift sources in North Carolina, Virginia Beach Commissioner of Revenue Phil Kellam, and Democratic candidate for Virginia's Second District U.S. Congressional Representative, was found... [Full Story]

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2006 Minnesota Senate Race

Posted by Alexander K. McClure · Published: September 28, 2006

For the first time in what seems to be forever, a poll out tonight in Minnesota shows Republican Congressman Mark Kennedy within single digits of Amy Klobuchar, the Democratic candidate. A SurveyUSA poll has Klobuchar leading 51% to 43%. As is the case with so many Republicans this year, it... [Full Story]

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2006 Maine Governor Race

Posted by Alexander K. McClure · Published: September 28, 2006

Following up on my last post on Gubernatorial races, another vulnerable Democratic Governor is up for re-election in Maine. A new SurveyUSA poll shows John Baldacci barely leading his challenger, Chandler Woodcock. Look for the details of this poll later on tonight at SurveyUSA.com... [Full Story]

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2006 Oregon Governor Race

Posted by Alexander K. McClure · Published: September 28, 2006

The Republican Party is facing a difficult election, but in no field is it more difficult than Gubernatorial races. The GOP seems poised to lose Massachusetts, New York, and Ohio. In addition, Arkansas and Colorado seem ready to slip into the Democatic column. Bob Ehrlich, the Republican incumbent in Maryland,... [Full Story]

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Senator Bob "The Fraud" Menendez

Posted by Dr. Ed Torres · Published: September 28, 2006

Senator Bob Menendez has made a trip to South Florida to visit his fellow Cuban Americans. During his trip to South Florida, the Senator is sounding much more conservative than he does while he is on the stump in Jersey. In fact, many Republican Cuban Americans in South Florida believe... [Full Story]

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Webb's N-Bomb Problem

Posted by Lorie Byrd · Published: September 28, 2006 · Comments (1)

John Hawkins is blogging about accusations that Jim Webb has some problems with racially insensitive language. What goes around...... [Full Story]

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DEFCON What? The War Quality of a Candidate

Posted by DJ Drummond · Published: September 28, 2006 · Comments (3)

"Sir, wake up. An event has occurred." I didn't have to open my eyes to recognize the voice. Not the individual, but the type. Young, male. military, calm but urgent. Which meant that something somewhere had gone very wrong, very fast, and could get worse if nothing was done soon... [Full Story]

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2006 New Jersey Senate Race

Posted by Alexander K. McClure · Published: September 28, 2006 · Comments (7)

The news continues to be very bad for New Jersey Democrats in their bid to retain the Senate seat held by Robert Menendez. Look for Republicans to throw everything they have into this race - it is by far our most likely pick-up this fall. Moreover, a victory here would... [Full Story]

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Poll Shows Lieberman Up By Ten

Posted by Lorie Byrd · Published: September 28, 2006 · Comments (4)

Via AP:Sen. Joe Lieberman has a 10-point advantage over Democrat Ned Lamont among likely Connecticut voters, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday. Lieberman, a three-term Democrat running as an independent after losing the party nomination in a primary, is favored by 49 percent to 39 percent over Lamont... [Full Story]

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2008 Republican Convention

Posted by Alexander K. McClure · Published: September 28, 2006 · Comments (4)

Republicans have decided that the 2008 convention will be held in Minneapolis/St. Paul. I could not have chosen a better site myself. While there is probably no correlation between the location of the convention and the election results in that state, it does have symbolic value. In 2000 and 2004,... [Full Story]

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2006 California Governor Race

Posted by Alexander K. McClure · Published: September 28, 2006

A new SurveyUSA poll is in line with other polls released in recent days, showing the Governator with a large double-digit lead over his Democratic challenger. "Schwarzenegger leads 12:1 among Republicans and 5:3 among Independents. 21% of Democrats cross over to vote for the Republican Schwarzenegger. Schwarzenegger leads by 28... [Full Story]

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2006 Washington Senate Race

Posted by Alexander K. McClure · Published: September 28, 2006 · Comments (1)

A new Strategic Vision poll in Washington reports that Maria Cantwell leads Mike McGavick 49% to 40%. 47% approve of how Cantwell is handling her job and 38% disapprove. Rasmussen recently had a poll showing this as a six point race, and Survey USA has it at 12 points. I... [Full Story]

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