NY-23 results, take 2
JUDE SEYMOUR
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2009
St. Lawrence County is reporting numbers from about 30 additional polling districts in the 23rd Congressional District this morning that we’re not available last night. These still aren’t complete numbers – we still have precincts here and there in six counties that haven’t reported – but here’s where [...]
11/03/2009 10:25:24 PM PST
Garamendi easily defeats surprisingly tough GOP rival
By Lisa Vorderbrueggen
Democratic Lt. Gov. John Garamendi will soon trade his state title for that of congressman after an expected victory Tuesday in the face of a surprisingly tough GOP challenger.
Garamendi easily beat Republican challenger David Harmer of Dougherty despite late cash infusions from the national [...]
11/04/2009 12:00:00 AM
The Washington Post Loses in Virginia
How their effort to beat McDonnell backfired.
by Jennifer Rubin
Bob McDonnell won big tonight in the Virginia gubernatorial race, as did the entire Virginia Republican party. The implications of the race will be sorted out soon enough. But one big loser is the Washington Post which may unwittingly [...]
November 04, 2009
Will Obama Ever Become President?
by John Tantillo
One year after Barack Obama won the election, millions of voters are still waiting for the candidate they voted for and believed in, to show up and get to work.
Folks, we’re at the one year mark. It’s been exactly a year since Barack Obama was elected president [...]
ATLANTA NEWS 12:07 a.m. Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Atlanta has one more month and one more election to go before it chooses the city’s next mayor: Councilwoman Mary Norwood and former state Sen. Kasim Reed will face each other in a runoff Dec. 1.
Curtis Compton, ccompton@ajc.com Mary Norwood gives the thumbs up and says she anticipates [...]
Glitches may delay vote reporting in four St. Lawrence Co. towns
JOHNSON NEWS SERVICE
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2009
St. Lawrence County Board of Elections officials said this evening that machine breakdowns earlier today may prevent them from having election results tonight in Louisville, Waddington, Rossie and Clare.
St. Lawrence County Board of Elections Deputy Commissioner Thomas Nichols said the [...]
REVIEW & OUTLOOK NOVEMBER 4, 2009
California Stealin’
Sacramento demands a loan from taxpayers.
Desperation grabs for revenue are nothing new in politics, but California is once again leading the way in creative financing.
To help close yet another gaping budget deficit, now estimated to be $7 billion this year and reach as high as $20 billion next, Sacramento [...]
45% for Obama, 49% Against – If Election Were Held Right Now
Tuesday, November 03, 2009
Americans are a little less enthusiastic about the presidential candidacy of Barack Obama this time around.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 45% of adults say they would be at least somewhat likely to vote for Obama if he [...]
November 03, 2009
Twenty-five years after the Reagan landslide
By Bruce Walker
Election Day, 1984 — twenty five years ago — many thought that the ideological battle of America was won. President Reagan, the disciple of “Mr. Conservative” Barry Goldwater ran against Walter Mondale, the disciple of “Mr. Liberal” Hubert Humphrey. Reagan got into politics with “The Speech” [...]
November 3, 2009
The “Costs” of Medical Care
By Thomas Sowell
We are incessantly being told that the cost of medical care is “too high”– either absolutely or as a growing percentage of our incomes. But nothing that is being proposed by the government is likely to lower those costs, and much that is being proposed is almost [...]
