http://campaigndiaries.com Obsessive political analysis Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:11:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I first want to thank all those who wrote very kind words after I announced I would end regular blogging, either in the comments section, via e-mail or Twitter. It was very heart-warming to know how much Campaign Diaries meant to so many people. As I promised then, I am ... http://campaigndiaries.com/2010/03/16/ratings-update-the-landscape-isnt-done-shifting-away-from-dems/ Dear readers, I launched Campaign Diaries more in the summer of 2007, and since then I don't believe I took more than half-a-dozen full days of break (at least if we leave out a brief period this past summer where I was attending to personal obligations). What a roller-coaster it has ... http://campaigndiaries.com/2010/03/02/all-good-things-must-come-to-an-end/ While it was initially difficult to take the possibility Harold Ford Jr. might run for Senate in New York seriously, the former Tennessee congressman had come to look determined to pursue the race. That makes his announcement tonight that he will not challenge Senator Kirsten Gillibrand somewhat of a surprise. For ... http://campaigndiaries.com/2010/03/01/ford-out-halter-in/ A lot of attention has been devoted to the Senate in recent months, but as we approach make-or-break time in the health-care debate it has become clear that the suspense lies in the House. The approach Democrats are now openly pursuing (get the House to pass the Senate bill, get both ... http://campaigndiaries.com/2010/03/01/where-the-house-stands-on-health-care/ North Carolina's filing deadline passed yesterday - the 9th state in which this occurred- and this is one state in which Democrats suffered no last-minute surprise. All of their incumbents are running for re-election, which was not a given that three of them were once eying the Senate race and ... http://campaigndiaries.com/2010/02/28/filing-deadline-passed-in-nc/ I wouldn't go as far as to describe this week's polling round-up as generally good for Democrats; after all, numerous of their House incumbents look vulnerable, Rob Portman retains a small lead in Ohio, Castle dominates, Richard Burr is up by double-digits and Pete Domenici is closer to Diane Denish ... http://campaigndiaries.com/2010/02/27/poll-watch-democrats-are-strong-in-il/ What would be our sense of the midterm landscape if Research 2000 and Quinnipiac released as many polls as Rasmussen does? This question is not meant to denigrate Rasmussen. I am not dismissing his results by pointing out that his polls represent a set of assumptions that are on the GOP-friendly ... http://campaigndiaries.com/2010/02/26/of-our-perception/ Just one week after he launched his bid for a full term in New York's Governor's Mansion, David Paterson is set to announce that he is withdrawing his candidacy at a press conference this afternoon. The New York Times's Wednesday night bombshell would have been too much for most politicians ... http://campaigndiaries.com/2010/02/26/david-paterson-to-drop-bid-for-a-full-term/ PA-12: Joyce Murtha and Singel back Critz, Russell signals he won't give up While I wrote about PA-12's special election last night, the race took an entirely new direction in the past 24 hours alone: Where we expected a long-line of state legislators looking to replace Rep. Jack Murtha led by state ... http://campaigndiaries.com/2010/02/25/open-seats-dem-field-narrows-as-gop-tensions-rise-in-pa-12-phoenix-mayor-wont-run-in-az-03/ Nearly two years after a New York Times launched a bombshell of a story at Eliot Spitzer's political career, David Paterson finds himself teetering on the brink, the second New York Governor in a row to find himself fighting for his political life following explosive allegations by the Grey Lady. Of ... http://campaigndiaries.com/2010/02/25/yet-another-bombshell/