Projection: Franken to Win Recount by 27 Votes

The ever-increasing number of challenged ballots in Minnesota is making it more and more difficult to determine the extent to which Al Franken is in fact gaining ground in the state’s recount process. An analysis of precinct-by-precinct returns available on the Secretary of State’s website, however, suggests that Franken’s position is somewhat stronger than it [...]

War hero McCain deserted by voters in military state

Virginia has been faithfully in the Republican column in every presidential election for the past 44 years. The state’s large military population and a wider community of veterans and family members could always be relied on. However, judging by a series of interviews with serving and former members of the Marines over the weekend, that [...]

Republicans fighting for their political careers

Top campaign officials for both parties, pollsters and independent experts say the intense focus on the economic turmoil and last week’s bailout vote have combined to rapidly expand a Democratic advantage in Congressional contests. Analysts now predict a Democratic surge on a scale that seemed unlikely just weeks ago, with even some Republicans in traditional [...]

Democrats post big gains in voter registration

Nationwide, there are about 42 million registered Democrats and about 31 million Republicans, according to statistics compiled by The Associated Press. 
The Democrats have posted big gains in many competitive states, including Nevada, New Hampshire, Iowa, Colorado and Florida. They have also been targeting historically Republican southern states.
Since 2006, the Democrats have added 167,000 voters in [...]

Bill Clinton Hails Obama!

Rupert Murdoch predicts landslide for Democrats

News Corp Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch on Wednesday predicted a Democratic landslide in the U.S. presidential election against a gloomy economic backdrop over the next 18 months.
Murdoch has yet to endorse a U.S. presidential candidate but considers Barack Obama very promising, the media magnate said in an interview by two Wall Street Journal reporters at [...]

FEC computers can’t handle Obama jackpot

A milestone of sorts was reached earlier this year, when Barack Obama filed an electronic fundraising report so large it could not be processed by popular basic spreadsheet applications like Microsoft Excel 2003 and Lotus 1-2-3.  The record-shattering fundraising by Democratic presidential candidates Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton has reshaped the financing of presidential elections [...]

Economic Gloom Makes New Election Issue

Americans have turned markedly gloomier about the economy in recent months, a shift that is reshaping a presidential campaign long dominated by the war in Iraq and national security concerns.
Higher prices for gasoline and home heating oil, stock market volatility and rising mortgage foreclosures all account for some of the pessimism, in the view of [...]

Poll Finds G.O.P. Field Isn’t Touching Voters

 Three weeks before the Iowa caucuses, Republican voters across the country appear uninspired by their field of presidential candidates, with a vast majority saying they have not made a final decision about whom to support, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll.
Not one of the Republican candidates is viewed favorably by even half [...]

Big win for Democrats in northern Westchester

From blue-collar neighborhoods in Peekskill to horse country in Bedford, Republican strongholds were breached and even overrun in an electoral blowout this week.
The political map of northern Westchester was redrawn on Election Day, with Republican red blotted out by Democratic blue in communities where the GOP has long held sway.
Candidates and political observers attribute the [...]