by altha-admin | Nov 6, 2014 | Articles
An illiberal columnist in the Santa Monica Daily Press mocked Republican chances after the 2012 elections. Elated at these losses, he joked: “The Elephant is not in the middle of the room.” Disappointed at losing the Presidency and three US Senate Seats, I responded...
by altha-admin | Nov 6, 2014 | Articles
Many sighs of relief, some twinges of regret, and reasons to rejoice define my reflections regarding the 2014 Governor races. Let me get the disappointments out of the way: Regret Rhode Island Not just on national politics, I focus on Rhode Island...
by altha-admin | Nov 6, 2014 | Articles
Wow. Like — Wow! I was gladly wrong about Republican chances. Like the pollsters on the ground, and the pundits on TV, we all underestimated the anti-Obama momentum in 2014. North Carolina Thom Tillis With the tight polling out of North Carolina, I had...
by altha-admin | Nov 6, 2014 | Articles
Albert Muratsuchi, state prosecutor and school board member, jumped into the 66th Assembly at just the right time. He had money from all over the state (most outside of the district), and the national election improved his chances, too. Despite his small registration...
by altha-admin | Nov 6, 2014 | Articles
I cannot resist commenting on the 2014 Georgia US Senate race. Saxby Chambliss From the day that Republican Saxby Chambliss announced his retirement, conservatives fretted that the Peach State would be the peachy chance for a Democratic pick-up in 2014. I was...
by altha-admin | Nov 5, 2014 | Articles
The Madison Wisconsin progressive paper, The Cap Times, reported two seemingly conflicted accounts of Election Night 2014. Wisconsin Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mary Burke loses, yet she insists on her fight for progressive values. Walker wins his third...
