Are Republicans Carlyfornia Dreamin'?

In yesterday's column, I briefly laid out the tasks necessary to accomplish in order for Republicans to win back majority of the Senate in 2010. To do so, the GOP would not only need to perform a virtual sweep of every single "toss-up" race, but also knock off incumbents like Kirsten Gillibrand (which can happen if the NY GOP actually comes up...

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Why Bob McDonnell's campaign is a model to learn from

Last month, Americans watched as Virginia and New Jersey elected two new governors. While the lessons of both campaigns are still being dissected, virtually everyone agrees that Chris Christie profited most of all from having a terrible incumbent

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Republicans Bounce Back in Westchester and Nassau - NYTimes.

Voters in two of New York’s wealthiest suburbs, where Democrats had established a stronghold in recent elections, shocked the party by backing virtual unknowns in two contests that left one three-term incumbent defeated, and a former rising star dangling by his political life.

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Japan's Election: Opposition Wins Historic Victory

Victorious Democratic Party of Japan candidates hoarsely shouted the celebratory phrase "banzai" after exit polls showed Japan's main opposition party blasted the incumbent Liberal Democratic Party from its virtually untested 54-year reign

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