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...Looking back at our "Races to Watch" series, just about all the conservative Republicans in traditionally red territory held seats needed by the GOP to avoid a blowout: Senators Roger Wicker in Mississippi, Mitch McConnell in Kentucky and, probably, Saxby Chambliss in Georgia, along with House members John Shadegg in Arizona, Cynthia Lummis in Wyoming and the Diaz-Balart brothers in Florida. It looks like graft-convicted Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska will somehow retain his seat long enough to get expelled, and his ethically and temperamentally challenged porkmate, Don Young, was re-elected as well; Michelle Bachmann of Minnesota...
...Indiana Governor: The Future of the Party Mitch Daniels was a somewhat tragic figure as President Bush's budget director, a policy-wonk, small-government conservative who found himself carrying water for a politics-driven, big-government budget buster. His aides almost had to strap him down to get him to sign a White House-directed letter supporting the corporate-welfare farm bill of 2002. But as Indiana's governor, he's gotten to do things his own way, privatizing roads, expanding health coverage, even supporting tax increases to get his state's fiscal house in order. His tough-love...
...There are other issues at play. It remains to be seen whether Jill Long Thompson, the Democrats' gubernatorial candidate, can ride the expected surge of Obama's supporters. The incumbent Republican governor, Mitch Daniels, is popular and has cast himself as change agent. He was an early McCain supporter, but has been reluctant to appear at Palin's rallies. "It's a changed environment, a challenging environment, and he wants to appeal beyond his party's base," says Feigenbaum...
...Alaska law, a resignation would set in motion a chain of events leading to a special election to replace him 60 to 90 days later. If he chooses not to resign and his appeals fail, the Senate would probably toss him out. "There is zero chance," said GOP leader Mitch McConnell, "that a Senator with a felony conviction would not be expelled from the Senate...
...anything approaching respect or intellectual honesty. We oversimplify, we distort, we dismiss. We turn the challengers into enemies. And when that madness infects our private discourse, our family members become foes. Not good for family harmony - and not a very wise way to go about choosing a world leader. Mitch Neuger, SAN FRANCISCO...