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...second piece of conventional wisdom that was completely wrong was which groups we would be strong with. The notion that voters who supported Senator Clinton would vote Republican in the general election was never supported by what we saw in our polling. At the beginning of June, going into the general election, Obama had a double-digit lead in our battleground poll against McCain among women. He was competitive among Catholics and led 2 to 1 among Latinos...
...torn scraps of conventional wisdom being swept up and thrown away after the election, here's one that may be the most discredited of all: Americans don't vote based on the vice-presidential nominee. From the moment Sarah Palin finished her incandescent speech at the Republican National Convention to the late-October New York Times/CBS News poll in which a third of respondents said the choice of Vice President would have a "great deal of influence" on their vote, it was clear that Palin was a transformative figure. In short, she single-handedly changed the race - only...
...enthusiasm she briefly generated made gaming Palin's next move a popular sport. Will she join the big-money speaker's circuit? Become, as Tina Fey joked, the "white Oprah"? Run for Senate? Run for President in 2012 as the new face of a reinvented Republican Party...
...other than governor: U.S. Senator. It seems unlikely that she would run this quickly for Ted Stevens? seat if he wins his tight election and subsequently is forced out of the Senate. She needs time to recuperate and, frankly, to study up on the issues. But in 2010, Republican Lisa Murkowski will be up for re-election. Palin's broad popularity in Alaska (her approval rating at home is still in the 60s despite her turbulent autumn) wouldn't change the fact that Murkowski, whose approval rating was 63% in a March survey, would be a formidable opponent. "Palin would...
Risch defeated four rivals to fill the seat vacated by Senator Larry Craig, who retired after getting ensnarled in a sex scandal. Risch, a Republican and former lieutenant governor, ran on a tax-cut platform but had to defend himself against charges that he had ducked the Vietnam draft...