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...this weekend, was the one with two guys in a room, and to keep his wife and child alive one of them is told he has to kill the other one, and to do that he must saw off his foot. And their disturbed jailer is a master strategist who mistreats them the way an angry kid does his toys. When Jigsaw, their torturer, says, "I want to play a game," it's a game of life and death...
...three races in the red state redoubts of Missouri, Tennessee and Virginia. "In those Senate races the Democrats are going to lose the men," says Democratic pollster Celinda Lake. "The question is will they win enough of the women to make up for it." Strategists in bo> th parties are parsing female demographics for advantage. Democratic strategists working in the Virginia and Tennessee races say married women are a key target group in both states, as they comprise a large number of the undecided votes there. A top GOP strategist says of the three crucial states: "Older white women...
Could it be that Howard Dean is really a savvy political strategist? For the past two years, the former Vermont Governor and 2004 presidential candidate has been flying off to Democrat-scarce zones like Mississippi, giving local party officials $8 million to carry out his controversial "50-state strategy." The Democratic National Committee chairman argues that if the Democrats want to win presidential elections, they need to spend to build strong state parties across the country rather than pump all their cash into swing states like Ohio. Other top officials, led by Illinois Representative Rahm Emanuel, the man in charge...
...high-level Republican strategist which House races they are going to be sweating the most over on election night, and there's one that always comes up in their top two or three: Ohio's 15th district, which consists of most of Columbus and the fast-growing suburbs just west of it. There is no better indicator of whether this congressional election will follow the midterm norm in which voters make their decision based on their loyalties to their individual member of Congress, or whether they will be swept up by a national wave that could wash out the same...
...toss-up race in Missouri and the open Republican seat in Tennessee, or stage a surprising win in Virginia. At the same time, two seats in Maryland and New Jersey are likely to go to Democrats but are still in play and must be defended. Says the G.O.P. strategist, "Despite some of the bad news, it still looks today like the G.O.P. would wind up holding the Senate...