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A Page From History, And The Atomic Rulebook IAEA Board of Governors meeting. Photo Credit: Dean Calma/IAEA Imagebank On December 8, 1953, US President Dwight D. Eisenhower proposed that there should be an international, independent, nuclear watchdog agency, an organization to monitor "the dread secret and the fearful eng (Read More)
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The good news on the Senate version of the public option is (beyond the fact that there is one included in the bill, making conference that much easier) that it uses the essential components of the HELP version of the public option, with a few minor changes. The core of the public option remains pretty decent, with a single (Read More)
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Rasmussen Reports hits two of the biggest prizes in Election 2010, and in true Rasmussen fashion, find the Republican candidates doing better than any other pollsters in America. That, and a few other choice headlines from the world of the campaign trail, grace the Thursday evening edition of the Wrap. NY-Gov: Rasmussen C (Read More)
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Today is, in large part, the political wrap-up, since there is only one poll that makes our radar today. Let's get through this rather brief edition of the midweek Wrap-Up. MO-Sen: Dems With Solid Pickup Opportunity, According to PPP Despite what has been a tumultuous 2009 in the political arena, there has been remarkable (Read More)
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There certainly is not a ton of 2010 polling today, but there is an interesting variety of polling data, at least. There are also a small handful of intriguing political headlines. With that in mind, let's put Tuesday to bed with this edition of the Wrap-Up. IL-Sen: Candidate Poll Suggests Frontrunner Is Vulnerable in 2010 (Read More)
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A new Washington Post-ABC News poll "shows Americans deeply divided over the proposals under consideration and majorities predicting higher costs ahead." But, while overall support for the bill is essentially tied with overall disapproval--48 to 49 percent, a strong majority still supports the public option and employer man (Read More)
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A surprising amount of new polling data as we kick off the new week. Contrary to the past two weeks, some of it is actually good news for Democrats, although there are a couple of brutal polls in there as well for the Blue team. DE-Sen: First Poll of Cycle Gives Biden Lead over Castle The pending "Clash of the Titans" in D (Read More)
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Back in July, and using the 2009 elections as the immediate backdrop, I suggested that the greatest level of volatility in the coming election cycles would be in the gubernatorial races. The basic thesis was that the current economic and political climate had essentially put the state's chief executives in the position of (Read More)
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Several weeks ago, the Albuquerque Journal published a very short but very important article. It was buried in the usual pile of stories about local crime, sports, and politicians; if it wasn't for the large photo that accompanied the hard copy version of the article, it probably would have gone largely unnoticed. Several (Read More)
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It is "Friday light" on the campaign trail: few new items, as has been somewhat customary lately. A couple of new polls (both, arguably, with good news for Democrats) and a smattering of political news (most of it, arguably, less good for Democrats). Let's put this week in the rearview mirror by looking at the Friday Wrap. (Read More)
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I admit I haven't delved deep into the swamps, but as far as I can tell -- aside from general pissiness at the "weakness" of continuing to use our constitutional system when we all know it should have been disbanded in a fit of pique after 9/11 -- I gather the prime conservative fear over moving terrorists to America to sta (Read More)
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All in all, a fairly quiet day on the political trail. A few polls did get released today, the results of which will probably be mildly depressing for Democrats. CT-Sen: Dodd Takes Step Back According to Curious Q Poll While there is a little cause for optimism by digging into the numbers, the general tone of the new Quinn (Read More)
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On this Veterans Day (and let me pause for a moment to salute the service of those who have honored us with their presence in the American Armed Forces, including my father, who served in the U.S. Navy over a half-century ago), we find it to be holiday-light in terms of the political news. We do have a couple of polls out t (Read More)
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With the next election day sitting 358 days away, there will be nights where the amount of polling news will be far exceeded by the amount of political news. This is one of those nights. So follow along for a couple of polling stories, and the mother of all bullet-noted political digests, as we put the wrapping paper on t (Read More)
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In the past two days, several news reports have indicated that President Obama plans to add tens of thousands of new U.S. troops to the 67,000-member contingent that is already in the country. McClatchy first reported the supposed decision on Saturday and other media outlets, including CBS News, the Associated Press and oth (Read More)