The Fix: November 20, 2005 - November 26, 2005
The Friday Line: Ten House Races to Watch
What better way to recover from a Thanksgiving gorging than to settle down in front of the computer and check out the latest Friday line? This week The Fix tackles the top 10 House races; the contests are ranked from...
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November 25, 2005; 10:00 AM ET |
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Recess Talking Points
As members of Congress left late last week for Thanksgiving recess, their leaders loaded them down with memos, talking points and other information designed to keep them on message over the two-week break. With fights over the recently-passed budget bill...
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November 23, 2005; 1:00 PM ET |
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Parsing the Polls: A Look at the Iraq Question
Welcome to "Parsing the Polls," The Fix's weekly feature looking at interesting political survey research. Today we tackle the Iraq question with a look at a new bipartisan poll that measures how the ongoing debate in Washington is influencing the...
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November 23, 2005; 8:11 AM ET |
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Warner Looks To The Future
Virginia Gov. Mark Warner is the new "it boy" of the 2008 Democratic presidential sweepstakes, and he's not wasting any time making the primary-state rounds Late last week Warner made his inaugural visit to New Hampshire to begin courting activists...
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November 22, 2005; 5:05 PM ET |
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DCCC, DSCC, MoveOn Hit the Airwaves
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee will launch radio ads in the districts of three Ohio Republican members over Thanksgiving weekend in an effort to portray the lawmakers as footsoldiers for President George W. Bush's agenda. The ads will run in...
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November 22, 2005; 12:30 PM ET |
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A Comment Controversy
The comments section for the Friday Line on the top 2006 governors races was turned off over the weekend. It wasn't something we wanted to do, but here's why: Someone published a comment that made an insinuation about Columbus Mayor...
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November 22, 2005; 7:45 AM ET |
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Biden: No Timeline for Iraq Withdrawal
Delaware Sen. Joe Biden (D) today added his voice to the chorus of criticism of the Bush administration's Iraq policy in a speech, though he refused to go as far as some of his Senate and House colleagues in proposing...
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November 21, 2005; 4:15 PM ET |
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Pa. Senate: Pro-Santorum Ads Launched
Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum (R) is getting some help from an outside group as he seeks to make up a double-digit deficit to state Treasurer Bob Casey Jr. (D). Americans For Job Security, an independent group that advocates pro-business positions,...
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November 21, 2005; 3:15 PM ET |
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Rep. Murtha: GOP's New Target?
With Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.) all over the news following his call for an immediate redeployment of American troops from Iraq last week, The Fix decided to look at whether Murtha has put himself in political jeopardy back home by...
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November 21, 2005; 12:51 PM ET |
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Committee Fundraising At-a-Glance
All six national party committees filed reports with the Federal Election Commission over the weekend detailing their finances for the month of October. The Republican National Committee continued to lead the way, raking in $7.6 million in the month and...
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November 21, 2005; 11:14 AM ET |
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Sunday Politics Column; Warner in New Hampshire
The Politics column in Sunday's Post is online here: "Cities Show All Politics Is Local by Weighing In on Iraq." Saturday's Post looked at Virginia Gov. Mark Warner's (D) recent trip to New Hampshire. Excerpt: "Warner, prohibited by Virginia law...
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November 20, 2005; 3:33 PM ET |
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