The Fix: July 29, 2007 - August 4, 2007
Kos Presidential Forum: Highs and Lows
CHICAGO, Ill. -- Seven of the eight Democratic candidates for president just spent 90 rollicking minutes answering questions and -- occasionally -- jabbing each other in the marquee event of this year's YearlyKos gathering. The crowd, which packed into a...
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August 4, 2007; 5:15 PM ET |
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Clinton's Tame Session With the Netroots
CHICAGO -- Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) fielded a series of questions on topics ranging from domestic wiretapping to education policy from a packed room of bloggers here at the YearlyKos convention. While Clinton has not enjoyed the friendliest relationship...
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August 4, 2007; 2:15 PM ET |
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Barack Obama: Cultural Phenomenon
CHICAGO -- Even when The Fix isn't working, it's hard for him to escape politics. Take last night as an example. Looking for a break from the wall-to-wall politics of YearlyKos, we found ourselves at Second City -- the famed...
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August 4, 2007; 11:27 AM ET |
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At YearlyKos: Dems Set to Expand Congressional Majorities
CHICAGO -- Renowned Democratic pollster Stan Greenberg had some advice for the progressive bloggers gathered here for the second annual YearlyKos convention: Think big. As in, big gains for Democrats in both the House and the Senate in 2008. "Do...
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August 3, 2007; 4:10 PM ET |
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Obama's HQ
CHICAGO, Ill. -- The Fix is in the Windy City for the YearlyKos conference but couldn't resist the chance to stop by the campaign headquarters of Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) to see what all the buzz is about. In the...
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August 3, 2007; 1:00 PM ET |
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The Friday Line: Top 2008 Recruits
The Fix is in Chicago for the YearlyKos annual convention this weekend so we'll keep the introduction of The Line short and sweet. Rather than look at the ten House races most likely to switch parties -- as we've done...
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August 3, 2007; 6:00 AM ET |
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VIDEO: Handicapping Campaign 2008
The Fix and Washington Post senior political reporter Dan Balz sat down earlier this week to chat about the state of the presidential race. You can check it out below. Offer your own thoughts in the comments section. Note: Please...
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August 2, 2007; 3:30 PM ET |
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Barack Obama: Putting Meat on the Bone
For the first few months of his presidential candidacy, Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) was criticized for being all rhetoric and no depth. His rivals took subtle jabs at him for the lightness of the campaign, insisting that "hope" was not...
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August 2, 2007; 12:02 PM ET |
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House Republicans Make Attempt at Playing Offense
After spending the first seven months of the 2008 cycle in a defensive crouch, House Republicans are trying to regain momentum by launching radio ads against five Democratic incumbents. The ads, funded by the National Republican Congressional Committee and timed...
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August 2, 2007; 7:40 AM ET |
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Wag the Blog Redux: Overlooking Obama?
Last week's Wag the Blog discussion on whether the mainstream media was missing something about Sen. Barack Obama's (D-Ill.) performance in the early presidential debates was, by The Fix's estimation, a high point in the nearly two years we have...
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August 1, 2007; 4:56 PM ET |
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Rudy's Congressional Backing
Congressional endorsements are the flimsiest of all endorsements in a presidential race. While a select few members can have an impact due to their home state's primacy in the nominating process (Iowa, New Hampshire etc.) or a particularly well organized...
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August 1, 2007; 12:56 PM ET |
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Parsing the Polls: First and Lasting Impressions
National polling at this stage of the presidential election tends to reveal more about voters' general impressions of the candidates rather than give any real indication as to who might actually win the party nominations. But, as the saying goes,...
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August 1, 2007; 8:33 AM ET |
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Thompson's Take
After months of anticipation, former Sen. Fred Thompson (R-Tenn.) released a detailed report of the contributions to and expenditures by his presidential campaign-in-waiting. The report was filed with the Internal Revenue Service -- not the Federal Election Commission -- because,...
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July 31, 2007; 4:25 PM ET |
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What's the Matter With Alaska?
Remember Alaska? The ruby red state President Bush carried by 25 points in 2004 and 31 points four years earlier? The state who last elected a Democrat to the Senate in 1974. And to the House in 1972? (For trivia's...
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July 31, 2007; 1:38 PM ET |
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Approaching Ames
The Ames Straw poll is now just days away. And, while three of the four leading Republican contenders -- John McCain, Rudy Giuliani and Fred Thompson -- have signaled they will not participate in the traditional early organizational test, they...
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July 31, 2007; 9:52 AM ET |
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Fix Picks: Romney's JFK Moment?
When considering former Gov. Mitt Romney's (R-Mass.) chances at winning both the Republican nomination and the general election, we must view his Mormon faith as a factor. Reasonable people can disagree about how large a factor it will be but...
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July 30, 2007; 3:16 PM ET |
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Looks and Politics
Simply mentioning the words "hair" or "cleavage" in a discussion about the 2008 presidential election during the last couple of weeks was likely to spark an intense conversation. Hair, of course, refers to former Sen. John Edwards' (D-N.C.) brilliant video...
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July 30, 2007; 6:07 AM ET |
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