The Fix: September 20, 2009 - September 26, 2009
Friday House Line: A GOP-Friendly Environment
It's been almost two months since we last penned a House Line and, in that time, much has changed. The national political environment, which, heading into the summer had been neutral to slightly positive for Democrats, turned in a meaningful way as Labor Day approached as anger over the growth of government under President Barack Obama reached a boiling point.
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September 25, 2009; 2:02 PM ET |
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The Live Fix!
Another Friday, another "Live Fix" chat in the books.
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September 25, 2009; 12:25 PM ET |
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Morning Fix: Blame the Media!
With the health care debate raging in Washington, President Barack Obama has of late turned to a dependable bogeyman to rally the Democratic base behind his proposal: the media.
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September 25, 2009; 6:02 AM ET |
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The Most Important Number in Politics Today
That's the percent of voters who view former U.S. Attorney Chris Christie (N.J.) in an unfavorable light as compared to 32 percent who see him in a favorable light, according to a new Democracy Corps poll released in the New Jersey governor's race today.
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September 24, 2009; 3:44 PM ET |
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Hall of Fame: The Case Against Richard J. Daley
Yesterday we argued for the late Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley's inclusion in the Fix Political Hall of Fame. Today we make the opposite case.
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September 24, 2009; 2:28 PM ET |
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MA-Senate: Patrick Names Kirk Interim Senator
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick has named Paul Kirk, a former aide to the late Ted Kennedy, to fill the interim vacancy caused by the Democratic senator's death.
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September 24, 2009; 11:23 AM ET |
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Morning Fix: Leveraging Foreign Policy?
President Barack Obama's prominence on the world stage this week -- he chairs a U.N. Security Council meeting today before heading to Pittsburgh for a gathering of the G-20 -- is being touted by some Democrats as the perfect antidote to his ongoing struggle to pass a health care bill on the home front.
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September 24, 2009; 5:56 AM ET |
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MA-Senate: Kirk is Frontrunner
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick (D) is expected to name Paul Kirk, a longtime aide to the late Sen. Ted Kennedy, as the interim Senator, an announcement that could come Thursday, according to sources familiar with the decision.
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September 23, 2009; 5:11 PM ET |
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The Best State-Based Political Reporters
One of the Fix's pleasures in life -- yes, we know we are weird -- is reading the work of the best political reporters from across the country to get a close-to-the-ground sense for the what's happening in the states.
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September 23, 2009; 3:46 PM ET |
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The Most Important Number in Politics Today
49 That's the percentage of people who say the government is doing "too many things better left to businesses and individuals" in the latest NBC/Wall Street Journal poll, the first time that number has surpassed those saying the government "should do more to solve problems" in their data since December 1997.
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September 23, 2009; 12:00 PM ET |
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Hall of Fame: The Case for Richard J. Daley
No group of politicians are closer -- literally and figuratively -- to the people who elect them than mayors. That proximity can breed admiration, devotion and contempt (and sometimes all three) depending on how able a politician the man or woman in the mayor's office happens to be.
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September 23, 2009; 10:41 AM ET |
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Morning Fix: Demonizing Nancy Pelosi
National Republicans are up with a commercial that seeks to link the Democratic nominee in the special election for an Upstate New York seat to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (Calif.), an early window into the GOP's strategy to use Pelosi's increased profile against members of her party running in conservative areas.
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September 23, 2009; 5:05 AM ET |
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MA-Sen.: Kennedy Bill Advances; Focus Now on Successor
With the Massachusetts state Senate on the verge of approving a bill that would allow Gov. Deval Patrick (D) to name an interim successor for the late Ted Kennedy, speculation is heating up about who the short-time Senator might be.
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September 22, 2009; 2:30 PM ET |
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Pawlenty to Start PAC
In the latest sign that he is preparing to run for president in 2012, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R) is starting a political action committee that will allow him to donate to and travel across the country in support of state and federal candidates.
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September 22, 2009; 12:40 PM ET |
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The Most Important Number in Politics Today
That's the percentage of voters in new Gallup data who expressed confidence in President Barack Obama's ability to effectively manage the government -- down 11 points from where he stood on that same question at the 100-day mark of his presidency.
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September 22, 2009; 11:47 AM ET |
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Short Takes: Ready on Day One?
Time and again during the 2008 presidential campaign, former President Bill Clinton insisted that his wife -- then New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton -- was, without question, the Democratic candidate best equipped to step into the presidency on day one and do the job.
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September 22, 2009; 10:01 AM ET |
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Morning Fix: Being Olympia Snowe
As the health care debate enters its final stretch, Maine Sen. Olympia Snowe (R) has emerged as the focal point not only of the White House's attempts to make the final bill a bipartisan affair but also for liberals who want the so-called public option in the legislation.
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September 22, 2009; 5:09 AM ET |
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Paterson: Doomed or Determined?
The White House's decision to involve itself in the New York governor's race sends one very clear message: they do not believe that Gov. David Paterson (D) can win re-election next November.
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September 21, 2009; 3:00 PM ET |
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Wag the Blog Redux: A Conversation On Race Worth Having?
Last week the Fix asked Fixistas to weigh in on President Obama's handling of an emerging storyline -- that angry protests over the summer were ignited partly over racial tensions toward the nation's first black president.
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September 21, 2009; 2:08 PM ET |
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The Most Important Number in Politics Today
54 That's the percentage of Virginia voters in a new Washington Post poll who said they had heard little or nothing about former state Attorney General Bob McDonnell's controversial master's thesis in which he advocated for a strongly socially conservative view of government.
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September 21, 2009; 11:00 AM ET |
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Morning Fix: The White House Plays (Political) Hardball
The White House's decision to wade into the New York governor's race is the latest example of the deep engagement of President Barack Obama and his senior aides in the rough and tumble world of Democratic primary politics.
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September 21, 2009; 5:34 AM ET |
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Paterson, White House Adviser Huddled About Re-Election
White House political director Patrick Gaspard met last Monday with New York Gov. David Paterson (D) to express concern about the incumbent's chances at winning re-election in 2010, according to several sources briefed on the matter. Less than 24 hours...
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September 20, 2009; 9:00 AM ET |
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