SteveBeren

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The suburban road for reviving local Republicans

Posted Thu, Dec 18, 11:57 a.m.

Chris, Did McCain's strong support for the $700 billion bailout help or hurt his campaign? Did it augment or diminish his credentials as a fiscal conservative? Did it help deflect or help magnify the "third Bush term" mantra of the Democrats? And those questions aside, from the point of view ...

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The suburban road for reviving local Republicans

Posted Thu, Dec 18, 10:32 a.m.

Chris, as you note, McCain was leading as late as mid-September. This was right after a sequence of positive actions and events - the Saddleback forum, the selection of Palin as a running mate, and the Republican National Convention. In the days leading up to the first debate on September ...

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The suburban road for reviving local Republicans

Posted Thu, Dec 18, 7:54 a.m.

In considering this current discussion, it is instructive to look at a previous extensive discussion on the same topic. On the Sound Politics blog, back on January 23, 2008, there was a post by Eric Earling entitled "A Note on Polls & Electability," leading to a thread with 141 comments ...

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