Four years ago, a national tragedy transformed a controversial mayor, New York’s Rudy Giuliani (R), into a national celebrity. It also transformed a president with sinking poll ratings, George W. Bush, into a symbol of national unity (at least for a year).
Hurricane Katrina has had a very…
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December 15, 2006, Vol. 29, No. 28
Illinois 6: Money Pit
Pennsylvania 4: To the Beat of Her…
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December 20, 2005, Vol. 28, No. 26
2006 Political Landscape
December 16, 2005, Vol. 28, No.…
Nathan L. Gonzales is political editor of The Rothenberg Political Report, a non-partisan political newsletter covering U.S. House, Senate and gubernatorial campaigns, and Presidential politics. He has been with the Report since June 2001 and is also a Contributing Writer for Roll Call, the…
Cranston Mayor Steve Laffey entered the Rhode Island Republican Senate race with a bang – a wave of TV advertising that’s highly unusual more than a year before the 2006 primary. Now the question is whether the incumbent, Sen. Lincoln Chafee (R), can change the likely dynamic in the race and,…
Over the next year, as we move toward the 2006 elections, we are likely to hear more and more talk of the so-called six-year itch – the historical “trend” that has meant big losses for the president’s party six years into his presidency.
That’s a pity, since the six-year itch is little more…
I have lots of friends in the national media, and I value their intelligence, dedication and integrity, as well as the important stories that they’ve broken. But I’ve had it with the way the media as a whole – and television in particular – has handled the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Too many…
If you don’t live in Virginia or New Jersey, chances are you don’t know that those two states have gubernatorial elections coming up in just two months.
Come to think of it, even if you do live in those states, you might not be paying particularly close attention to the races. Voters in both…
My dictionary defines “hubris” as “overweening pride or self-confidence” and “arrogance.”
Usually, those accused of hubris have been successful – so successful that they inflate their own importance and ability. But some Democratic activists, notably too many armchair political strategists on…
While New York state may be the nation’s financial and media center, it hasn’t exactly been a breeding ground for competitive and interesting elections. Even with the GOP’s solid control of the state Senate and its ownership of the governor’s mansion for more than a decade, Democrats have the…
