PPP has Kathy Hochul ahead by a 6 points (MOE 2.9%) over Republican Jane Corwin in tomorrow’s special election in NY-26. Tea Partier by day Jack Davis is down to 13%. This poll, and Saturday’s Siena survey show that Davis and Corwin are splitting conservative votes. A good part of the reason is the many …
Election 2011 eh
Bowser from Sha-Na-Na
This is the guy that the Hochul campaign is sending into nursing homes to talk about Medicare in NY-26. I wish that the average Democratic Congressman or Senator could be half as articulate as he is in the second minute of this interview. (via Buffalopundit who has many more NY-26 items)
Hochul Takes the Lead in NY-26
In the three-way special election in NY-26, a new Siena poll was just released showing Democrat Kathy Hochul leading Jane Corwin, 48-32 42-38 (MOE 3.9%). Erstwhile teabagger Jack Davis is bringing up the rear with 12%. The Republican conventional wisdom on this race was that Republicans who were flirting with Davis would come home to …
Secretly Minnesotan
American Conservative magazine has a lengthy and interesting history of Michele Bachmann and the rise of evangelical Christians in the Midwest in the last 40 years. The main driver of change is the battle over abortion: Go across the Midwest, state by state, and you find the “moderate” wing of the party has shrunk to …
The Fail Parade Pulls Into Buffalo
This local newscast, posted by the always excellent BuffaloPundit, shows just what a clown show the special election in NY-26 has become. Because Tea Party candidate and self-funding millionaire Jack Davis is threatening to upset the sure thing election of Jane Corwin, Republicans parachuted in some other “Tea Party” organization to give Corwin their useless …
Newtonian Calculus
A word of warning to those with weak stomachs: you might want to hold off on reading this morning’s Times profile of Newt Gingrich and his third wife Callista until after your breakfast has settled. I’m guessing it was meant to be a puff-piece beat sweetener, but the yuck factor of the young plastic trophy …
Canadialand election thread
By request. Apparently other countries have elections too. Fancy. [Edward Potthast (1857-1927) – Souvenir of Canada – Bigger image with wonderful brushstrokes here.]