Two presidents, two traumatic crises, two half-terms judged by what didn’t happen instead of what did. The two presidents are George W. Bush and Barack Obama, who respectively prevented further terrorist attacks on American soil and a repeat of the Great Depression. And that’s where the similarities end. When the nation is attacked or at [...]
Despite last-minute appeals from both parties, a slightly smaller percentage of America’s youth voted Tuesday compared with the 2006 midterm elections. Just 20 percent of 18-to-29-year-old registered voters cast ballots, according to exit poll projections by CIRCLE, a Tufts University group that studies youth voter behavior. The turnout rate for young voters in 2006 was [...]
Despite last-minute appeals from both parties, a slightly smaller percentage of America’s youth voted Tuesday compared with the 2006 midterm elections. Just 20 percent of 18-to-29-year-old registered voters cast ballots, according to exit poll projections by CIRCLE, a Tufts University group that studies youth voter behavior. The turnout rate for young voters in 2006 was [...]
LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who has a long history of eleventh-hour victories, pulled off one more Tuesday, defying polls and denying the tea party movement its most coveted prize. “Tonight Nevada chose hope over fear,” the 70-year-old Democrat said after strolling gleefully onto the stage at Aria Resort-Casino arm-in-arm with [...]
It’s the first day of the rest of the Obama administration’s life on Wednesday, Nov. 3. The prez will take the bull by the horns (and try not to get gored!) by addressing the results of Tuesday’s midterm elections at a press conference in the afternoon (and then getting the heck out of dodge on [...]
All election seasons get pretty strange toward the end, but this one will be hard to top. I just can’t quite believe this video of a journalist handcuffed by security forces for Alaska Senate candidate Joe Miller. The man, Alaska Dispatch editor Tony Hopfinger, had tried to ask Miller an unpleasant question after a campaign [...]
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