Outside the Beltway

We’ve been talking about the 2010 elections since, oh, the day after the 2008 elections.   Now, it’s time for final predictions.

Sharron Angle’s attorney is charging that “Harry Reid intends to steal this election if he can’t win it outright.” She touts various “shenanigans” in a fundraising letter.

Reports of voting irregularity in precincts across the country are threatening to further undermine voter confidence in the legitimacy of election outcomes. There’s a simple solution.

The numbers coming out of the first few weeks of early voting confirms the enthusiasm gap that pollsters have been talking about for months.

Thanks to races in as many six states that may be decided by absentee and write-in ballots, we may not know the outcome of the 2010 Elections for several weeks after Election Day.

At least in Nevada, there appears to be little evidence of an enthusiasm gap between Republicans and Democrats, which is potentially good news for Harry Reid.

Being a political blogger during election season is getting to be rather infuriating, especially if all you want to do is check your email.

Voters head to the polls in thirteen days, and current indications are that they’ll be handing a big victory to the Republican Party.

It’s looking less and less likely that the GOP will gain control of the Senate, but they’re going to come awfully close,, and that might be just as good from their point of view.

Will Digital Video Recorders kill the campaign commercial? Unfortunately, no.

Polls show the Republicans easily retaking the House but falling short in the Senate. But 2006 showed us that wave elections can produce shocking outcomes.

Sarah Palin is at the center of a divide within the GOP that could become larger even as the GOP comes closer to regaining control of Congress.

Last night’s one and only Nevada Senate Debate was an embarrassing affair all around, but it most likely sealed the electoral doom of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.

Politicians are, by definition, a bit abnormal. However, this year we seem to have more than our fair share of the truly odd.

Last night’s Delaware Senate debate was entertaining, but it’s unlikely to move the polls very much.

Harry Reid think it’s his Constitutional duty spend other people’s money and bring it home to Nevada. His constituents seem to have other ideas this year.

More numbers for campaign 2010–in this case, ones that show the maintenance of the status quo in several states.

Thomas Friedman engages in some early speculation about a serious third party presidential run. As usual, such speculation ignores the basic structures of American politics.

Even with some key seats trending Democrat, Republicans are primed to take over both Houses of Congress come November 2.

A new projection of Congressional reapportionment shows a dramatic shift to traditionally Republican states in the South and Southwest.

The effort to repeal Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell suffered a setback in the Senate today that likely delays any further moves on the issue until after the midterm elections.

The UFCW of Nevada pays temporary workers minimum wage to demand fair treatment and wages from Wal-Mart.

Sarah Palin had a very good track record in her primary season endorsements, but it’s not at all clear that she will have much of an impact on the 2010 General Election.

Now we get to see how the Tea Party effects the GOP ove the medium to long term.

Some thoughts on the Delware Senate race and the state of the GOP.

The Delaware GOP primary continues to get more intertesting.

With Rahm Emanuel apparently set to leave the White House to run for Mayor of Chicago, speculation is turning to who may replace him in what some have called the nation’s de facto Prime Minister-ship.

For most of the year, a GOP takeover in the Senate seemed beyond the realm of possibility. That’s no longer the case.

The idea that we are in the middle of an illegal immigration crisis is not supported by the evidence.

More audio from Angle’s past interviews.

Delaware’s September 14th Republican Senate Primary is shaping up to be the next battle between the Establishment GOP and the Tea Party movement.

The Nevada Senate race is, in many ways, a three-way in which none of the above could be a spoiler for Angle.

The numbers still show an exceptionally close Senate race in Nevada. They also show that a different GOP nominee would have meant a very different scenario.

Another set of bad economic numbers are out today, and one wonders when we’ll start getting the good news.

Sarah Palin’s decision to back a long-shot candidate in the GOP Senate primary in Alaska didn’t exactly work out as planned.

Financially strapped schools are passing an increasing amount of ordinary costs on to parents.