Democrats’ 2008 Advantage in Party ID Largest Since ‘83
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- Democrats’ 2008 Advantage in Party ID Largest Since ‘83
- First thoughts: Paterson’s pick
- Broward sheriff stays partisan
- RNC chair race is all about race
- Williams makes bipartisan appointments
- Aide: Successor chosen for Clinton’s Senate seat
Democrats’ 2008 Advantage in Party ID Largest Since ‘83
Gallup.com DC
In 1984 the year Ronald Reagan was re-elected the Democratic-Republican gap narrowed considerably. Since then neither party has enjoyed a double-digit advantage in any year though Democrats have held an advantage in almost all of these years. Democratic Support Above Majority LevelA second measure of party support — which adds independents who say they "lean" toward one party or the other into that party's total — also shows 2008 to have been a banner year for the Democratic Party. Last year 52% of Americans identified as Democrats or said they leaned to the Democratic Party compared with 40% who identified with or leaned to the Republican Party. That is the best showing for the Democrats — in terms of both the percentage of Democratic supporters and their advantage over Republicans — since Gallup began regularly tracking this measure of party support in 1991.
First thoughts: Paterson’s pick
MSNBC
By comparison McCain raised $367 million in the 2008 presidential cycle which includes the $84 million he received in public funds. Even when you add the $417 million the Republican National Committee raised that total ($784 million) trails the combined bama-DNC haul (almost $1 billion). To win in 2012 the Republican Party and the next GP presidential nominee will need to find ways to compete with the bama fundraising juggernaut and they?ll have to do it without a sitting Republican president to help raise money. Countdown to RNC winter meeting: 5 daysCountdown to NJ GP primary: 130 daysCountdown to VA Dem primary: 137 daysCountdown to Election Day 2009: 284 daysCountdown to Election Day 2010: 648 days.
Broward sheriff stays partisan
The Miami Herald FL
But the longtime law officer said he wished the proposal had moved forward. ”The people deserve the right to decide; it’s their office” Lamberti said. ‘The office doesn’t belong to the Republican Party and it doesn’t belong to the Democratic Party. You don’t call and say `Send me a Republican deputy or send me a Democratic deputy.
RNC chair race is all about race
MLive.com MI
Steele and Blackwell have not framed their bids in racial terms and members of the committee say they won’t cast their votes based on a candidate’s race. But to some GP leaders the moment looks ripe for a black chairman — especially given the challenges of countering Barack bama the nation’s first African-American president. “If the nation can celebrate the first African-American president I would think the Republican Party would celebrate if we had the opportunity to celebrate an African-American national chairman” said Florida Republican Party Chairman Jim Greer who supports Steele. Bruce Ash the RNC committeeman from Arizona said he hadn’t made up his mind in the contest and that race wouldn’t be a factor in his decision. But he said it could be useful to have a new kind of messenger for the GP platform. “When you hear for example Michael Steele appearing on Fox this is a fellow who shows you can be an African-American and be a Republican and be conservative and be appealing all in one package” Ash said. “Ken Blackwell’s the same way.
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Williams makes bipartisan appointments
Bizjournals.com NC
”Williams of Elizabethton was elected last week in a surprising vote in which 49 Democrats voted for him and he voted for himself lifting him over the 49 Republican votes for Jason Mumpower R-Bristol. Since then he has been embroiled in controversy. The Tennessee Republican Party branded him a “liar” and a “traitor. ” GP colleagues have called for his ouster from the party. And on Tuesday a memo was released detailing allegations of sexual harassment toward another GP representative that allegedly happened two years ago. In an odd twist Williams assigned the target of those alleged comments Rep. Susan Lynn R-Mount Juliet a chairmanship.
Aide: Successor chosen for Clinton’s Senate seat
The Associated Press
Her upset win came after a police report showing that Sweeney’s wife had called 911 in what appeared to be a domestic violence incident was leaked shortly before the election. In November Gillibrand defeated wealthy General Electric heir Sandy Treadwell. The former state Republican chairman was seen as one of the Republican Party’s best chances to capture a congressional seat in New York. Gillibrand graduated from Dartmouth College in 1988 and earned a law degree at UCLA in 1991. She is the daughter of Albany lobbyist Douglas Rutnik. Associated Press writers Devlin Barrett and David Espo contributed to this report from Washington.
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