Tag Archives: 2010 Elections

The lesson that hyper-partisans will be tempted to take from Tuesday’s historic “shellacking” is that the more polarizing the candidate, the better the results. Reality does not bear that theory out. In fact, the most celebrated Tea Party-supported nominees trailed … Continue reading →

Christine O’Donnell’s latest face-plant—asking “Where in the Constitution is separation of church and state?”—was not just cringe-inducing. It was revealing and part of a growing chorus from social conservative populist candidates running under the Tea Party banner this year. O’Donnell’s … Continue reading →

China has emerged as a key campaign issue in 2010, invoked by Democrats and Republicans alike. But the anger isn’t just the outsourcing of jobs in this Great Recession—it’s the long-term threat to American sovereignty posed by the U.S. debt. … Continue reading →

It’s enough to make you miss the “Daisy” ad. LBJ’s invocation of nuclear war if Barry Goldwater won the ‘64 election was substantive and civil compared to the worst of the campaign ads we’ve seen so far this season. It’s … Continue reading →

With less than 100 days left to the midterm elections, it’s clear that anti-incumbent anger is going to be a bad wind blowing through Nov. 2. But not all incumbents are created equally weasel-y, and the best way to judge … Continue reading →