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    The Washington Post columnist finds significance in a New York special election for a U.S. House seat, where a Democrat bested a third-party conservative candidate in a predominantly Republican district. That outcome "puts the victories of Republicans Chris Christie in New Jersey and Bob McDonnell in Virginia in a different light ... Both won governorships by focusing on the need to win voters smack in the middle of the electorate: moderates, independents and suburbanites." John Dickerson isn't buying the idea that the elections were "a referendum on (Barack) Obama ." Full Article at Detroit News Online
    puts the victories of Republicans Chris Christie in New Jersey and Bob McDonnell in Virginia in a different light ... Both won governorships by focusing on the need to win voters smack in the middle of the electorate: moderates, independents and suburbanites.
    SOURCE: Detroit News Online 2 weeks ago
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Election shows mandate for moderation
  1. that's not to say it was a good night for Obama. Voters are very jittery about the economy. In both New Jersey and Virginia, voters listed it as their top priority. Those voters overwhelmingly voted for Republicans.
    SOURCE: Detroit News Online 2 weeks ago
  2. These voters are spooked and on the run, a political stampede that veered left in November 2008 and now right a mere year later ... They will keep running -- crushing incumbents, candidates and political models of the left and right -- through November 2010 and onto 2012 until they find a person or part...
    SOURCE: Detroit News Online 2 weeks ago
  3. Each race had local issues -- taxes in New Jersey and transportation in Virginia -- and flawed candidates ... By clear majorities, voters in New Jersey and Virginia said they weren't basing their decisions on the president.
    SOURCE: Detroit News Online 2 weeks ago
  4. Republicans have demonstrated that two trends suggested in recent opinion polls are for real ... The first is that Republicans have pulled off a remarkable comeback after disastrous election defeats in 2006 and 2008. The second is that they now have a realistic shot at capturing the House and gaining Se...
    SOURCE: Detroit News Online 2 weeks ago

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