What the Generic Ballot Tells Us About a GOP Wave
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on September 5th, 2014 11:08 pm by HL
What the Generic Ballot Tells Us About a GOP Wave
Sean Trende, RealClearPolitics
Last week, I considered the question of whether a Republican wave was forthcoming in 2014, using Senate races as the metric. One of the more common objections to the idea of a Republican wave was the Democrats’ standing in the generic ballot. As of today, Democrats lead by 0.5 percent. This contrasts with this point in 2010, when Republicans led by 5.3 points. In order to understand why I don’t find this all that interesting, it is worth fleshing out my meta-view of this election. I can emphatically say: It’s not certain that a big Republican wave is coming. Rather, the data…
Deport the Tsarnaev Sisters
Michelle Malkin, RealClearPolitics
The Sisters Tsarnaev have been nothing but trouble. Double, bubbling trouble. While their Boston Marathon bomber brother Dzhokhar awaits trial this month for the bloody 2012 attacks that killed three and injured hundreds, his elder Chechen immigrant siblings Ailina and Bella remain on the loose in the U.S. after their own frequent run-ins with the law. Last week, Ailina was arrested in Harlem after allegedly threatening “to blow up her live-in lover’s baby mama,” as the New York Post reported. Police charged Ailina, 23, with aggravated harassment and released her. Will the legal system learn?…
Obama: Systematic Strategy Aims to “Dismantle” ISIL
Alexis Simendinger, RealClearPolitics
A “systematic and methodical” strategy over a long period of time can “dismantle” the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, President Obama said Friday. Speaking at the conclusion of an important NATO summit in Wales, Obama tried again during a news conference to clarify U.S. and international objectives against the terror organization, and the strategy necessary to combat the Sunni extremists. Beyond describing a considered approach unfolding in “stages,” and ruling out placing U.S. ground troops inside Syria, the president offered few specifics about…
Dems Ignore Blowback Risks in Harsh Rhetoric Barrage
Scott Conroy, RealClearPolitics
It’s easy to forget now, but there once was a time when the Democratic Party was accustomed to chastising itself over some candidates’ timidity. But with two months until the midterm elections, visions of Michael Dukakis and John Kerry failing to go on the offensive amid Republican attacks are just distant memories. This year, the bigger concern for Democrats appears to be that some of their own histrionic broadsides against GOP opponents will trigger a voter backlash. In three key midterm races over the last few days, Democrats have launched the kind of invective that might have made Lee…
