List of Democratic Senators undecided about Alito

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Friday January 27, 2006 · 3:51 PM PST

2006/01/27 · 15:51

Yesterday, Kos posted a list of 31 Democratic Senators confirmed to be voting against Alito, and three so-called Dems who are voting in favor. Here is the list of 11 Democrats who are not on the list and can hence be considered undecided and must be encouraged to vote no.

Bayh, Evan- (D - IN)

Cantwell, Maria- (D - WA)

Conrad, Kent- (D - ND) -- Conrad announced today that he will not support a filibuster

~~Dayton, Mark- (D - MN)~~ -- Dayton announced today that he will vote "No" on Alito

Dorgan, Byron L.- (D - ND)

Landrieu, Mary L.- (D - LA) -- Landrieu has announced that she will not support a filibuster

Lautenberg, Frank R.- (D - NJ)

Menendez, Robert- (D - NJ) (No web site)

~~Pryor, Mark L.- (D - AR)~~ -- Mark Pryor has announced a "No vote against Alito but that he will not support a filibuster against him

Rockefeller, John D., IV- (D - WV)

~~Sarbanes, Paul S.- (D - MD)~~ -- Sarbanes announced yesterday that he would vote "No" on Alito

58% Bush district: Special Election to replace Congressman Chris Cox (R-CA)

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Monday August 08, 2005 · 12:55 PM PDT

2005/08/08 · 12:55

Bush did 6 points worse in this Calfornia district than in Paul Hackett's Ohio district. But, apparently, no Dems have entered yet. This looks like a perfect opportunity to capitalize on both Bush's and Gov. Schwarzenegger's unpopularity in California. We need to find another Paul Hackett for this race immediately.

From today's Rollcall:

The House resignation last week of newly confirmed Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Chris Cox kicked the race to succeed him in California's 48th district into overdrive, as the two top GOP candidates each basked in high-profile endorsements.
Cox's departure from Congress last Tuesday started the clock for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) to schedule a special election. Under state law, Schwarzenegger has 14 days to set the date, making it likely that the primary will take place some time in October and the runoff election in December.

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Thursday July 28, 2005 · 12:36 PM PDT

2005/07/28 · 12:36

From Today's Rollcall (subscription only):

http://www.rollcall.com/issues/51_13/atr/10213-1.html

Warner Edges Allen in Virginia Independent Survey
July 28, 2005
A new Mason-Dixon poll conducted for the Richmond Times-Dispatch and other media outlets showed Gov. Mark Warner (D) leading Sen. George Allen (R-Va.) by a 47 percent to 42 percent margin in a hypothetical 2006 Senate matchup.
The survey was taken July 19-21 and polled 625 likely voters. It had a 4 percent margin of error.
Among independent voters, the poll also showed Warner with a significant lead among independent voters tested, 53 percent to 34 percent.
Warner had a 56 percent to 14 percent favorable/unfavorable rating, while Allen had 51 percent to 23 percent. Warner is in his final year as governor and appears more interested in exploring a presidential bid than in taking on Allen, who served as governor from 1993 to 1997.
Former Lt. Gov. Don Beyer is the only other Democrat that has been mentioned as potential challenger to Allen.

This looks like a real (and rare) opportunity for Democrats to pick up a Senate seat in 2006.

Plan to substitute for programs lost and made deficient during George W. Bush's second term

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Thursday November 04, 2004 · 4:33 PM PST

2004/11/04 · 16:33

General Summary of Plan:

Imagine that some state wants to create some government program at the state level (We call this state the "donor state" for reasons you see later). The federal government itself won't do that program nationwide because it can't afford it in Bush's 2nd term.

This "donor state" that wants to create the program at the state level is unwilling to raise the necessary state taxes needed to to fund it, because people and businesses seeking to avoid extra taxation will move out to neighboring states, thereby partially frustrating the effort to raise revenue.

The solution to this is that the donor state agrees with neighboring states to raise taxes by the same amount (We'll call these neighboring states "recipient states" for reasons we'll see in a moment).

Since these neighboring "recipient states" and the donor state all raise their taxes by the same amount, there are fewer attractive lower-tax places for people and businesses to go, so fewer people and businesses move out of the donor state under this higher taxation. Read More

Rant on Troubling "Values" in Parts of America

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Thursday November 04, 2004 · 12:00 PM PST

2004/11/04 · 12:00

If this business about 'values' causing our 2004 defeat is true, it appears that a large group of people in this country decided to vote based on things that they see on TV, which don't affect their own lives and which are none of their business.

The economy surely affects everyone's lives, healthcare surely affects almost everyone's lives, the Iraq War affects many people's lives since their children or friends' children are dying or being mamed in Iraq and are in danger of being drafted. Terrorism affect the lives of those living in or visiting a large city. But 'values' (or 'moral values' as TNR now says) appears to have topped these in importance and brought John Kerry to defeat in 2004.

When people talk about voting on 'values' they mean gay marriage, abortion rights (including stem cell research), and some phony image of the president 'having strong faith' religiously. Read More

DeLong's take on Disaster 2004

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Wednesday November 03, 2004 · 9:37 AM PST

2004/11/03 · 09:37

Brad DeLong has a good post on our defeat

and

Josh Marshall's even better

I agree with Brad DeLong. The problem isn't the Democrats' message. I think the uphill battle really happens when you are running against an incumbent president who has come immediately after a president from the other party. In the 20th Century, the only president whose predecessor was of a different party to lose reelection was Jimmy Carter, who lost under exceptionally poor economic and foreign policy circumstances.

I think it's correct that Bush is thoroughly incompetant. But that was offset by the fact that we have a television media, which is anti-Democratic and pro-Bush. There were three pro-Bush-biased media events which, I think, sealed the election for Bush:

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Saturday October 30, 2004 · 8:02 PM PDT

2004/10/30 · 20:02

I really think there are three pivotal states in this election: Wisconsin, Ohio, and Florida. Whoever wins two out of these three wins the Presidency.

Here's my reasoning (only my opinions -- feel free to disagree): Bush will pick up Iowa and New Mexico and win all of the 2000 Red States, except New Hampshire which he will lose to Kerry, and Ohio and Florida which are uncertain. Kerry will definitely pick up New Hampshire and win all the 2000 Blue States, except Iowa and New Mexico which go to Bush, and Wisconsin which is uncertain.

From the above scenario, Kerry surely gets 242 electoral votes, and Bush surely gets 239 electoral votes. 270 electoral votes are required to win the Presidency. Therefore whoever wins any two out of these three states wins the presidency: Wisconsin (10 electoral votes), Ohio (20 electoral votes), and Florida (27 electoral votes)*

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List of Democratic Senators undecided about Alito

58% Bush district: Special Election to replace Congressman Chris Cox (R-CA)

VA Sen.: Warner Beats Allen 47% to 42% in Mason-Dixon Poll

Plan to substitute for programs lost and made deficient during George W. Bush's second term

Rant on Troubling "Values" in Parts of America

DeLong's take on Disaster 2004

(Attempted) Summing up of Necessary Election Info