http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/showdown06/ en-us 2006-11-21T10:47:39-06:00 http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/showdown06/archives/individual/2006_11/010270.php THAT'S ALL FOLKS... The election's over, and so is this blog. We've had a lot of fun tracking the polls, campaign ads, dirty tricks, and down-to-the-wire ballot counts of the midterms here at "Showdown '06." But now that even George... pglastris 2006-11-21T10:47:39-06:00 http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/showdown06/archives/individual/2006_11/010241.php NOTHING TO SEE HERE... There's a weird (though also, of course, familiar) refusal to make judgments in John Dickerson's Slate piece about the return of Trent Lott. I know we're all supposed to forget about the Strom Thurmond thing now,... zroth 2006-11-15T18:52:04-06:00 http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/showdown06/archives/individual/2006_11/010233.php SENATORS' SEATS ... Incoming senators have their committee assignments. Montana's Sen-elect Jon Tester has been tapped for the Energy committee, which ought to be a hotspot over the next two years. I'm a little disappointed, though, that the first organic... clarson 2006-11-15T00:38:15-06:00 http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/showdown06/archives/individual/2006_11/010230.php Overheard...While having a sidewalk lunch today at Talay Thai on Capitol Hill, I overheard two young, very well dressed people praying before digging into their red curry dishes. Luckily, I had my notebook. An excerpt: "Bless us as we search... rgrim 2006-11-14T15:30:36-06:00 http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/showdown06/archives/individual/2006_11/010227.php HELLO MEL... So Mel Martinez is taking the reins at the RNC. Reporters have been quick to point out that Martinez was the author of a much-publicized memo urging Republicans to seize the political advantage presented by Terri Schiavo, and... rmorris 2006-11-13T20:40:03-06:00 http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/showdown06/archives/individual/2006_11/010224.php HANDICAPPING HOYER AND MURTHA... Could Nancy Pelosi's announcement of support for her old friend John Murtha in his race with Steny Hoyer for majority leader give the Pennsylvanian a chance of pulling off an upset? A knowledgeable former Hoyer aide... zroth 2006-11-13T15:22:41-06:00 http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/showdown06/archives/individual/2006_11/010222.php HOYER V. MURTHA...I'm kind of ambivalent about the big Hoyer-Murtha batttle for majority leader. I'm no huge fan of Hoyer's ties to K Street and his general establishment-based political style, but, as Matt Yglesias points out, it's not as if... zroth 2006-11-13T14:54:02-06:00 http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/showdown06/archives/individual/2006_11/010220.php Today’s Post has a comprehensive rundown of the deceptive tactics outgoing Maryland governor Bob Ehrlich and prospective Republican National Committee head Michael Steele used in Maryland on election day (after witnessing them firsthand last Tuesday, I blogged about them here... edaypost 2006-11-13T14:13:45-06:00 http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/showdown06/archives/individual/2006_11/010218.php WHY REPUBLICANS CAN'T GOVERN FROM THE CENTER... A year ago, California Governor Arnold Schwarzeneggar was in a heap of trouble. He had tried to pass, in swaggeringly partisan fashion, four controversial ballot measures. All of them lost, and his popularity... pglastris 2006-11-12T22:07:14-06:00 http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/showdown06/archives/individual/2006_11/010210.php Washington has been chewing over election-related numbers for three straight days now, and I’d like to highlight one particular set of data that’s probably giving Karl Rove a nasty case of indigestion: the effect of the immigration debate on the... rmorris 2006-11-10T18:43:21-06:00 http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/showdown06/archives/individual/2006_11/010208.php 2008 HOMETOWN HEROES ... Percent of voters in states with likely presidential candidates who think their hometown guy/gal would make a good president (data from AEI Election Watch seminar). In bold are those cases when contender's party affiliation is NOT... clarson 2006-11-10T15:28:38-06:00 http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/showdown06/archives/individual/2006_11/010207.php MORE ON FORD... Debra raises an interesting point about the Ford race, but it seems a bit incomplete. I'm prepared to believe that the notion that Ford dates white women could have cost him support among black women. But nowhere... zroth 2006-11-10T15:04:55-06:00 http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/showdown06/archives/individual/2006_11/010204.php Black Women: White Bigotry's Unindicited co-Conspiritors? As much discussion as their was around the 'jungle fever' campaign aimed at Harold Ford's supposed lust for white women, the one group which escaped scrutiny in his downfall is black women. Anyone who... ddickerson 2006-11-10T13:12:23-06:00 http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/showdown06/archives/individual/2006_11/010199.php NOT SO FAST...Could corruption be 2006's version of "values"? We all remember how in 2004, the immediate post-election consensus was that "moral values" issues were the key to Bush's win. But it quickly emerged that a poorly-worded exit poll quesiton... zroth 2006-11-09T17:05:29-06:00 http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/showdown06/archives/individual/2006_11/010196.php THE NEW MAP ... Forget Red vs. Blue; Urban vs. Rural; Base vs. Swing; Upside-down vs. Inside-out. At a press conference yesterday, Hotline's Chuck Todd yesterday proposed a new way to think about the electoral map: First, you've got the... clarson 2006-11-09T12:10:52-06:00