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What early polling can – and can’t – tell us about key elections
In races like the New York mayoral election, most candidates’ lack of name recognition makes early polling highly unreliable Polls taken early in the election season are a most interesting phenomenon. The media loves them, while some think they are a waste of time. The record shows that early surveys…
Mourdock campaign blames ‘liberal media’ for defeat
In a plea for money, the campaign of Indiana Senate candidate Richard Mourdock told its supporters on Tuesday that the Republican hopeful lost due to media bias. “After a bitter, hard-fought campaign, many Republicans all over the country were forced to accept defeat rather than celebrate victory. In our case,…
John Koster’s Rape Comments Demonstrate Conservative Inability to Understand Consent
You might have thought that we’d made it until Election Day without another Republican busting out another offensive comment about rape, but of course such a thing is not possible in our era of Republicans mansplaining how silly feminists have really blown this rape thing out of proportion. Fuse Washington…
Republican candidate: ‘The rape thing’ doesn’t justify abortion
Republican John Koster, who is running for Congress in Washington state, said over the weekend that “the rape thing” did not justify a woman’s right to terminate her pregnancy. When asked about his view of abortion at a Sunday fundraiser, Koster said the practice should be prohibited unless the life…
Maddow: Richard Mourdock was his own October surprise
On her show Wednesday night, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow explained that Indiana Senate candidate Richard Mourdock was not isolated in his view that victims of rape should be forced to give birth if they become pregnant. The Republican candidate created an uproar on Tuesday night after he said that a…
Wash. Republican candidate dances ‘Gangnam Style’ while spanking himself
A Republican gubernatorial candidate in Washington state may have recently become the first U.S. politician to ever dance to “Gangnam Style” in public while spanking himself. When Washington state Attorney General Rob McKenna’s wife tweeted video on Tuesday of her husband awkwardly dancing to Psy’s hit synth pop song on…
Montana gubernatorial candidate compares getting an abortion to taking aspirin
The Republican candidate in the Montana governor’s race likened the decision to get an abortion to taking an aspirin during the state’s first gubernatorial debate earlier this week. “You can’t give a child an aspirin in school, but you can refer people to have an abortion without parental consent, and…
Republican candidate assumes women at Ryan event are ‘talking about shoes’
A Republican Senate candidate from Pennsylvania who said that out-of-wedlock pregnancy was similar to rape is being accused of a second sexist comment after video emerged of him telling women at a Paul Ryan campaign event that he assumed they were “talking about shoes.” Pennsylvania Democrats released video on Thursday…
Todd Akin holds press conference to confirm he is not dropping out of Senate race
In a brief press conference on Friday afternoon, Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO) confirmed that he has no intention of stepping down as the Republican candidate for senator from Missouri and made it clear that he is not involved in any negotiations to do so. “There are some people who are…
Republican sheriff candidate promises not to murder abortion doctors if elected
A Republican candidate for sheriff in New Hampshire apologized Thursday after telling a reporter he would use deadly force to prevent abortions. Speaking to The Associated Press on Thursday night, businessman Frank Szabo admitted that his strong anti-abortion views sometimes “get the better of me,” and promised not to murder…
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