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2009

Mapping the New Senate
Mapping the New Senate
More Reading on Burris, and Another Attempt at Legal Analysis
Pick Your Poison, Arlen
Bennet, Denver Schools Chief, Reportedly Chosen as Colorado’s Next Senator
In Minnesota, End of the Beginning Starts Today
Is Jesse Jackson Jr. Electable?
Franken Jumps Out to 225-Vote Lead on Strength of Absentee Ballots
Tim Kaine Reportedly To Head DNC
Can Franken Give Burris His Daily Affirmation?
Did the <span style="font-style:italic;">Wall Street Journal</span> Fire their Fact-Checkers?
Where's the Roland Burris Poll?
Tim Kaine Reportedly To Head DNC
Why Are There No Black Senators?
Did the Wall Street Journal Fire their Fact-Checkers?
Senate Rankings, January 2009 Edition
The Good News for Coleman…
Where’s the Roland Burris Poll?
Be Careful Where You Get Your Stimulus
Party Like It’s 538!
Most Americans Oppose Seating Burris, But Reid’s Options are Few
Senate Rankings, January 2009 Edition
Palin v. Murkowski Cold War Heating Up? Polls Show Contradictory Results.
Shameless Self-Promotion
On Harry’s Hindsight
On Stimulus, It's Easy Being Green
What Are the Chances of a Depression?
Missouri’s Bond Will Retire, Creating Showdown in Show-Me State
Obama's <span style="font-style:italic;">Price is Right</span> Negotiating Strategy?
On Stimulus, It’s Easy Being Green
Daddy, Where Do Senators Come From?
Blago Impeached; Tide Turning (Again) on Burris?
Obama’s Price is Right Negotiating Strategy?
Obama’s Indifference on Tax Cuts
Is There a Serious Conservative Argument Against the Stimulus?
Intellectual Dishonesty (Gasp!) from a Conservative Economist
Counties to Coleman: What Part of ‘No’ Didn’t You Understand?
Roland Burris is My Senator
Is There a Serious Conservative Argument Against the Stimulus?
Should the Democrats Fear Rob Portman?
Roland Burris is My Senator
Do Retiring Republicans Mellow Out?
Palin’s Popularity Pickle
Signs of Democratic Coattails in SCHIP Vote?
What’s David Paterson Waiting For?
A Webpage Someone Else Should Start...
History May -- or May Not -- Judge Bush More Kindly
Signs of Democratic Coattails in SCHIP Vote?
A Webpage Someone Else Should Start…
History May — or May Not — Judge Bush More Kindly
Is Tom Coburn a Closet Progressive?
Have Republicans Lost Their Way on Taxes?
Is Coleman’s Goal a Do-Over?
Is Tom Coburn a Closet Progressive?
Barack Obama: The First Urban President?
Obama: Highest Initial Approval For Elected President?
FiveThirtyEight Hits Washington
Flavor of the Day
A Proud Moment for America
Did Caroline Ever Really Want It?
Flavor of the Day
Shades of Roosevelt in Obama’s Address
A Brief Comment on the 50-State Strategy
The End of the Beginning
Did Caroline Ever Really Want It?
What is Coleman Fighting For?
Progressive Democrats Vote for Bailout; Blue Dogs Don’t
The End of the Beginning
Is Kennedy’s Loss Conservatives’ Gain?
Shameless Self-Promotion, Part II
Feingold Introduces 28th Amendment
Obama: More Political Capital Than Reagan?
Feingold Introduces 28th Amendment
Smarter than the Average Bears?
Minnesota Recount Trial Begins Momentarily
So Just Who <span style="font-style:italic;">Did</span> Vote For The Bailout?
So Just Who Did Vote For The Bailout?
Alabama ♥s Obama
Time To Give Up on “Bipartisan” Stimulus?
Fili-Buster Watch
Stimulus Passes House With NO Republican Support -- Zip, Zilch, Nada
Just Five Red States Left?
BAM! POP! POW! House Debates Stimulus Bill
Stimulus Passes House With NO Republican Support — Zip, Zilch, Nada
For House Republicans, Zero is the Loneliest Number
The Republican Death Spiral
The Republican Death Spiral, in Graphic Form
Should Democrats Beware Republicans Bearing Gifts?
Could Roland Burris Be Re-Elected?
For Democrats, Best Choice May be a Republican
Michael Steele’s Got Game
Do the Republicans Have the Votes for a Stimulus Filibuster?
Absentee Ballots Unlikely to Save Coleman
The Most Powerful Women in America
The Stimulus: Still Popular After All These Weeks
The Proliferation of "Pork"
Why Barack Has a Blackberry
Absentee Ballots Unlikely to Save Coleman
Jeff Gannon, We Hardly Knew Ye
The Paradox of Political Capital
In This Corner, Sarah Palin...
On Stimulus, Democrats Beating GOP On Party Unity
Why Barack Has a Blackberry
The Proliferation of “Pork”
“Time for Talk Over,” White House Tone Changes on Stimulus
In Declining Approval Ratings, Lessons for Obama
In This Corner, Sarah Palin…
On Stimulus, Democrats Beating GOP On Party Unity
Obama Hits the Road to Sell Stimulus, Steps Up Pressure on Key Senators
In Declining Approval Ratings, Lessons for Obama
Should Obama Have Asked For More?
Senate Rankings, February 2009 Edition
One-Two-Three-Four: What is Bipartisanship Good For?
Should Obama Have Asked For More?
A [Bleeping] Valuable Thing
Did a Four-Letter Word Save the Stimulus?
OFA 2.0, and A Stimulating “Working Session” in Maryland
Stimulus Compromise Overcomes Senate Filibuster, 61-36
One-Two-Three-Four: What is Bipartisanship Good For?
Why We’re Probably in For a Long Recession
Taking Louisiana By Storm?
White House Pleads for Patience on TARP
FiveThirtyEight DC Internship
Give Geithner a Break
Obama Dumps Gregg -- Hard And Angry
Obama Sells Stimulus; People Buy
Obama Dumps Gregg — Hard And Angry
A Thousand Little Pieces
Gracious Rahm Walks Back Harsh Gregg Press Release
The Political Specter-um
Republican Governor Panders on Gay Rights
The Two Progressivisms
Sound and Fury, Signifying -- What, Exactly?
George F. Will Takes on Science, Loses Credibility
The Real Roland Burris Question
Will Omitted Key Context in Ice Age Quote
What Stimulus Messaging Lessons Portend for the Health Care Debate
Reality Check: Republicans Had No Intention of Compromise on Stimulus
White House Projects Republican "Nay" Districts To Net More Stimulus Jobs
Sound and Fury, Signifying — What, Exactly?
The Clinton Economic Record and Rising Tides
IL-05: Feigenholtz Looks Like Favorite in Emanuel’s Old District
For Entertainment Purposes Only
Things I Think We Think We Know About the Banking Crisis...
White House Projects Republican “Nay” Districts To Net More Stimulus Jobs
Reality Check: Republicans Had No Intention of Compromise on Stimulus
Things I Think We Think We Know About the Banking Crisis…
Conflicting Reports on Sebelius to HHS; Still a Strong Frontrunner
re: Mortgage Bailout
For Entertainment Purposes Only
BREAKING: Beer No Longer Recession-Proof
Senate Rankings Interim Update
Conflicting Reports on Sebelius to HHS; Still a Strong Frontrunner
Land of a Thousand Liebermans
Heroes and Goats
Santelli Smackdown Shows White House Foil Strategy
Sun Rises, Market Falls
Americans Growing Kinder to Bud
Oscars Liveblog
Introducing...
Money Week Begins; White House Careful; the “Dave” President?
Rich and Poor Still Vote Differently in Red and Blue States
Americans Growing Kinder to Bud
Oscars Liveblog
Some Post-Oscar Thoughts on Forecasting
Introducing…
Obama Joint Session (and Jindal Reply) Liveblog
Obama Joint Session Speech Preview
in re: Sun Rises, Market Falls
Rich and Poor Still Vote Differently in Red and Blue States
A Starry-Eyed Look at the 2012 Republican Field
George Lakoff on The Obama Code
Steele’s Idle Threat
Sports Fans as Potential Republicans?
in re: Sun Rises, Market Falls
Obama Joint Session Speech Preview
Obama Joint Session Speech Preview
Obama Joint Session (and Jindal Reply) Liveblog
Jindal Versus the Volcano
In Post-Speech Afterglow, Obama Lays Out Regulatory Reform Principles
BREAKING: Press Corps Incredulous That Obama Budget Reflects Campaign Promises
FiveThirty ... Nine?
Quick Internship Update
FiveThirty … Nine?
OMB Director Orszag Budget Press Conference
Did Race Win the Election for Obama?
Religion, Income, and Voting
Why Does A Person Become a Republican?
BREAKING: Press Corps Incredulous That Obama Budget Reflects Campaign Promises
IL-05: Rahm's Middle Finger
“By August 31, 2010, Our Combat Mission in Iraq WIll End”
Why Does A Person Become a Republican?
Religion, Income, and Voting
Is Jindal’s Demise Gingrich’s Gain?
Snow Day
FiveThirtyEight Interviews Sen. Jon Tester
IL-05: Quigley Appears Headed for Congress
The Manic-Depressive Market
How Did the Rich (and the Poor) Vote in 2008?
White House v. Limbaugh: Grand Theatre for an Audience of Three (or Four)
When Will Voters Blame Obama?
re: Minnesota
IL-05: Quigley Appears Headed for Congress
Predicting What You Already Knew
Rush is the Least of the Republicans’ Problems
Rich and Poor Voters in 2008
What the Stock Market <span style="font-style:italic;">Really</span> Thinks About the Economy
When Will Voters Blame Obama?
“Democrat Party” Decrier Rips Admin for “Childish” Limbaugh Strategy
Obama Bets Big on Sweeping Health Care Reform in 2009
What the Stock Market Really Thinks About the Economy
Rich and Poor Voters in 2008
Hoping He Fails?
Senate Rankings, March 2009 Edition
Millionaires for McCain, Billionaires for Obama . . . or Maybe Not
Who Sits Where?
<span style="font-style: italic;">Dow 36,000</span> Guy Accuses Obama of Sabotaging Economy
Who Sits Where?
Dow 36,000 Guy Accuses Obama of Sabotaging Economy
Do Americans Want to Nationalize the Banks?
Steele’s Fate Likely Hinges on NY-20
The Missing $1,000,000 Tax Bracket
How’s He Doing?
A Nation Neither United Nor Divided
Are Republicans Healthier Than Democrats?
The Missing $1,000,000 Tax Bracket
The Life and Times of EFCA, Part I
White House to Passive-Aggressive Hill Republicans: Put Up or Shut Up
A Nation Neither United Nor Divided
Are Republicans Healthier Than Democrats?
The Best Argument You’ll Read for Bank “Nationalization”
Americans Losing Their Faith in Faith ... And Everything Else
Americans Losing Their Faith in Faith … And Everything Else
Stewart Destroys CNBC, Cramer, Disses “Doucheborough”
Yes, Obama’s Approval Ratings Are Declining. What Did You Expect?
Gold(farb) Star for Effort
In First Test of “Name and Shame,” Namers Losing So Far
Technical Question
Murphy Closes Gap in NY-20, Tedisco Opposes Stimulus
The New Terri Schiavo?
Why Was AIG’s Stock Up 66% Today?
EFCA’s Backers Still Have Work To Do
The New Terri Schiavo?
AIG: How a Meme Spreads
NASDAQ Now Up Under Obama Presidency
Cherry-Picker-in-Chief
Why AIG Paid the “Bonuses”
NCAA Hoops Projections
GOP Leadership Splits As Bailout Tax Passes House
The Pledge