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A good column: With A Die-Hard Following, Hillary Must Lead (Gay Opinion Blog)

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 06:07:00 GMT

By Heading The Charge For Obama, Clinton Can Prove Her Own Mettle By Charlie Cook " Listening to the "leaders" of some of these groups with catchy names like PUMA, which stands for Party Unity My A**, I get the impression that some of them are simply opportunists seizing this situation to get their 15 minutes of fame on cable news shows and in newspapers. They don't seem to represent...

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Nothing Has Changed, Race Is Still Close (Political Wire)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:21:23 GMT

The following guest post is from Charlie Cook, publisher of the Cook Political Report . In recent days, it has been killing me to watch over-caffeinated journalists, bloggers and cable networks talk about the Presidential race tightening up. The bottom line: Obama has been pretty consistently in the lead by 2-4 points since March. The gap between Democrats and Republicans on generic...

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Convention Reporters: National Journal (MediaBistro.com)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:13:07 GMT

Who you might see at the conventions: Alexis Simendinger, Alyssa Rosenberg, Amy Walter, Andrew Noyes, Ashley Johnson, Bara Vaida, , Bob Gettlin, Brian Friel, Bruce Stokes, Charlie Cook, Christopher Strohm, Corine Hegland, Dave Morris, David Hatch, David Morris, Erin McPike, Gregg Sangillo, Holly Noe, James Barnes, Jason Dick, Jennifer Skalka, Jill Smallen, Jim Barnes, John Maggs, John...

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Our Blog Network: 08.18.08 (MediaBistro.com)

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:00:00 GMT

FishbowlNY: Iceberg Ahead': Jeff Zucker on Why NBC's Olympic Coverage is Genius FishbowlDC: Is James Pindell Trying To Steal Charlie Cook's Readers? FishbowlLA: Gerry Rich, Marketing Golden Boy, Says See Ya to Paramount TVNewser: Marvelous Mal's Return to the Olympics Includes CNN Anchor/Daughter PRNewser: Special Olympics and 130 Organizations Band Together to Promote Tropic Thunder...

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Is James Pindell Trying To Steal Charlie Cook's Readers? (MediaBistro.com)

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:45:24 GMT

Take a poke around both Politicker's new Pindell Report and you'll notice that it is attempting to offer readers much of what Charlie Cook 's well-regarded Cook Political Report does: Analysis of every competitive House, Senate and gubernatorial race plus presidential swing states. True: Pindell and Cook aren't the only ones doing such things (see: Hotline, Stu Rothenberg,...

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Choose Your Own Electoral Map Adventure (Washington Wire)

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:59:41 GMT

Susan Davis reports on the presidential race. Have John McCain's or Barack Obama's path to the nomination all figured out? Test your math with the Wall Street Journal's latest tool, the Electoral Vote Calculator. Four election experts also weigh in with their opinions: Charlie Cook, of the non-partisan Cook Political Report, forecasts a 278-260 Obama victory, [...]

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Charlie Cook changes ratings on NY races (rochesterturning.com)

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:27:09 GMT

From The Albany Project: The Cook Political Report has upgraded (sub req’d) the races in NY-13 and NY-25 from “Lean Democratic” to “Likely Democratic” and downgraded the race in NY-26 from “Toss Up” to “Lean Republican.”

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The dynamics of a change election (Interesting Times)

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:36:00 GMT

I think this column by Lydia Saad, Gallup Poll Senior Editor, gets at an important point, but it may be obscured by the length of the piece. The launching point for her thoughts is a Charlie Cook column that suggests that this election is All About Obama. Cook presents compelling evidence that the ultimate results in November will depend on whether voters are comfortable going...

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GOP Is Losing Ground (Vox Verax)

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:14:00 GMT

Republicans no longer have a realistic chance of holding their own in this year's Senate contests. by Charlie Cook The National Journal One of the less pleasant aspects of writing a political column when one party is having a particularly grim year is that the story gets so repetitive. Some years, the Democrats are in the political toilet. This year, the Republicans are in that unenviable...

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Senate Gains Not Likely for Republicans [Taegan Goddard's Political Wire] (The Liberal Blog Network)

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 02:04:33 GMT

After a series of ratings changes by the Cook Political Report , Charlie Cook says Republicans no longer have a realistic chance of holding their own in this year's Senate contests. Cook recently made the following updates to Senate races: New Mexico is now rated Lean Democrat from Toss Up. North Carolina has been changed to Lean Republican from Likely Republican. Oregon...

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Down the ballot: Bleak house for GOP (First Read)

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:06:00 GMT

In his latest National Journal column, Charlie Cook breaks down the Senate contests and notes that the situation for the GOP looks bleak. "In the presidential race, ... McCain is behind but still very competitive. For the GOP, that is the bright spot on the horizon. In the House and Senate contests, the debate is about how many seats the Republicans will lose; they no longer have a realistic...

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Fight for the House: A Note on Ratings and the Elections (The Rothenberg Political Report)

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 04:05:00 GMT

By Stuart Rothenberg As almost everyone knows, Charlie Cook is a longtime friend and the publisher of the highly regarded Cook Political Report. I think it’s fair to say that I pay close attention to Charlie’s House and Senate ratings and he does the same with mine. This column was prompted by a short piece in the Washington Post about recent ratings changes by Charlie’s...

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Handicapping the Legislative Race (Air America Radio -)

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 02:03:58 GMT

Every election in November will be important . [T]he political handicapper Charlie Cook envisions Democratic gains of up to 20 House seats and 7 Senate seats, close to the 60-vote threshold in the Senate needed to break filibusters by the minority. Frankly, it doesn't matter which presidential candidate has the best plan for health care or social security reform. Sausage gets made in...

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How Reliable Are The Latest Swing State Polls? (Donklephant)

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 05:55:46 GMT

Charlie Cook weighs in, and he’s not impressed. Now hold on…out of 100, he’d disregard between 90 to 95 of them? Listen, I get why he thinks that these state polls aren’t as accurate, but to dismiss polling institutions like SurveyUSA, Quinnipiac and Public Policy Polling as crappy local polling companies just trying to get some attention, [...]

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Turnout is the Recipe for a Landslide [Taegan Goddard's Political Wire] (The Liberal Blog Network)

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:58:55 GMT

Charlie Cook : "It is entirely plausible that McCain will attract as many votes as President Bush did in 2004, given that Republicans often vote out of habit or a feeling of civic duty. But there is a very good chance that Obama will receive a record number of votes, far exceeding what John Kerry got in 2004. And pollsters might not be able to detect a turnout surge in advance."

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Baby Boomers Could Be Key Swing Vote [Taegan Goddard's Political Wire] (The Liberal Blog Network)

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:23:24 GMT

Charlie Cook says Baby Boomers may decide the next presidential election -- a generation that came of political age during the "disappointing" Carter term and "popular" Reagan years. "It is often said that Reagan drew a whole generation into the Republican Party. And some observers wonder whether George W. Bush may have driven another generation away. If this is true, Barack Obama, meet...

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The Obama Effect [ArchPundit] (The Liberal Blog Network)

archpundit@yahoo.com (Larry Handlin) — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:15:53 GMT

On Congressional Races—Charlie Cook reclassified several races when Obama took the nomination: Changes made about a week ago. Shays and Kirk are the obvious ones where Obama pulls out voters in their district and they are likely to get knocked off. CA-04 OPEN (Doolittle) Solid Republican to Likely Republican CO-04 Marilyn Musgrave Lean Republican to Toss [...]

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Charlie Cook moves NY-29 to “toss up” (rochesterturning.com)

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:22:37 GMT

This is big news: America’s top political prognosticator, Charlie Cook, just changed his rating on NY-29, along with nine other Republican held seats. CA-04 - OPEN (Doolittle)- Solid Republican to Likely Republican CO-04 - Marilyn Musgrave - Lean Republican to Toss Up CT-04 - Chris Shays - Lean Republican to Toss Up IL-10 - Mark Kirk - Lean Republican [...]

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Hillary's Non-Concession (CALIFORNIA YANKEE)

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:12:54 GMT

Despite many erroneous rumors, and incorrect news articles yesterday, Hillary did not concede last night: Charlie Cook puts the demands that Hillary withdraw from the campaign in perspective: Those pleas were wrong and unfair. When was the last time a presidential candidate who was still consistently winning primaries and getting healthy numbers of votes asked to step aside, particularly...

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Charlie Cook: Christine Jennings, an example Hillary should not emulate (Naked Politics)

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 14:47:33 GMT

The political strategist notes that after tonight's primaries Hillary Clinton and the former president " should begin thinking about their future and standing in the party...Will they be seen as party unifiers and team players, or party wreckers and sore losers?" And Cook offers what he says are some "terrific examples of how to handle and how not to handle tough losses." In the not-so terrific...

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