Ben Smith

• '12 GOP hopefuls call Manchester (NH) mayor-elect

  '12 GOP hopefuls call Manchester (NH) mayor-elect' [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 7:25pm EST
  

• Remainders: Chewy

  Halloween at the White House.
  
  So this is change?
  
  Plouffe notes that the Obama campaign can't transferred.' [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 4:59pm EST
  

• Revenue limits fail in Washington, Maine

  A reader points out a pair of votes yesterday that dent the interpretation of yesterday's results as a taxpayer revolt or conservative resurgence: & [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 3:50pm EST
  

• Twitter beats cable

  A smart story about how useful Twitter was last night.
  
  I was initially reluctant to give in, but found it the perfect venue for elect [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 3:40pm EST
  

• Seal of approval

  The AARP will, the AP reports, back health care legislation -- a brand-name seal of approval unmatched for its influence on the key demographic of o [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 3:02pm EST
  

• Clinton-Bush debate hyped to death

  Money only goes so far, it seems:
  
  A "debate" between former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush has been nixed becau [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 2:34pm EST
  

• A canary in Los Angeles

  An Angeleno points out that Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's reelection seems to have foreshadowed last night's results.
  
  After his March [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 2:17pm EST
  

• Losing Middle Maine

  Matthew Gagnon looks at the local totals on Maine's marraige repeal, and finds that it was "Middle Maine" -- the suburbs and the "soc [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 1:58pm EST
  

• Weiner: 'Man up and call me fat'

  In the early hours of this morning I quoted a round of recriminations on the New York Mayor's race between the White House and and the wiry New York [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 1:42pm EST
  

• Looking for the next win

  Democrats are looking for a win to turn the page on the off-year elections. [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 12:31pm EST
  

• Bloomberg's rebuke

  My story from earlier this morning:
  
  Mayor Mike Bloomberg’s stunningly narrow re-election in New York was a moral defeat for the [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 7:37am EST
  

• Owens in the North Country

  The night's best news for the Democrats is a surprise: Bill Owens won in the heavily Republican New York North Country.
  
  I think the t [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 12:29am EST
  

• A bad night for gay marriage, a good one for gay executives

  The best hope for validating same-sex marriage at the ballot box -- a hard-fought Maine referendum on repealing same-sex marriage -- appears headed [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 12:20am EST
  

• Obama: 'Iran must choose'

  Another respectful statement -- if wrapped around a threat -- goes out at a time that seems intended to avoid headlines:
  
  Thirty years [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 12:13am EST