The Year of the Anti-Establishment Candidate
Last week, ten states held congressional and gubernatorial primaries. Further, in recent months, roughly fifteen states in total have held primary elections. In each of these elections a common theme has been present: anti-incumbency. If this trend continues in the coming months, it appears that establishment candidates, party-endorsed candidates, and incumbents will be in for [...]
WI Congressman Dave Obey to Retire
This week, Rep. Dave Obey (D-WI) became the sixteenth Democrat to announce that he will not seek reelection in 2010. This announcement came as a shock to not only the state Democratic Party but to national Democrats as well. Unlike the other fifteen House Democrats who have announced that they will not seek reelection in [...]
