11/10: 10 Most Interesting Showdowns in 2010
Posted by Editor on November 10, 2009 · 1 Comment
With a combined total of more than 500 House, Senate and gubernatorial races next year, it’s hard to cut through the spin to figure out which ones are worth watching. Here is POLITICO’s list of 10 contests to keep an eye on, whether it’s because they are uniquely revealing, particularly significant — or simply impending train wrecks.
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I’m in California and I suspect that, if either Brown or Feinstein, were to run for governor, it would probably be theirs for the taking. On the other hand, Barbara Boxer’s senate seat is also in play, and she is not real popular here. The problem is that the Republican party here tends to shoot itself in the foot by running moderate or centrist candidates and continue to lose. The only Republicans to win statewide office since Reagan was governor here, other than Schwarzenneger, who got elected due to name recognition more than anything else, are conservatives, not liberals. I know that people believe this is a liberal state, but most of the Democrats who win statewide office here are moderately left of center, not extreme leftists, and many registered Democrats here are really independents who tend to vote for the person, not the party. The problem that “moderate” Republicans have here is that Southern California, except for the CITY of Los Angeles, is fairly conservative and they’ll sit at home if they perceive that the Republican is a RINO, they don’t vote for them. Also, it hasn’t been unheard of for Californians to elect a hard core conservative, e.g. Reagan and a true liberal, e.g. Cranston in the same election. That’s because California independents tend to vote less on ideology than on perceived character.