In their front page article yesterday, Washington Post reporters Alec MacGillis and Tim Craig offered this cutting analysis of Virginia in 2008:
“[Barack Obama]’s campaign hopes to capitalize on Bush’s lack of popularity, the changing demographics in Northern Virginia, high turnout — particularly among younger voters and African Americans — and a volunteer base that delivered [...]
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Metroliner Media
Strange Maps has a great chart about where the news breaks, and it’s no surprise that the highest concentration is inside the Beltway and the Big Apple.
TNR’s Josh Patashnik observes, “It’s certainly not all that big a surprise that New York and DC dominate coverage, but the scale of their domination is pretty impressive–more stories [...]
New York Times on the Electoral Map
The New York Times Magazine had a fascinating article on Sunday about NRCC Chairman Tom Cole (Okla.) and his uphill battle to regain the House for Republicans. I’m only about a third of the way through this 8,000 word article, but I already think it’s a must-read. This on excerpt caught my eye:
“All campaign operatives [...]
Look West, Young Scribes
Both Ben Smith and Chris Cillizza turned their backs to the East today — Smith wrote a quick note about the DNC’s memo about “McCain’s Problems in the West” and Cillizza wrote a post handicapping the Democratic primary in Montana. Both reporters anticipate that the region will be in play. “Except for Utah, those [...]
Jake Tapper’s Electoral Map
Even on the beach, ABC News correspondent Jake Tapper can’t get his mind off electoral maps. ExMo has this great item on “Tapper’s Line in the Sand.”
Per the Extremeness:
“That’s Deerfield Beach, Florida, near Boca Raton … and Jake’s inside an electoral map of the presidential campaign.
“So, did rules dictate that a union guy had [...]
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