September 2012
By Eric Ostermeier on September 28, 2012
Republicans have won at least one U.S. House seat from the Hawkeye State since 1856.
By Eric Ostermeier on September 27, 2012
Alan Simpson has received top billing in 75 percent of media coverage of the debt commission this year after playing second banana to his fellow co-chair in 2010.
By Eric Ostermeier on September 24, 2012
Wisconsin is the only battleground state to populate the Bottom 10 for per capita large donor contributions to presidential candidates this cycle.
By Eric Ostermeier on September 24, 2012
There are 97 fewer third party and independent candidates on the general election ballots for the nation's 435 congressional district races this cycle compared to two years ago.
By Eric Ostermeier on September 21, 2012
The Minneapolis area congressional district had fielded 16 third party and independent U.S. House candidates over the last eight cycles, averaging 9 percent of the vote.
By Eric Ostermeier on September 20, 2012
The Republican presidential nominee has been linked to rich cartoon characters like Scrooge McDuck, Mr. Burns, and Richie Rich as well as wealthy, villainous silver screen icons like Gordon Gekko and Mr. Potter.
By Eric Ostermeier on September 18, 2012
A champion of the 'great compromise,' Minnesota's GOP U.S. Senate nominee is open to tax increases and vows, "I don't care if I have to have a verbal or physical confrontation with Grover Norquist."
By Eric Ostermeier on September 17, 2012
It has been 48 years since a major party presidential nominee failed to appear on the ballot in every state.
By Eric Ostermeier on September 13, 2012
"Death," "dead end," "decline" and "grim future" were but a few of the words and phrases Minnesota's governor used to frame the problems of his state and country.
By Eric Ostermeier on September 12, 2012
The Gopher State has been polled in the presidential race at one-sixth the rate in 2012 compared to this stage of the 2008 cycle.
By Eric Ostermeier on September 11, 2012
The victory margin in only 1 of 37 Missouri U.S. Senate races has been narrower than the vote received by the leading third place candidate.
By Eric Ostermeier on September 10, 2012
The selection of Paul Ryan as GOP VP nominee moves the needle on Wisconsin but few other states in the presidential race according to a dozen media outlets.
By Eric Ostermeier on September 6, 2012
There are 11 fewer independent and third party candidates running for Minnesota's eight congressional seats in 2012 compared to two years ago.
By Eric Ostermeier on September 5, 2012
The First Lady's speech Tuesday was written at a 12th grade level - the highest in history among the wives of presidential nominees and far above Ann Romney's lowest mark of a 5th grade level.
By Eric Ostermeier on September 4, 2012
Connecticut, Michigan, Nevada, Virginia, and Wisconsin are five of 18 states never to split their ticket by voting for a Democratic presidential nominee and a Republican U.S. Senate candidate in the same cycle.
