New Q-poll has FL governor at his best low approval rating yet

By   /  June 18, 2013  /  Florida WatchBlog, WatchBlog  /  No Comments

EARLY POLL: Florida Gov. Rick Scott registers his highest job approval rating yet at 43 percent. In a head-to-head match-up with predecessor Charile Crist, Scott loses by 10 points.

By William Patrick | Florida Watchdog
TALLAHASSEE – Polls – not to be confused with our Central European allies – have never been kind to Florida’s Gov. Rick Scott.
That is, until now.
A new Quinnipiac poll released Tuesday is offering something for the Scott Administration to cheer about: his highest approval rating ever.
That’s the good news.
The bad [...]

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Week in Review: Votes cast uncertainty for November

By   /  June 14, 2013  /  Virginia  /  No Comments

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By Kathryn Watson | Watchdog.org, Virginia Bureau
ALEXANDRIA — Tuesday’s primary election set the Democratic ticket for November, but that’s the only clarity Virginia voters saw this week. Here is your week in review.

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Money can’t (always) buy elections

By   /  June 12, 2013  /  Virginia Watchblog, WatchBlog  /  No Comments

FINANCIAL UNDERDOG: State Sen. Ralph Northam won the Democratic lieutenant governor race against Aneesh Chopra on Tuesday, despite far less donor support.

ALEXANDRIA—Money can’t always buy elections, if Tuesday’s primary tells us anything.
Aneesh Chopra, a former technology czar in the Obama administration, received more than twice as much donor support as his opponent, State Sen. Ralph Northam, before Tuesday’s Democratic primary race for lieutenant governor — most of it from outside the state. (Chopra raised nearly $1.5 [...]

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PA Week in Review: The never-ending campaign season

By   /  May 24, 2013  /  Featured, News, News Roundup, Pennsylvania  /  No Comments

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Elections on Tuesday – and those that won’t happen until November or not until 2014 – made news this week, as mayors were picked, Pennsylvania’s chief justice was put in the spotlight, a gubernatorial campaign rattled to life and attack ads from unknown sources were questioned.

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Wisconsin’s ‘new norm’ economy makes Walker’s job goal no easy feat

By   /  May 13, 2013  /  News, Wisconsin  /  8 Comments

A new report projects Gov. Scott Walker will miss his jobs creation goal by more than 100,000. But is there a "new norm" in Wisconsin's economy that has made job creation more challenging than recoveries past?

By M.D. Kittle | Wisconsin Reporter

MADISON – There’s much about Wisconsin’s economy that points to real recovery, but Gov. Scott Walker is still far from his 2010 campaign promise that the state would create 250,000 jobs during his first term in office.

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