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Paul Begala's Scorecard |
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Three former Clintonites -- Rahm Emanuel for an Illinois House seat, Bill Richardson for New Mexico governor and Ed Rendell for Pennsylvania's governor -- are among the candidates "Crossfire" host Paul Begala is watching. Will they cruise to victory as he predicts? |
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Tucker Carlson's Scorecard |
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Kennedy kin losing elections in a Democratic state? It could happen in Maryland, notes political analyst Tucker Carlson, if Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend loses her gubernatorial bid months after her cousin, state Del. Mark Shriver, lost a House primary. |
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James Carville's Scorecard |
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Seven of the 10 races "Crossfire" host James Carville is watching Election Night are Senate races because any one of them could change the balance of power.
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Jeff Greenfield's Scorecard |
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Senior analyst Jeff Greenfield is also concentrating on the U.S. Senate for the most obvious reason -- a switch of one seat puts control of the Senate -- and thus the entire policy-making arm of the federal government -- into Republican hands, and that has major implications for policy and politics. But he's also watching the Florida governor's race out of sheer human interest -- it's a close race involving the brother of the president, whose state provided the margin of victory for his elder sibling under circumstances worthy of a soap opera. |
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Robert Novak's Scorecard |
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Several favorites could be in for a long night November 5, says syndicated columnist and CNN political pundit Robert Novak. He has his eye on Sen. Max Cleland, D-Georgia, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Elizabeth Dole, the GOP's Senate candidate in North Carolina.
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Bill Schneider's Scorecard |
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Democrats could exact some serious revenge against President Bush by unseating his brother Jeb in Florida's governor race and electing a Democrat as senator in his home state of Texas, says senior political analyst Bill Schneider.
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Judy Woodruff's Scorecard |
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It's perfectly possible that voters will elect a half-dozen new women governors on November 5, says prime anchor and senior correspondent Judy Woodruff. Some of those races, and several others, could reshape the political landscape for the next several years.
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