EdCone.com (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008
Tom Schaller: No longer whistling past Dixie, but realistic about Democratic gains in the South and pleased with his anticipation of the national party-building trend. "The Democrats have a coalition unlike one they have ever built in their history."Previously.
Firedoglake (Free subscription) | 11/23/2008
... Islamism, being-black-ism, and every other ism they could think of, and it blew up in their faces. Tom Schaller, Tod Lindberg, Ron Brownstein, and others have all documented how Democrats have gained ground in Republican territory while Republicans have been all but evicted from Democratic territory. Obama dominated the youth and Hispanic votes 2 to 1, both groups that will only grow larger...
Firedoglake (Free subscription) | 11/22/2008
... and concern trolling? To create a new reality that obscures the one we actually live in. Following Tom Schaller and former Washington Times Editor Tod Lindberg , Ron Brownstein is the latest to give us a peek at what that reality actually looks like. Brownstein dismantles the center-right meme by comparing Democratic inroads in Republican territory to Republican inroads in Democratic territory....
Facing South (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
... a popular New York-based website, put a finer point on it: " North Finally Wins Civil War ." SCHALLER RIDES -- AND FALLS -- AGAIN It's a familiar refrain. The Obama campaign heard it when they first began talking about changing the political map , including putting several Southern states in play. Leading the pack, as always, was the relentless Tom Schaller , the oft-quoted political...
INSTAPUTZ (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
... basis." -- Glenn Greenwald"Hilarious." -- Atrios"Shameless." -- David Weigel"Devastating." -- Tom Schaller"Evil." -- Thers"Heh. Indoozle." -- Sadly, No!"I love these magnificent bastards." -- Blue Girl
Salon (Free subscription) | 11/14/2008
with Tom Schaller, Alex Castellanos, Ron Christie and Reihan Salam Subscribe: Nov. 14, 2008 | The Republican Party is now licking the wounds from its second consecutive electoral to use the outgoing president's memorable morning-after phrase from November 2006. Just three years ago, the GOP controlled the presidency, the House and the Senate; come January Democrats will control the White House...
Majikthise (Free subscription) | 11/06/2008
On election night Tom Schaller asked a group of journalists, politicos, bloggers, and academics to sum up the significance of Obama's win in one sentence, starting with "It means..." The answers appear in Salon today. One of my suggestions made...
EdCone.com (Free subscription) | 11/08/2008
I've been trading email with Tom Schaller about the reasons North Carolina went blue, and what it might mean in terms of national strategy. He's working on an answer. Meanwhile, here's my top-of-the-head list of contributing causes: Excitement about Obama;...
INSTAPUTZ (Free subscription) | 11/08/2008
... basis." -- Glenn Greenwald"Hilarious." -- Atrios"Shameless." -- David Weigel"Devastating." -- Tom Schaller"Evil." -- Thers"Heh. Indoozle." -- Sadly, No!"I love these magnificent bastards." -- Blue Girl
D-Day (Free subscription) | 11/05/2008
McCain picks up Alabama and Georgia. As someone who has read Tom Schaller's Whistling Past Dixie , this doesn't surprise me. As black turnout goes up in the deep South, white turnout usually does as well. It was good for Obama to raise turnout and spend money in Georgia, but realistically it wasn't going to flip. The Republicans are a regional party. The Mid-South, however, states like Virginia...
INSTAPUTZ (Free subscription) | 11/02/2008
... basis." -- Glenn Greenwald"Hilarious." -- Atrios"Shameless." -- David Weigel"Devastating." -- Tom Schaller"Evil." -- Thers"Heh. Indoozle." -- Sadly, No!"I love these magnificent bastards." -- Blue Girl
INSTAPUTZ (Free subscription) | 11/03/2008
... basis." -- Glenn Greenwald"Hilarious." -- Atrios"Shameless." -- David Weigel"Devastating." -- Tom Schaller"Evil." -- Thers"Heh. Indoozle." -- Sadly, No!"I love these magnificent bastards." -- Blue Girl
Daily Kos (Free subscription) | 10/23/2008
Last week, Tom Schaller writing at Salon speculated on getting to 60 in the Senate. Here's his proposal: We know Virginia's Mark Warner and the Udall cousins in New Mexico and Colorado look pretty solid. Let's speculate further that Jean Shaheen holds off John Sununu in New Hampshire, Jeff Merkley defeats Gordon Smith in Oregon, Alaska's scandal-plagued Ted Stevens cannot save himself from...
