Key States, High Stakes: Sarah Palin, the Tea Party, and the by Charles S. Bullock III, Dante J. Scala, Daniel C. Reed, Ted

By Charles S. Bullock III, Dante J. Scala, Daniel C. Reed, Ted G. Jelen, Amy Widestrom, Christopher Dennis, Susan A. MacManus, David J. Bonanza, Mary L. Moss, Joel Turner, Scott Lasley, Geoffrey Peterson University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Stanley P. Berard,

The 2010 elections have been probably the most hugely expected midterm elections in our nation's fresh historical past. After the ancient 2008 election, within which the USA elected its first black president, Sarah Palin's involvement and the emergence of the Tea get together within the 2010 congressional elections had the aptitude to remodel the composition of congress and set the degree for the nation's politics for the following decade, or maybe the following iteration.

In this new edited quantity, Charles S. Bullock III collects unique contributions from most sensible political scientists to judge Sarah Palin and the Tea Party's position within the 2010 midterm elections. Key States, excessive Stakes makes a speciality of states the place Republicans had the opportunity to choose up Senate seats, in addition to reading GOP Senate primaries in the event that they concerned a Palin or a Tea occasion nominee dealing with an institution favourite. Bullock concludes the anthology with a bankruptcy at the legacy of the Tea social gathering and of Sarah Palin on American politics.

One factor is sure. by way of keep watch over of the home and Senate (and its influence on President Obama's coverage agenda), the customers for the 2012 presidential race, and the long term viability of the Tea celebration flow, the stakes within the 2010 midterm elections couldn't were higher.

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Reid’s positive commercials pointed to particular projects (often involving public investment in ‘‘green energy’’) that drew attention to his support for the environment, as well as the claim that his actions had brought jobs to Nevada. In an anti-incumbent campaign season, Reid made the claim that his leadership position in the Senate was too important to Nevada to be abandoned in favor of a newcomer. 18051$ $CH4 06-07-11 10:58:55 PS PAGE 45 46 Ted G. Jelen Third, Reid worked hard to mobilize the Hispanic vote.

6 million (Gibson 2010b). Facing an uphill battle, O’Donnell reached out to the growing Tea Party Movement. On July 16, the Susan B. -based antiabortion group, endorsed O’Donnell. 1 In the endorsement statement, Susan B. Anthony List Candidate Fund President Marjorie Dannenfelser was harshly critical of Castle’s congressional voting record on social issues (Pecquet 2010). ’’ Tony Perkins, chairman of the FRC Action PAC, stated that ‘‘the Republican establishment might think they are backing a winner in Mike Castle, but they are only backing another Arlen Specter or Charlie Crist,’’ former moderate Republicans who left the party when faced with challenges from the right in Pennsylvania and Florida (Duffy and Miller 2010).

Senator Reid supplemented the efforts of the culinary workers’ union with his own impressive GOTV (get out the vote) efforts and successfully mobilized his supporters. Thus, Senator Reid’s victorious reelection campaign had three essential components. First, Reid was successful in exploiting the weaknesses of his opponent. Reid was perhaps fortunate to have drawn a relatively weak opponent, but, during the general-election campaign, a Reid victory was by no means a foregone conclusion. Second, Reid boldly embraced two campaign themes that could be regarded as countercyclical: the importance of experienced leadership in bringing benefits to Nevada (denounced by Angle and others as ‘‘pork-barrel’’ spending), and a clear effort to attract and mobilize the votes of Mexican Americans (despite the strong possibility of countermobilization among Anglos).

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