Author: John Hawkins

Rightblogs Congressional Candidates (PA-12) Bill Russell: Murtha (58)% vs. Russell (42)% (CA-04) Tom McClintock: McClintock 50% vs. Brown 50% (PA-11) Lou Barletta: Kanjorski (52%) vs. Barletta (48%) (MD-01) Andy Harris: Kratovil (49%) vs. Harris (49%) (PA-04) Melissa Hart: Altmire (56%) vs. Hart (44%) (WI-08) John G Gard: Kagen (54%) vs. Gard (46%) (TX-22) Pete Olson: […]

Both the Democrats and the Republicans need to reach beyond their core supporters to win an election; however, it’s worth noting that the two parties have taken completely opposite approaches to dealing with moderates that have produced what may appear to be non-intuitive results. George Bush spent 8 years pursuing a “new tone,” he moved […]

Kathleen Parker — who spent weeks trashing Sarah Palin in the run-up to the election in order to try to endear herself to the liberal media and D.C. cocktail set — seems to have alienated a few of the conservatives in flyover country judging by her column rankings at Townhall, I bet George Will, David […]

Because conservatives have a deep distrust of polling agencies, they often tend to simply disregard unpleasant poll numbers. This often causes a lot of conservatives to get the wrong idea about what’s going to happen in an election — and the blogosphere is not immune to that sort of thinking. As late as October 27th, […]

On a phone conversation today, Person I was talking to: The good news is that we can go back to hating McCain. Me: I’m already there.

* It’s amazing to me that Ted Stevens appears to be poised to win in Alaska. He was actually behind in the polls before his conviction and then the limited amount of polling done after he lost his case seemed to show a large drop in his support. How he managed to come from behind […]

There’s absolutely no question that the Republican Party leadership’s support of amnesty did cataclysmic damage to their fundraising and to the morale of their supporters. However, the amnesty and open borders crowd said never fear: we’ll make up for that with Hispanic voters. Well, since the GOP ran the Republican in our party who was […]

(This is a story that I’ve always liked that seems particularly appropriate on a day like today.) In medieval China there once lived an old farmer who had a weak, ailing horse for ploughing his field. One day, the sickly horse ran away to the hills. The farmer’s neighbors offered their sympathy to him: “Such […]

Not only did Obama demolish John McCain, the Democrats added significantly to their margins in the House and Senate. This has already spurred discussion on whether conservatism is dead or the country is now “center-left” instead of “center-right.” Here’s what I would say to that. In 2004, George Bush beat John Kerry 51% to 48%. […]

You may not read another nice word from me about Barack Obama over the next four years, but today, I’m going to congratulate him, the Democratic Party, and the netroots. My guess is that they’ll be doing quite a bit of gloating today — and that’s fine, they deserve it. Although I would have certainly […]

In the aftermath of a failed presidential campaign, it’s important to take the time to detail what went wrong. So, with that in mind, here’s my McCain campaign post-mortem. * First off, the field was heavily slanted towards the Democrats and it was going to be extremely difficult for ANY Republican candidate to win. Moreover, […]

Tonight, starting at 6 PM EST or so, I will begin doing a slow, rolling liveblog of the election as news breaks or every 30 minutes or so. If any big news breaks before then, I’ll certainly chime in. PS: After much consideration, I decided not to handicap House races this year. Perhaps because the […]

President Hot Air (Ed): McCain 273 vs. Obama 265 The Campaign Spot: Obama 286 vs. McCain 252 Right Wing News: Obama 311 vs. McCain 227 Hot Air (Allah): Obama 318 vs. McCain 220 Outside the Beltway: Obama 325 vs. McCain 213 Election Projection: Obama 338 vs. McCain 200 Karl Rove: Obama 338 vs. McCain 200 […]

State: Virginia Seat Currently Held By: John Warner (R) Competitors: Mark Warner (D) Vs. James Gilmore (R) RCP Spread: Warner +28.6 My Analysis: Warner wins. Dem takeover. State: New Mexico Seat Currently Held By: Pete Domenici (R) Competitors: Tom Udall (D) vs. Steve Pearce (R) RCP Spread: Udall +14.6 My Analysis: Udall wins. Dem Takeover […]

State: Arizona Electoral Votes: 10 Bush Or Kerry in 2004?: Bush Latest RCP poll spread: McCain +3.5 My Analysis: Likely Republican Retention (90/10) State: Montana Electoral Votes: 3 Bush Or Kerry in 2004?: Latest RCP poll spread: McCain +3.8 My Analysis: Likely Republican Retention (90/10) State: Georgia Electoral Votes: 15 Bush Or Kerry in 2004?: […]

Yesterday, I put up a poll asking how many of RWN’s readers are going to vote and I was a little surprised at the results, Have you voted yet? Yes, I have already voted: 41% No, I’m voting Election Day: 56% No, I’m not voting: 3% So, 97% of RWN’s readers vote? There’s another reason […]

In 2004, the first exit polls that came out showed Kerry winning Ohio by 4 and Florida by 3 and he lost both states. Those same leaked poll numbers showed Kerry winning Pennsylvania by 20 points when he ultimately only won it by 51% to 49%. Long story short: it would be more unusual for […]

Have you voted yet? Yes, I have already voted. No, I’m voting Election Day. No, I’m not voting.    Free polls from Pollhost.com

Over at the Daily Telegraph, Piers Akerman asks, Some people who have had the opportunity to meet Obama during the campaign have told me they are concerned what a Democrat victory will mean for Australia. They say in conversation he showed an extraordinary naivete about economics, one describing his views as Cuban circa 1960; his […]

John Fund, who has done yeoman’s work on election fraud in the United States (RWN interview here), has a new piece detailing something that Democrats implausibly keep claiming doesn’t exist: phony voter registrations that have turned into people legally registered to vote: Larry Lomax, the chief elections officer in Las Vegas, responded that the group’s […]

The average person in the U.S. distrusts the mainstream media because it’s essentially an arm of the Obama campaign and the average person distrusts the new media because it leans ideologically in the other direction. So, average people look for clues to figure out what to believe and if they’re not sure about something, they […]

On Tuesday of last week, I wrote a piece called Building A Rightroots Movement that generated a lot of blog posts, emails, and instant messages. So, I wanted to do a follow-up post today to cover some of the things that have been brought up in the last few days, The “Blog Guy” I worked […]

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Tomorrow on RWN, I’ll have projections for the House, Senate, how the states will break down in the presidential election, other people’s projections, and what to look for as the night progresses. I will also be doing a long, rolling live blog of the whole night. I wanted to wait until the last moment to […]

Granted, I should have probably run this poll on Thursday so I could run the responses on Halloween, but better late than never. What’s the best horror film of all-time? Alien The Amityville Horror (New Version) The Blair Witch Project Candyman Carrie The Exorcist Final Destination The Fog (Original film) Hellraiser House of a Thousand […]

I headed over to the local polling place today, where it was a madhouse — or maybe it just seemed that way because some idiot blocked my car out in the road for about two minutes while he maneuvered his truck around to get a campaign sign on the side of his vehicle facing the […]

I have eschewed McCain campaign teleconferences for a long while (details here), but I got invited to one today and decided to go to get the campaign’s final spin on the election. The McCain team members there were, Rick Davis, Campaign Manager, McCain-Palin 2008 Bill Mcinturff, Pollster, McCain-Palin 2008 Mike Duhaime, National Political Director, McCain-Palin […]

Here’s an email I received from RWN reader Gunnar Hallgren, I am an Alaskan and have been critical of Ted Stevens for quite a while, but I am a little torn on what to do now. Before he was found guilty, I was going to hold my nose (very tightly) and vote for him (like […]

From Conservative Grapevine 20) Mark Steyn: Palin’s Reagan like response to Time on Tina Fey 19) Cracked: 5 innovative ways Hollywood is screwing you over 18) Cracked: 6 of your favorite things that are secretly making you fat 17) Just A Girl In Short Shorts Talking About Whatever: The website of the day is Just […]

1) John McCain doesn’t believe we should raise taxes on anybody during a recession. Obama does and that will prolong our economic woes. 2) John McCain has been endorsed by the NRA. Barack Obama once supported a complete ban on the manufacture and ownership of handguns in America. 3) John McCain co-sponsored a bill to […]