John Kerry Tops 50 Richest Members of Congress

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$167,550,000.00

You would think Kerry would have redistributed some of that wealth by now.
I guess only we're supposed to do that.

France: Majority Now See Sarkozy as Good President

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Do you think Nicolas Sarkozy is a good president, or a bad president?

	Jul. 2009	May 2009
A good president	53%	41%
A bad president	38%	55%
Not sure	9%	4%

Source: CSA / VSD
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,011 French adults, conducted on Jul. 29 and Jul. 30, 2009. No margin of error was provided.

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Israel: Kadima Has Slight Lead, but Likud Likely to Have Largest Coalition

This chart from Haaretz shows the tally with about 99 percent of the votes counted.

Denmark: Tight General Election Race

What party would you support in the next general election?

	Dec. 13	Nov. 15	Oct. 25
Social Democracy in Denmark (SD)	26.1%	26.0%	24.4%
Left, Liberal Party of Denmark (V)	24.1%	22.4%	22.9%
Socialist People’s Party (SF)	17.6%	18.1%	17.5%
Danish People’s Party (DF)	14.0%	14.0%	14.7%
Conservative People’s Party (KF)	10.8%	12.0%	10.9%
Radical Left-Social Liberal Party (RV)	3.7%	4.4%	5.2%
Unity List-The Red Greens (EL)	2.1%	1.6%	2.1%
New Alliance (NA)	1.1%	0.9%	1.0%
Christian Democrats (KD)	0.4%	0.5%	0.8%

Source: Catinét Research / Ritzau
Methodology: Interviews with 1,070 Dane adults, conducted from Dec. 8 to Dec. 13, 2008. Margin of error is 2.6 per cent.

California Pro-Homosexual Ruling a Gift for Republicans

UK: Conservatives Win Local Elections in Landslide; London Goes Tory Too

Hillary Leads McCain by Only 1 pt

Possible match-ups - 2008 U.S. presidential election

McCain v. Rodham Clinton

	Oct. 11	Sept. 13	Aug. 16
Hillary Rodham Clinton (D)	44%	46%	46%
John McCain (R)	43%	45%	44%

Romney v. Rodham Clinton

	Oct. 11	Sept. 13	Aug. 16
Hillary Rodham Clinton (D)	47%	49%	51%
Mitt Romney (R)	41%	40%	40%

Source: Rasmussen Reports
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 800 likely American voters, conducted on Oct. 10 and Oct. 11, 2007. Margin of error is 3.5 per cent.

Republican May Win Massachusetts Special House Election

Hillary Hurting Dems in 31 Swing Congressional Districts

UK: Labour Leads by 6

If there were to be a general election tomorrow, which party do you think you would vote for?

	Sept. 20	Sept. 16	Aug. 23
Labour	39%	40%	39%
Conservative	33%	32%	35%
Liberal Democrat	19%	20%	18%
Other	9%	8%	8%

Source: ICM Research / Sunday Mirror
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,029 British adults, conducted on Sept. 19 and Sept. 20, 2007. No margin of error was provided.

Ecuador: Too Many Elections?

Liberals Targeting 38 Moderate Democrats in Congress

This is the list:

Jason Altmire, PA-04
Brian Baird, WA-03 (he didn't vote for FISA, but he just switched his position and now supports the surge)
John Barrow, GA-12
Melissa Bean, IL-08
Dan Boren, OK-02
Leonard Boswell, IA-03
Alan Boyd, FL-02
Chris Carney, PA-10
Ben Chandler, KY-06
Jim Cooper, TN-05
Jim Costa, CA-20
Bud Cramer, AL-05
Henry Cuellar, TX-28
Lamar Davis, TN-04
Joe Donnelly, IN-02
Chet Edwards, TX-17
Brad Ellsworth, IN-08
Bob Etheridge, NC-02
Bart Gordon, TN-06
Stephanie Herseth, SD-AL
Baron Hill, IN-09
Nick Lampson, TX-22
Dan Lipinski, IL-03
Jim Marshall, GA-08
Jim Matheson, UT-02
Mike McIntyre, NC-07
Charlie Melancon, LA-03
Colin Peterson, MN-07
Earl Pomeroy, ND-AL
Ciro Rodriguez, TX-23
Mike Ross, AR-04
John Salazar, CO-03
Heath Shuler, NC-11
Vic Snyder, AR-02
Zack Space, OH-18
John Tanner, TN-08
Gene Taylor, MS-04
Tim Walz, MN-01
Charlie Wilson, OH-06

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Another Poll Shows Pennsylvania Poised to Become a 'Red State'

Israel: Likud Continues to Have Strong Lead

Prospective results of a Knesset election
(Results presented in seats)

	Mar. 2007	Nov. 2006
Likud (Consolidation)	35	29
Israel Our Home (Yisrael Beiteinu)	16	14
Kadima (Forward)	13	18
Labour	13	12
International Organization of Torah-observant Sephardic Jews (Shas)	9	10
National Union (Ikhud) and Mafdal (National Religious Party)	9	9
Together (Yachad)	6	7
Gil (Retired People’s Party)	4	6
Yahadut Hatorah (United Torah Judaism)	5	5
Arab parties	10	10

Source: Teleseker / Maariv
Methodology: Interviews with 460 Israeli adults, conducted on Mar. 22, 2007. Margin of error is 4.3 per cent.

UK: Conservatives Extend Lead to Double Digits

If there were to be a general election tomorrow, which party do you think you would vote for?

	Mar. 8	Feb. 18	Jan. 21
Conservative	40%	40%	37%
Labour	29%	31%	31%
Liberal Democrat	21%	19%	23%
Other	10%	10%	9%

Source: ICM Research
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,010 British adults, conducted on Mar. 7 and Mar. 8, 2007. No margin of error was provided.

Finland: Centrist Party Leads

What party would you support in Finland’s next general election?

	Mar. 2007	Feb. 2007	Jan. 2007
Finnish Centre Party (KESK)	24.7%	24.6%	24.2%
Social Democratic Party (SDP)	21.3%	22.3%	23.8%
National Rally (KOK)	20.4%	21.9%	20.3%
Green League (VIHR)	9.7%	8.2%	8.9%
Left Wing League (VAS)	9.3%	8.9%	9.5%
Christian-Democrats (KD)	5.1%	5.1%	5.4%
Swedish People’s Party (RKP)	5.0%	4.3%	4.0%
True Finns (PERUSS)	2.6%	2.6%	3.0%

Source: Taloustutkimus / YLE Radio News
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,995 Finns, conducted from Mar. 13 to Mar. 15, 2007. Margin of error is 2 per cent.

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UK: Conservatives 40, Labour 29

What party would you vote for in the next general election?

	Feb. 2007	Jan. 2007	Dec. 2006
Conservative	40%	34%	36%
Labour	29%	29%	37%
Liberal Democrat	17%	21%	14%
Other	14%	16%	13%

Source: Communicate Research / The Independent
Methodology: Interviews with 1,008 British adults, conducted from Feb. 23 to Feb. 25, 2007. Margin of error is 3 per cent.

Germany: Conservative Coalition Leads by 9

What party would you support in Germany’s next federal election?

	Feb. 9	Feb. 2	Jan. 19
Christian-Democratic Union Bavarian Christian-Social (CDU-CSU)	35%	34%	34%
Social Democratic Party (SPD)	26%	28%	27%
Free Democratic Party (FDP)	13%	12%	14%
Green Party (Grune)	11%	11%	10%
Left Party (Linke)	9%	9%	9%

Source: Forsa / Stern / RTL
Methodology: Interviews with 1,008 German adults, conducted on Feb. 8 and Feb. 9, 2007. Margin of error is 3 per cent.