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Kyle Trygstad
Kyle Trygstad covers campaigns and Congress for RealClearPolitics. He can be reached at kyle@realclearpolitics.com
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Recent Articles
- Virginia Loss Showcases Democratic Troubles - November 4, 2009
- RICHMOND, Va. -- Democrats in Virginia had been bracing for a losing hand on election night, and voters dealt them just that. Former attorney general Robert F....
- Deeds Needs Sleeping Giants, Game Changers To Win - October 20, 2009
- The Commonwealth of Virginia is in the midst of a Democratic victory streak that polls show could come to a halt in two weeks. Bob McDonnell, the Republican nominee for...
- Dems Ramp Up Health Care Pressure on GOP - October 7, 2009
- While the Senate Finance Committee awaits a cost estimate from the Congressional Budget Office on Chairman Max Baucus's (D-Mont.) health care bill, Democrats are ramping...
- Va. Gov. Candidates Debate In Closing Weeks - September 18, 2009
- McLEAN, Va. -- In the second of four formal debates, the candidates for governor of Virginia argued yesterday over the same issues that the most recent gubernatorial...
- Obama Lays Out Proposal to Divided Congress, Country - September 10, 2009
- President Obama stepped into the chamber of the U.S. House of Representatives Wednesday night with the lofty task of selling his ideals for health care reform to a...
- States Model for Federal Health Care Reform - August 22, 2009
- Facing budget deficits and Medicaid costs already on the rise along with unemployment, governors around the country are wary of what federal health care reform could...
- Dems Outraising GOP in Congressional Swing Districts - July 29, 2009
- As Democrats gear up for 2010, they face a daunting historical fact: since Abraham Lincoln, only two newly-elected presidents have seen their party gain seats in...
- Graham's Plan To Reset Confirmation Process - July 15, 2009
- South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham (R) has bigger plans for the Supreme Court confirmation hearings than simply scrutinizing Sonia Sotomayor's judicial record and...
- Stage Is Set for Supreme Court Hearings - July 8, 2009
- The Senate Judiciary Committee is set to begin questioning a nominee for the United States Supreme Court for the third time in four years. Hearings for Judge Sonia...
- GOP Pushes Back Against Dem Energy Deal - June 24, 2009
- Following an agreement last night with Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson (D-Minn.), House Democrats are poised this week to pass an energy and climate...
- White House, Coburn Spar On Stimulus - June 17, 2009
- Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) released a report yesterday morning highlighting "100 examples of questionable stimulus projects." By the afternoon, the White House had...
- Outsider Status Did In McAuliffe - June 10, 2009
- Just more than five months ago, Terry McAuliffe formally announced he would run for governor of Virginia and completely altered the Democratic primary landscape. What...
- Jon Voight Rips Obama at GOP Fundraiser - June 9, 2009
- Actor Jon Voight proved last night that there are conservative Republicans in Hollywood. Yes, it's true, though House and Senate Republicans could hardly believe...
- With No Challenger, Burr's In No Trouble - June 3, 2009
- By any number of metrics, North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr could be the most vulnerable Republican incumbent in the country. His once Republican-leaning state looks...
- NRSC Angering Online Base - May 27, 2009
- At a time when a majority of Americans are going online for political news and interaction, Democrats are reaching out to the netroots community while Republicans are...
- Va. Gov Candidates Leave Out D.C. Connections - May 15, 2009
- Surf onto Brian Moran's gubernatorial campaign website or see him at a campaign event, and you'd have trouble proving he has a brother at all -- let alone one who sits...
- Black Eyed Pea Rocks Virginia Campaign Trail - May 12, 2009
- ARLINGTON, Va. -- Seeking "young professionals" and the "young-at-heart," Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe held a fundraiser last night at a Northern...
- Energy Solution Provides First Test in GOP Rebranding - May 6, 2009
- Facing a growing image problem, a 78-seat deficit in the House of Representatives and soon to be on the short end of a filibuster proof majority in the Senate,...
- In Obama's First 100 Days, GOP Transitions to Super-Minority - April 29, 2009
- On January 27, the day before House Republicans unanimously opposed the House version of the economic stimulus package, President Barack Obama visited the Capitol to...
- Dems Pushing Comprehensive Energy Plan - April 22, 2009
- Earth Day coincides this year with a fight on Capitol Hill over energy and climate control legislation, which has been thrust onto the front burner in recent days. Three...
- Shad Planking Kicks Off Virginia Governor Race - April 16, 2009
- WAKEFIELD, Va. -- Winding through a back country Virginia road yesterday, Terry McAuliffe's fundraising prowess could not be missed. Campaign signs for McAuliffe, a...
- Republican Earmarks Taint Spending Criticism - March 13, 2009
- Six of the 10 senators that requested the most earmark dollars were Republicans, according to Taxpayers for Common Sense, a non-partisan budget watchdog group. In the...
- Senate Passes DC Voting Rights Bill - February 27, 2009
- In Pictures: Which Small State Pays the Highest Taxes?In Pictures: Which States Pay the Most for Their Representation?"I feel like doing something very un-senatorial,...
- House Republicans Call for Spending Freeze - February 24, 2009
- With the Fiscal Responsibility Summit under way at the White House this afternoon, House Republicans are calling on Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer...
- Paterson's Bumpy Road - February 19, 2009
- Paterson's 41 percent favorability and 45 percent job approval ratings put a serious damper on the high hopes voters had for Paterson when he took over for the disgraced...
- RCP Interview With Jim Webb - February 13, 2009
- Webb: I don't think that's quite what happened. No... [laughs]But I think it has the potential to happen. People need to get a comfort level with what this...
- 9 Questions with Senator Jim Webb - RealClearPolitics - February 13, 2009
- GOP Rallies Behind Poll Showing Public Support For Stimulus Bill - February 5, 2009
- As Senate Democrats held a retreat down Pennsylvania Avenue and House Democrats focused their attention on passing an expansion to the SCHIP legislation, House and...
- GOP Looks To Future With Today's Vote for Chairman - January 30, 2009
- Who They AreA quick look at the landscape shows what the GOP is dealing with: After the 2004 congressional elections, Republicans held a 30-seat advantage in the House...
- From Obama, We'll Hear Lincoln, Roosevelt - January 20, 2009
- "In the course of our history, only a handful of generations have been asked to confront challenges as serious as the ones we face right now," Obama said Sunday from the...
- When Does It End? - January 6, 2009
- Standing at the same podium 10 minutes later, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell had a different take on the situation. "At the risk of boring you, let me just tell...
- Who is Next to Lead Republicans? - December 4, 2008
- Florida Republican Party chairman Jim Greer has served in his current position since being appointed by Gov. Charlie Crist. Before his appointment, Greer was elected to...
- Obama Announces Transition Ethics Rules - November 11, 2008
- "These are the strictest ethics rules ever applied," said Podesta, who served as Bill Clinton's chief of staff for the last two years of his administration. Asked why...
- Conviction May End Stevens' Career - October 28, 2008
- According to the Senate Historical Office, Stevens becomes just the fifth sitting senator to be convicted of a crime. Of the previous four Senators, three resigned and...
- Battleground Virginia - October 23, 2008
- While Virginia hasn't voted for a Democrat since 1964 -- when all but six states voted for Lyndon B. Johnson -- there have been some close races since then, whether the...
- The Show Me (A Good Race) State - RCP - October 17, 2008
- Feisty McCain Presses Obama in Final Debate - October 16, 2008
- It's tempting to call McCain's performance tonight his finest of the three debates. The format even seemed to benefit him more than it did Obama. The semi-town hall...
- 'Coburn Omnibus' May Get Second Try - September 17, 2008
- "We would hope that Republicans, some of whom have cosponsored pieces of legislation in this package, would want to leave here and tell their constituents they did...
- Dems Take Another Shot at Chicago & Seattle Suburbs - August 15, 2008
- In the last election, Burner matched Reichert in spending, and as she put it, came just 5 voters per precinct from winning. "It's time," Burner said, when asked why...
- Return Of The Goat - Politics Nation - July 31, 2008