U.S. congressional elections in 2006/External Links: 2005 through September 2006

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Due to the number of external links related to U.S. congressional elections in 2006, the article has been subdivided. This article contains links for Articles & Commentary for 2005 through September 2006.

Also see:
 * Articles & Commentary for October and November 2006
 * 2006 Election Irregularities

2005

 * Kimberly Hefling, "Six Democratic War Vets Seek House Seats," Associated Press (Yahoo! News), October 4, 2005.
 * David Hammer, "Hackett aims for Senate. Democrat will challenge DeWine in 2006 election," Associated Press (Cincinatti.com), October 4, 2005.
 * Peter Savodnik, "Republicans' 2006 Senate prospects sour," The Hill, October 5, 2005.
 * Devlin Barrett, "Sen. Schumer sets sights high for 2006," Associated Press (Boston Globe), December 27, 2005.

January

 * Greg Giroux, "Incumbents Not Running for Re-election in 2006," CQ Politics, January 12, 2006.

April

 * Robert Barnes, "Running for Senate, and Against the War. Area's Democratic Candidates Find Support in Calling for U.S. to Leave Iraq," Washington Post, April 28, 2006.

June

 * Jim VandeHei and Dan Balz, "Fall Elections Are Rove's Next Test. Reputation as Architect of Victory at Stake," Washington Post, June 16, 2006. re Karl Rove

July

 * John Aravosis, "Republicans have lots of respect for our dead troops. Too bad they couldn't care less about the living ones," AMERICAblog, July 12, 2006.
 * Mark Crispin Miller, Commentary: "How To Pre-empt a 'November Surprise'," Baltimore Chronicle, July 17, 2006.
 * Jonathan Weisman and Anushka Asthana, "GOP Lawmakers Edge Away From Optimism on Iraq," Washington Post, July 20, 2006.
 * Dana Bash and Ted Barrett, "Democrats launch 'Six for '06' agenda. Party unveils campaign themes, says elections will be about Bush," CNN, July 27, 2006. Also see HouseDemocrats.gov website.

August

 * David S. Broder, "Conservatives disillusioned with Bush GOP. Dissent threatens Republicans' chances in midterm elections," Charlotte Observer (Washington Post Writers Group), August 2, 2006.
 * Patrick O'Connor, "DCCC’s $51.5M ad blitz," The Hill, August 2, 2006.
 * "DeLay Loses Appeal To Get Off Ballot," National Journal/The Hotline Blog/National Journal, August 3, 2006.
 * Mike Rhodes, "Legalizing Marijuana - A New Republican Strategy?" IndyBay, August 3, 2006.
 * chriscol, "Intercepting the GOP Playbook: an index," Daily Kos, August 8, 2006.
 * "A 'do nothing' Congress tries to prove it does something," Reuters (Capitol Hill Blue), August 6, 2006.
 * Peter Baker and Claudia Deane, "House Incumbents at Risk, Poll Finds. Percentage of Americans Who Approve of Their Representative Has Fallen Sharply," Washington Post, August 8, 2006.
 * Jamie Holly, "Lewis Black Goes After Lieberman and the Republican Candidates," Crooks and Liars, August 9, 2006. WMV and QT links for The Daily Show.
 * "NYT's Nagourney contradicted his own reporting to suggest Dems in disarray," Media Matters for America, August 9, 2006.
 * Linda Schade, "Incumbents Beware: Peace Voters Mean Business," Dissident Voice, August 9, 2006.
 * Jonathan E. Kaplan, "Voters reject Lieberman, McKinney, and Schwarz," The Hill, August 9, 2006.
 * Carrie Budoff, "Democrats unify as Gov. Rendell embraces Casey," Philadelphia Inquirer, August 9, 2006.
 * Ron Gunzberger, "Pennsylvania: Greens Likely to be Bounced from State Ballot," Politics1.com, August 10, 2006.
 * David Wasserman and Larry J. Sabato, "Ned Nabs Nod in Nutmeg Powder Keg. PLUS: Where all the races stand approaching campaign season's final leg," Sabato's Crystal Ball/University of Virginia Center for Politics, August 10, 2006.
 * John Aravosis, "White House official gleeful that terrorists wanted to kill thousands of Americans on ten US airlines over the Atlantic," AMERICAblog, August 10, 2006.
 * John Whitesides, "Democrats say plot shows Iraq war a diversion," Reuters, August 10, 2006.
 * Bill Schneider, "Can the GOP use terrorism to win -- again? Suspected plot to blow up airliners puts issue front and center," CNN, August 11, 2006. See liquid bomb plot August 2006.
 * "U.K. Plot Puts Terrorism Back in U.S. Political Campaigns," Washington Wire Blog/Wall Street Journal, August 11, 2006.
 * Eric Boehlert, "The Problem with Pundits," The Nation, August 11, 2006.
 * Liz Sidoti, "Democrats Assail GOP Fundraising Effort. Democrats cry foul over new Republican fundraising effort mentioning war on terrorism," Associated Press (CBS News), August 11, 2006.
 * Robert Kuttner, "A convenient threat," Boston Globe, August 12, 2006.
 * E.J. Dionne, Jr., " Bush crowd's attempts to divide us need stern rebuke," Washington Post (Houston Chronicle), August 12, 2006.
 * Julie Mason, "White House watch. A second look at statements on Lieberman's loss," Houston Chronicle, August 12, 2006.
 * William Greider, "Fear and Smear," The Nation, August 12, 2006.
 * David S. Broder, Opinion: "Recent votes a rejection of status-quo politics," The Seattle Times, August 13, 2006.
 * Chris Cillizza, "In the Fallout Shelter: Bush, Chafee, Clinton," Washington Post, August 13, 2006.
 * Dan Balz, "Connecticut May Be a 2008 Preview. Polarization Over War, Bush, Parties Confronts Voters," Washington Post, August 13, 2006.
 * Paul Harris, "Republican barrage aims to halt advance of anti-war Democrats. The White House election strategists hope to duck criticism over domestic failures by emphasising the need to fight terrorism," The Observer (UK), August 13, 2006.
 * "Our View: Politicians err if they prey on terror fears in their campaigns," The Fayetteville (NC) Observer, August 13, 2006.
 * David, "Mehlman won't support Lieberman's GOP challenger," Crooks and Liars, August 13, 2006.
 * Jim VandeHei, "For GOP, Bad Gets Worse in Northeast. Incumbents Shy From Party and President," Washington Post, August 14, 2006.
 * Dan Froomkin, "Did Cheney Go Too Far?" Washington Post, August 14, 2006.
 * Paul Krugman, "Hoping for Fear," New York Times (The Progressive American), August 14, 2006.
 * Cynthia Tucker, "Republicans beat the war drum. Will GOP message of 2002, 2004 still resound with voters?" Universal Press Syndicate (WorkingForChange), August 14, 2006.
 * Brendan Buhler and J. Patrick Coolican, "Shoe leather and phones: GOP goes retro," Las Vegas Sun, August 14, 2006.
 * Jeff Greenfield, "For GOP, terrorism issue no longer a sure thing. Is Iraq a distraction from or part of the fight against terror?" CNN, August 15, 2006.
 * Editorial: "Pre-election Terrorizing. The Republicans, again, play unseemly politics with terrorism," Los Angeles Times, August 15, 2006.
 * Jonathan E. Kaplan, "Tide appears to be growing against GOP," The Hill, August 16, 2006.
 * Jim VandeHei, "Republicans Losing The 'Security Moms'," Washington Post, August 18, 2006.
 * Marc Levy, "Philadelphia's 'burbs: No longer a GOP stronghold," Associated Press (TimesLeader.com), August 19, 2006.
 * Michael Fauntroy, "REMEMBERING: The Fallout For the GOP May Be Devastating," TaylorMarsh.com, August 20, 2006. Originally posted in 2005.
 * Charles Hunt, "GOP told to ignore Detroit at its peril," Washington Times, August 25, 2006.
 * Demetri Sevastopulo, "Senator's racial slur could hand Virginia to the Democrats," The Financial Times (MSNBC.MSN.com), August 25, 2006.
 * Mr Populist, "GOP Big Lie For 2006 Elections: 'We're Tough on Terror'," Daily Kos, August 26, 2006.
 * Duke 1676, "Minutemen intend to flex political muscle," ePluribus Media, August 28, 2006. re Minuteman Civil Defense Corps political action committee
 * E.J. Dionne Jr., "Slowly Sidling To Iraq's Exit. Many GOP Candidates Part Company With Bush," Washington Post, August 29, 2006.
 * Peter Baker and Jim VandeHei, "Bush Team Casts Foes as Defeatist. Blunt Rhetoric Signals a New Thrust," Washington Post, August 31, 2006.
 * Susan Page and Jill Lawrence, "GOP lags in key races for Senate," USA TODAY, August 31, 2006.

September

 * Chris Cillizza, "The Friday Line: U.S. House Races," The Fix Blog/Washington Post, September 1, 2006.
 * Tom Baldwin, "A dud at war and disaster management but the doyen of electioneering," Times Online (UK), September 1, 2006.
 * "Bush to bring diplomats from countries targeted by terrorists to hear his next anti-terror speech," Associated Press (International Herald Tribune), September 1, 2006.
 * Edward Epstein, "Bush opens drive to sell Iraq war to midterm voters. Dems say he's using scare tactics to shift focus from mistakes," San Francisco Chronicle, September 1, 2006.
 * Eric Alterman, "Divide and conquer. The White House is planning to browbeat America into voting Republican. It might just work," comment is free .../Guardian Unlimited (UK), September 1, 2006.
 * Allen L. Roland, "Americans No Longer Support the Big Lie," OpEdNews, September 2, 2006.
 * Sridhar Krishnaswami, "Iraq pullout would be like handing it over to terrorists: Bush," PTI (DNA India), September 2, 2006.
 * John Aravosis, "Expect More Al Qaeda Videotapes," AMERICAblog, September 2, 2006.
 * Partial Transcript: "Team Bush Ramps Up Rhetoric on Iraq and War on Terror," Beltway Boys/Fox News, September 3, 2006.
 * Dan Balz and David S. Broder, "More GOP Districts Counted as Vulnerable. Number Doubled Over the Summer," Washington Post, September 3, 2006.
 * "Voters are anti-incumbent and angry, new poll finds," CNN, September 4, 2006.
 * Robin Toner and Kate Zernike, "G.O.P. Seen to Be in Peril of Losing House," New York Times, September 4, 2006.
 * Michael Abramowitz, "GOP Candidates Claim Degrees Of Separation From President," Washington Post, September 5, 2006.
 * Robert Parry, "Election 2006 & World War III," consortiumnews.com, September 7, 2006.
 * David Sirota, "GOP's New Mantra to America: Go Cheney Yourself," The Huffington Post, September 8, 2006.
 * Douglas Turner, Editorial: "GOP leaders unleash the rhetoric of war," Buffalo News (NY), September 11, 2006.
 * Dan Froomkin, "Everything's Political," Washington Post, September 11, 2006.
 * Arianna Huffington, "Memo to Democrats: Stop Buying into the GOP Framing on Iraq," The Huffington Post, September 11, 2006.
 * Carl Hulse, "In Unpredictable District, Some Say Bush Is Politicizing Terrorism," New York Times, September 12, 2006.
 * John Nichols, "Pushing Democrats in an Anti-War Direction," The Nation, September 12, 2006.
 * Greg Giroux, "GOP Facing Prospect of Going 0-2 at Top of Ohio Ticket," CQ Politics, September 13, 2006.
 * Joe Scarborough, Opinion: "Save Yourself, Blame Bush," Washington Post, September 17, 2006.
 * Billmon, "Help is on the way," Whiskey Bar, September 28, 2006.
 * Billmon, "Land of Opportunity," Whiskey Bar, September 29, 2006.
 * Jim Kuhnhenn, "Outside groups, mostly GOP biased, trying to buy elections," Associated Press (Capitol Hill Blue), September 30, 2006.
 * Brian E. Crowley and Larry Lipman, "Foley shocker jolts race, GOP," Palm Beach Post, September 30, 2006.