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2010 Almanac Introduction by Michael Barone |
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The short answer is: everything. Almost four decades after it first appeared in print, The Almanac of American Politics comes to you in a more useful and searchable Web format. The information you've come to rely on is all here: the complete contents of the 2010 edition of the Almanac. But the online version also delivers regular updates of people and places making news in politics. Today, for instance, check out a new profile of Rep. Chris Lee of New York, one of the up-and-comers in the congressional class of 2008. The Web Almanac will profile other people making news as the political landscape shifts. Paul Kirk, the Democrat who replaced the late Sen. Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts, is profiled in this edition, along with George LeMieux, the new Republican senator from Florida.
The complete story of the historic 2008 election is here of course. But the Almanac online also helps you understand what lies ahead. Recent pitched battles for governor in Virginia and New Jersey and in two contested races for open U.S. House seats portend a rollicking midterm election in 2010, with changing demographics confounding long-held assumptions about Virginia state and other once predictably red and blue zones. If tracking legislation is your thing, figure out what makes Michigan Sen. Debbie Stabenow tick as she attempts to rewrite Medicare's relationship with the nation's doctors.
It will always be comfortable dwelling in more than 1,700 dog-eared pages, but the Almanac also will continue to grow into its newly renovated home on the Web. Look for future online editions to be even better, with a rich archival feature and data-mining capability.
