A great many Republican House and Senate candidates may be staying away from talking immigration, or immigration reform this cycle, but not Jeb Bush. A funny thing happened on Jeb’s recent visit to Colorado to stump for Republican Cory Gardner
One can only assume that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid either thinks his Democrat donor base is dumb, or merely woefully out of touch. I doubt anyone believes Republicans want anything to do with impeaching Barack Obama at this point,
Apparently having learned nothing from complaints that they were flat broke when she and husband Bill left the White House backfiring so disastrously for her, now Hillary is whining about big money in politics – as if she and Bill’s
National Journal took at look at campaign donations this cycle and details what it describes as ” some of the most influential political donors in tech this cycle” here. At the same time, with so many options available to inject money into political
With a week to go before Kansas voters go to the polls, two new surveys indicate both the race for the governorship and the senate are in toss-up territory. “Democrat Paul Davis leads Gov. Sam Brownback 46 percent to 43
If the conventional wisdom has been Democrats in general are dissatisfied with Barack Obama and his administration, if anything, said dissatisfaction appears to be growing as we approach the mid-term elections. The complaints seen to be across several fronts, from
Democrat Mark Udall was so focused on abortion early on in his race to retain his seat in the senate, he made himself into a joke. And it wasn’t only among his opposition. See the Washington Post on October 13th,
Republican U.S. Rep. Bill Cassidy ‘s line of attack against Democrat Mary Landrieu in Louisiana hasn’t changed much throughout the race and the latest USA Today poll suggests it’s working, at least in the sense it may get Cassidy into a one-on-one run-off
Speaking after an event for Shaheen opponent, Republican Scott Brown, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said Democrat Jeanne Shaheen isn’t “a serious member” of the Senate Armed Services Committee, adding, “I don’t see her at very many of the hearings. I’ve not
Between his unfortunate youthful indiscretions and a reliance on purely a negative campaign, without providing any real reason to vote for him, once rising star Democrat Paul Davis is now falling back to earth in his bid to challenge incumbent conservative Republican
Hearing Democrat Bruce Braley’s perhaps trial lawyer-ishly emotionally charged story in an effort to connect with the middle class can be almost uncomfortable at times. He says he keeps an old pair of work boots from a Summer job as
To the chagrin of Senate Democrats now busy trying to run away from him, recently Barack Obama said they all had his back when it mattered. It turns out, Obama was right. A new CQ vote study shows vulnerable Senate
The AP points out how in Louisiana, both parties are employing the domestic Ebola outbreak in their political messaging this year. Democrats are trying to link the issue to Republican candidate for US Senate Bill Cassidy by suggesting his support for cost
This latest from Alaska Dispatch News seems curious, at best. Every recent major credible poll has Sullivan up by single digits. 2 new polls raise Begich hopes in US Senate race A string of recent polls through this week had
A new Hawaii News Now/Star Advertiser poll in Hawaii’s open 1st Congressional District has the race between Democrat Mark Takai and Republican Charles Djou all tied up. Some analysts believe the Repuiblican Djou may even have an edge given a
The Ending Spending Action Fund has upped the ante in Georgia with a new $1.3 million ad buy, hitting Democrat Michelle Nunn across three fronts: her deference to an ever more unpopular Obama; Nunn’s ultimately embarrassing attempt to use former President George
Transparency and a free press may not be among North Carolina Democrat Sen. Kay Hagan’s priorities as she struggles to hold onto her Senate seat. She and her campaign insist “Solardyne/Green State Power, a company co-owned by Sen. Hagan’s husband Chip
In the race to become Massachusetts next governor, Republican Charlie Baker leaped to a comfortable 9-point advantage over Democrat Martha Coakley, 45 – 36 percent. That, according to a new poll from the Boston Globe. A previous poll from just last week
Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz is certain that Barack Obama is campaigning to help Democrats retain control of teh Senate … she’s just not clear on where that may be happening. Reports Bloomberg, the Chairwoman insisted Obama “is campaigning
According to reports, Republican Bill Cassidy is hitting Democrat Mary Landrieu hard in a new ad based upon her weak record on immigration. That would certainly jibe with the latest from Cassidy’s official campaign blog. (Baton Rouge, La.) — Dr. Bill
Barack Obama called into Atlanta’s V 103 radio station Tuesday to support fellow Democrat Michelle Nunn on “The Ryan Cameron Morning Show with Wanda Smith.” During the call, Obama seemed to suggest that if she wins her Senate race against
According to one Democrat strategist quoted in this report, “The ineptitude of the White House political operation has sunk from annoying to embarrassing.” And they’re far from alone in the growing criticism of Obama’s White House. Most know of Michelle
Iowa Republican and Senate candidate Joni Ernst initially burst onto the political scene with an ad entitled “Squeal,” that went viral given it’s theme: “Joni grew up castrating hogs on an Iowa farm, so in Washington, she’ll know how to
It made big news recently when the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee announced it was pulling its ads out of Kentucky, where Alison Lundergan Grimes had been thought to have a good shot at knocking off incumbent Republican and Minority Leader, Mitch
Republican Cory Gardner now leads Democrat Mark Udall by 7 points, 46 – 39, in the race for the Senate in Colorado according to a new USA Today/Suffolk University poll. While Gardner has led in previous polls, he now looks to
