While the media has been quick to carry Barack Obama’s mid-term water in pushing the notion that unemployment is down to “5.9% … its lowest level since 2008,” what they aren’t pointing out is how disastrous the Obama economy has
Barack Obama, with his sagging popularity, opened the door for the GOP when he recently suggested the November mid-terms are all about him. Now, Republicans are seizing on the comments in competitive races all over the country – including New
Having focused his campaign primarily on women’s issues and under a withering assault from Republicans for being soft on terrorism and national security, “Sen. Mark Udall (D-Colorado) launched a new TV ad Friday that touts his determination to defeat terrorist group ISIS.
A recording has surfaced demonstrating that Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s chief of staff, Paul Reagan extended a prospective job offer to a Democrat preparing to quit the General Assembly in June, “saying that the senator’s daughter might get a top state job
Perhaps Doug Clark of the News and Record simply woke up on the wrong side of bed, or maybe he felt like carrying a little water for Kay Hagan but this hit of his on Republican Thom Tillis doesn’t hold
With embattled Democrats already doing everything they can to make November’s election not about Barack Obama – given his terrible poll numbers – the Democrat-in-Chief’s ego appears to have gotten the best of him during an address at Northwestern University.
Tom Steyer’s NextGen Climate super PAC hit Florida Gov. Rick Scott on climate change and oil drilling with a less than honest bi-lingual ad, ironically enough, entitled “Fraud.” “… a Spanish-language TV ad running in the Miami area through Election Day,
Alison Lundergan Grimes’ campaigns touts it as the former president’s “first advertisement for a Senate campaign” in 2014. In fact, it was a video message from Bill that “officially kicked off her campaign last year” and he’s already made two
A new poll out from NH1 in New Hampshire has Republican Scott Brown moving from down by 7% to dead even in his race to unseat incumbent Democrat Senator Jeanne Shaheen. With just over a month to go until Election
The Powerline blog points out that even more or less friendly journalists were under whelmed by Democrat Al Franken’s performance in his first head-to-head debate with his Republican challenger businessman Mike McFadden. Seems like @MikeforMN had his coffee this morning. @AlFranken
Beleaguered Iowa Democrat Bruce Braley can’t seem to catch a break in what many assume has now gone from a sure win to a complete and total loss in his now uphill battle against surging Republican Joni Ernst. Just as
A new survey released by Louisiana State University Public Policy Research Lab indicates that Republicans are both following the news more closely and more likely to vote when it comes to the upcoming November elections. “Generally, in mid-term elections, Republicans
In Oregon, the Michael Bloomberg-funded gun control group, Everytown for Gun Safety is backing Democrat Gov. John Kitzhaber, while also trying to unseat state Sen. Bruce Starr, R-Hillsboro. Along with spending $22,000 to support Starr’s opponent, Democrat Chuck Riley, they also “reported
U.S. Sen. Mark Udall doubled down on his abortion rights rhetoric in attacking his Republican challenger U.S. Rep. Cory Gardner claiming it reflects Gardner’s career, while admitting it’s myopic, at best. U.S. Sen. Mark Udall defended the deluge of abortion rights-oriented
Democrats aren’t only running away from Barack Obama for the mid-term elections, they’re bailing on his so called signature legislation, the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, as well. New research from Elaine C. Kamarck and Alexander R. Podkulpaper of the Brookings
In New Hampshire, Democrat Jeanne Shaheen, no doubt looking to up turn-out among women, attacked Republican Scott Brown saying he’s “untrustworthy on women’s issues, such as abortion rights”. Brown returned fire by highlighting her support for ObamaCare, which many view as
A flurry of new polls including in Iowa, North Carolina and Louisiana are good news for the GOP and some serious odds makers now view them favorably in terms of their taking over control of the U.S. Senate in November.
The New Georgia Project, a group run by Democratic Senate candidate Michelle Nunn’s “ally and campaign confidante,” Stacy Abrams, has begun handing over documents in an ongoing voter fraud investigation. Georgia secretary of state Brian Kemp launched the investigation of the New Georgia
It’s now being reported that up to seven shots hit the White House residence while some members of the first family were inside in November of 2011, yet the Secret Service supervisor’s order at the time was, “No shots have been
As Politico points out, “Though tax cuts have been a mainstay of their campaigns since at least Ronald Reagan, though the top marginal tax rate is now the highest since the 1980s, though the party could win control of both
According to a new Bloomberg View item, “a new study out this week from Bloomberg Government threatens to bring the Affordable Care Act back to center stage — and in a way that will likely hurt the electoral chances of
Has the so called ‘war on women’ battle cry finally turned into a tired old refrain? It’s possible given development in Colorado in the race between Democrat Mark Udall and Republican Rep. Cory Gardner. According to a state Democrat operative, “Gardner
The topic of education has moved to the forefront of the political debate in North Carolina, a state seen as critical to GOP hopes of taking control of the Senate. Earlier that day in Greensboro, Tillis recalled his first
Just two weeks ago a poll had Republican Ed Gillespie down by 22 points to incumbent Mark Warner in Virginia. A new poll just out has him closing to within nine. The Gillespie team had been anticipating something of a surge
Per a new report by Politico, “JDC Manufacturing, a company co-owned by the Democratic senator’s husband, Chip, received nearly $390,000 in federal grants for energy projects and tax credits created by the 2009 stimulus law, according to public records and
