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Democrats All Wee Wee'd Up Over Cory Gardner Ad

If this and the liberal Democrat crying jag on Twitter that followed it isn’t manufactured outrage, Democrats may be even more panicked about losing the Senate than they appear to be on the surface. Talk about there being no there there.

GOP Playing Tech Catch-Up in Mid-Terms

The Democrats edge  in data collection and technology, especially in national elections, isn’t much of a secret these days. Now, the GOP is using the 2014 mid-terms to begin playing catch up. One has to wonder where the genius of

Nate Cohn's Clueless Mid-Term Analysis

Nate Cohn's Clueless Mid-Term Analysis

In looking at the 2014 mid-terms, the New York Times‘ Nate Cohn is incapable of seeing beyond a Democrat-centric point of view. The result is his completely missing the point as regards what’s most likely happening on the ground in 2014: Four

Scott Walker As Tip of The republican Spear

When one talks Republican policy and politics, from the size and cost of government to the role of some notoriously out-sized GOP enemies such as public sector unions, including in education, there may not be a more critical battle space

Obama's War As Mid-Term Strategy

With the prospect of more beheading videos out of the Middle-east and the Obama administration now taking action against ISIS in Syria, foreign policy is likely to take an increasingly significant role in this year’s Mid-term elections. In fact, recent

NEA Hits Gardner In Colorado With Spanish Language Ad

The National Education Association has jumped into the Colorado Senate race with a new $200,000, two week ad buy across the Denver and Colorado Springs areas. The ad targets Republican Rep. Cory Gardner in his race against incumbent Mark Udall, D-Colo. Udall

GOP On Top In Key Arkansas Races

 A new poll out from Democrat-leaning Public Policy Polling has Republicans on top in both the Arkansas governor’s race, as well as the race for the U.S. Senate. It finds Republican Tom Cotton ahead in the U.S. Senate race, 43% to

Commander-In-Chief Juan Valdez?

Columbian coffee growers have been using a fictional character, Juan Valdez, to hawk coffee in the U.S. since 1958. In October, 2013, the Washington Post pointed out that Starbucks would be taking on Juan in his own country. But now

Voter Fraud Investigation Ongoing in Georgia

With one Democrat-aligned Georgia group having collected 85,000 voter registration applications and around 20,000 registration forms collected by another – and from 25 – 50 of them thought to be fraudulent – an ongoing investigation is resulting in partisan charges

The Democrats' Big Money Donor Hypocrisy

The Democrats' Big Money Donor Hypocrisy

Per a new Politico report, “Democrats love to cast Republicans as the party of big money, beholden to the out-of-touch billionaires bankrolling their campaigns. But new numbers tell a very different story — one in which Democrats are actually raising more big

Scott Brown Breaks with NH GOP on Abortion

Scott Brown Breaks with NH GOP on Abortion

After the New Hampshire Republican Party adopted a platform that supports “the pre-born child’s fundamental right to life and personhood under the Fourteenth Amendment” and the “Life at Conception Act,” the Scott Brown campaign released the following. “Scott Brown is

Palin to Campaign with Roberts in Kansas

Palin to Campaign with Roberts in Kansas

Former Alaska Gov and GOP VP nominee Sarah Palin will campaign with vulnerable establishment Republican Senator Pat Roberts of Kansas as a “special guest” at an Independence, Kansas event on Thursday. Palin joins a list of several predictable, more establishment Republicans now

Democrats Miscalculated on National Security in Mid-Terms

Democrats Miscalculated on National Security in Mid-Terms

With the rise of ISIS and videos of beheadings making front page news, Democrats who thought the hawkish credentials of Republicans like Tom Cotton in Arkansas would be a liability are now finding themselves on the short-end of any national

Democrats: Holding the Senate Is Women's Work

Democrats: Holding the Senate Is Women's Work

Al Hunt writing at Bloomberg News claims, “Democrats know that keeping control of the Senate this election year isn’t a man’s job. Success will depend on the votes of women. A gender gap has long been evident in U.S. politics:

Can Hillary Make Herself Appear Human?

The LA Times offers an interesting take as regards Hillary Clinton’s current modus operandi.  Rather than staking out attention-grabbing positions or wading into policy debates, Clinton seems focused on humanizing an image that has suffered in the past from accusations

Obama's Lack of Leadership In War on Terror

The NY Post’s Michael Goodwin calls out Barack Obama for his “half-hearted war on terror.” But for now, Clapper’s sarcasm about intelligence gathering describes a nation that wants to be safe, as long as it’s not too much trouble and

NYC Climate March Floods City With … Diesel Fumes

Putting aside participant Leonardo DiCaprio’s penchant for private jets and several resource devouring mansions of his own to fly to and from, a funny thing happened on the way to today’s big climate march in New York City. Participants used

What Might Have Been: GOP Up In Midterm Intensity War

The headlines will tell you the GOP is up big in the mid-term’s so called “intensity war.” Also keep in mind that a GOP consulting class that’s been getting hammered in the media lately is no doubt now fully behind

Did Begich Sell-Out Alaska For Harry Reid's Campaign Cash?

A Mark Begich immigration vote which Begich’s Republican opponent Dan Sullivan characterized as “bizarre” in an exclusive interview with Breitbart News may result in more than a few heads being scratched in Washington and Begich’s strange explanation for it doesn’t

Begich Saves The Day For Obama's Amnesty Efforts

Alaska Democrat Mark Begich cast a critical vote to protect Barack Obama’s post-election amnesty in what ultimately proved to be a 50-50 vote blocking an effort by Senator Jeff Sessions (R., Ala.) who wanted to offer an amendment opposing the orders.