Dan Riehl

A new poll out by Vox Populi Polling has Republican Scott Brown leading Democrat Jeanne Shaheen 47 – 43 percent in their race for the U.S. Senate seat in New Hampshire. Republican Scott Brown 47  Democrat Jeanne Shaheen 43  Unsure

Alaska Republicans aren’t content to let Mark begich’s ‘Snowmobile Gate’ drop. The controversy began when Alaskan X Gamer Cory Davis hit Mark Begich in a Dan Sullivan ad for what appeared to be a rather shaky ad of his own featuring

The Scott Brown campaign released the following statement after Senate Democrats blocked Senator Ted Cruz’s bill to strip American ISIS fighters of their citizenship. Brown has used foreign policy, immigration and the economy to pull even with Jeanne Shaheen in

rrecent polls have demonstrated that the vast majority of Americans are not thrilled with the Obama economy. In fact, it’s increasingly becoming a key issue in some mid-term races. In an interview on Bloomberg TV, Michael Bloomberg’s economy, on the

Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz asked for unanimous consent to pass his previously introduced Expatriate Terrorist Act which makes “‘providing support to or fighting for a terrorist group targeting the U.S. “an affirmative renunciation of American citizenship.’” The Cruz effort was

Just as a high stakes gambler in the wrong place at the wrong time might get “rolled” from time to time, Las Vegas casino mogul Sheldon Adelson appears ripe to get “Roved” yet again based upon reports he’s “donated $10 million

A Georgia-based group investigating voter fraud says it has documented 25 fraudulent voter applications out of approximately 85,000. The numbers are fueling a war of words between two sides in the ongoing investigation. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Investigators backed away Wednesday

Rush Limbaugh spokesperson  Brian Glicklich claims the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is “lying” about Limbaugh’s recent remarks on sexual abuse in “a disturbing and cynical attempt to fund-raise from the serious problem of sexual abuse.” On Tuesday, DCCC Chairman Steve Israel

With both a nod to the younger set and also continuing to portray Alaska Democrat Mark Begich as one of them, as in D.C., not us to Alaskans, Alaska Republican Dan Sullivan is out with a new ad featuring an

Despite wishful thinking by Democrats and some media outlets that Democrat Bruce Braley had somehow righted the ship in Iowa, a new Quinnipiac poll just out indicates otherwise.  Ernst closes the traditional Democrat gender gap among women down to 50

For months, the GOP consulting class has been relentlessly and primarily beating the ObamaCare drum despite calls from the grassroots and news outlets, most especially Breitbart News that the ground was shifting and it was time to broaden the message.

Per a report in the Washington Post, “Republicans are far more enthusiastic than Democrats to vote this fall and that gap will likely mean a major GOP turnout edge.” The analysis is based upon several recent polls and while the

It should be noted that the poll is from Democrat-aligned Public Policy Polling but if the numbers prove out, the establishment GOP that threw everything it had at propping up an aging Pat Roberts in Kansas during a bruising primary

In Alaska, Dan Sullivan’s campaign is out with a new ad, “Pure Washington,” hitting Democrat Mark Begich. The Sullivan for U.S. Senate campaign released their latest web ad, “Pure Washington.” The ad highlights how career politician Mark Begich repeatedly says

SkyBridge Capital’s Anthony “Mooch” Scaramucci, one of Romney’s biggest Wall Street backers in 2012, thinks that Mitt’s still in position to run under certain conditions. He predicts that “Romney would ultimately end up running if other establishment favorites like former

As we approach the November mid-term elections, voters “remain frustrated and unhappy” with the Obama economy. According to Politico, “By every measure in the survey, a gloomy mood still pervades the electorate when it comes to kitchen-table issues.” That can’t

One need only Google Rove and ObamaCare to see how loudly and consistently Republican strategist Karl Rove has been pushing it as the issue to run on in the mid-term elections. Rove even took to the pages of the Wall

With two individuals beheaded by Islamic State group ISIS, journalists James Foley and Steven Sotlof, having ties to New Hampshire, the issue of confronting the terrorist group has emerged as a major one in the Senate race in New Hampshire. The

A new CNN/ORC International poll just out had Republican Scott Brown in a dead heat with Democrat Sen Jeanne Shaheen in New Hampshire. The non-partisan poll should be considered more reliable than one the DSCC will soon be pushing.  The

According to Roll Call, in states where “the president’s popularity is sunk … Senate Democrats are well aware of the anchor President Barack Obama is proving to be in the midterms” and are basing much of their strategy around it, or perhaps

Retiring Senator Tom Harkin, a prominent and long-time progressive, made it clear he isn’t necessarily on Team Hillary, although the former Secretary of State did headline his final annual Steak Fry as a Senator. Harkin, who is retiring after 30

It’s not unfair to say that Obama used the often manipulative tactic of creating expectations to get himself elected once, if not twice to America’s highest elected office. It’s all but impossible to find anything comparable to Obama’s now infamous