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Nashua Telegraph Carrying Shaheen's Water on Outsourcing?

A series of emails shared exclusively with Breitbart News by sources within the Scott Brown campaign and the curious timing of a coming Nashua Telegraph story may cause some to wonder if Democrat Jeanne Shaheen isn’t outsourcing her campaign’s opposition

West Virginia Turning Into A Republican Route?

With their latest poll showing Republican U.S. Rep. Shelley Moore Capito up over West Virginia Secretary of State Natalie Tennant (D) 50 – 33, Rasmussen asks, “Is the West Virginia Senate race turning into a rout?”, perhaps Tennant having Elizabeth Warren

Mitt Romney Helping Paul Ryan Promote Pro-Amnesty Book

Mitt Romney Helping Paul Ryan Promote Pro-Amnesty Book

Mitt Romney and his former running mate, Paul Ryan, will be making their first public appearance together since losing to Obama/Biden two years ago. Ryan is traveling the country to promote a book and is also said to be considering a run for the

Brown Erases Double Digit Gap With Shaheen

How unpopular are Democrats this cycle? This unpopular. Last month, Brown trailed Shaheen in the WMUR Granite State Poll by 12 points. The new poll shows Shaheen leading brown by 2 points, 46 percent to 44 percent. While Barack Obama’s

Iowa's Bruce Braley – The John Edwards of 2014

Iowa Democrat and Senate candidate Rep Bruce Braley continues to devolve into something of a political caricature. It’s gotten so bad even The Daily Beast has taken note. A new ad out from America Rising reveals Braley’s inspiration for getting

Romney: Obama's Mistakes and Errors Worse Than I Expected

Romney: Obama's Mistakes and Errors Worse Than I Expected

Speaking to Barack Obama’s tenure in office today, Mitt Romney said “It’s been a good deal worse than even I expected. I was not a big fan of the president’s policies, as you know, either domestically or internationally. But the results of

Gary Peters Plays Both Sides of Energy Debate for Dollars

Thanks to recent financial disclosures, Michigan Congressman and Senate candidate Gary Peters has been caught playing every side of the energy debate in ways that benefit his campaign coffers, as well as his own pocket. From here, it only gets worse

McFadden Keeps it Light While Going After Franken

In Minnesota, Republican Mike McFadden is keeping it light, while going after incumbent Democrat Al Franken and also linking him to an unpopular president and Obamacare in the process. He’s reportedly backing the ad with a six figure statewide buy.

USDA Standards Driving Up School Lunch Prices

According to an Oklahoma school district nutritionist Amy Herrold, thanks to USDA standards, her district is “required to provide an extra serving of fruit at breakfast. Last year,” says Herrold, “we started taking steps to raise average meal prices by

McConnell In Another Bloomberg Controversy

The National Rifle Association just sent out a non-candidate approved mailer in Kentucky stating, “‘Senator Mitch McConnell will stop the “gun control agenda” of President Obama and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’”. So far, so good. Unfortunately, the

Democrat's War on Women Focuses on Joni Ernst

Democrats talk a good game when it comes to women’s issues … until one dares to run for office with an “R” for Republican after her name. As Time points out regarding their attacks on Joni Ernst, Democrats are “trying

Al Franken Vulnerable in Minnesota

According to  University of Minnesota political scientist Larry Jacobs, “Al Franken’s gonna have a fight on his hands. I don’t think there’s any doubt about that.” Jacobs is also director of the school’s Center for the Study of Politics and Governance.

Hillary Likes The High $ Life

The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports on Hillary Rodham Clinton’s penchant for the high life, often at the expense of groups who want to hear her speak priot to what many believe will be a run for the Oval Office in 2016. Reportedly,

Liberia Fears Ebola Spread After Clinic Looting

Liberia Fears Ebola Spread After Clinic Looting

Residents of a Liberian slum have looted a quarantined clinic for patients suspected of carrying the deadly virus, carrying off items including “bloody sheets and mattresses,” now officials fear “Ebola could soon spread through the capital’s largest slum.” The facility

Vulnerable Democrats Turn on Obama over Immigration

Vulnerable Democrats Turn on Obama over Immigration

Vulnerable Democrats who have to face the American people, as well as Republicans in this Fall’s elections, are warning Obama to go slow when it comes to taking executive action on illegal immigration. “This is an issue that I believe

Team Clinton Courting Julian Castro for Veep?

In what some believe may be the Clinton’s courting of a prominent Hispanic to become Hillary’s running mate in her anticipated 2016 bid for the presidency, “former president Bill Clinton invited Julian Castro, a former San Antonio mayor and incoming

McFadden Calls for Obama, Congress to Return to DC

Fresh off his primary win and now facing off against Democrat Al Franken, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mike McFadden is calling for both Barack Obama and Congress to return to Washington to deal with the ongoing immigration crisis, as well

Is Andrew Hemingway the New Face of a GOP with a Future?

A tech savvy accomplished entrepreneur with one foot in the Tea Party and the other in the so called GOP establishment, having run Newt Gingrich’s New Hampshire campaign in 2012, Andrew Hemingway is making noise in NH’s Republican gubernatorial primary –

Immigration Now Driving Michigan Senate Race

In state after state, the immigration issue is emerging as the defining issue in the 2014 mid-terms. Now, Michigan is no exception thanks to a video of Democrat Gary Peters that surfaced two weeks ago. Contrasted with other video, Peters is

Washington Post, HuffPo Reporters Arrested, Released in Ferguson

Reporters with both the Washington Post and Huffington Post were detained and allegedly roughed up by police in Ferguson, Mo tonight, according to multiple reports. Both chronicled their ordeal via social media and the Washington Post’s executive editor has released

Braley Blowing It In Iowa

Democrat Bruce Braley started out with a solid lead, 6 – 12 depending upon the poll. At the beginning of the year the conventional wisdom was that he was a stellar candidate in all but a can’t lose position.  That’s

Military Theme Dominating Iowa Senate Campaign Air War

Republican Joni Ernst is up with a second TV ad for the general election, see below. It’s “a 30-second spot called “Service.” It features the candidate herself saying: “I believe in service and Iowans helping Iowans. During emergencies like floods, people