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Democrat Bigot Goes After Mitch McConnell's Wife

The so-called war on women morphed into the war on Asian Women if they happen to be married to a Republican thanks to a Democrat operative working against Mitch McConnell in in Kentucky. “Google Elaine Chao, #MitchMcConnell’s wife,” Groob tweeted

Cruz Hits Shaheen On Amnesty

In a move that could be construed as wading further into the pond of 2016 presidential politics, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz joined other prominent Republicans in attacking New Hampshire’s Democratic Senator Jeanne Shaheen for supporting what he called Obama’s “amnesty” immigration

Why Lamar Alexander is in Trouble

Along with popular conservative radio hosts like Mark Levin and Laura Ingraham coming out against him, the fundamental reasons why Senator Lamar Alexander may lose to Joe Carr in the upcoming primary are detailed in this Weekly Standard item. Not

Democrats Warn Obama Over Executive Overreach on Immigration

Democrat Senators Kay Hagan of North Carolina and Mark Pryor of Arkansas have both now warned Barack Obama against taking “any steps without the approval of Congress” when it comes to dealing with the current illegal immigration crisis.  “I’m not for

Capito: Obama "Doesn't Seem to Care" About Working-Class Men.

The biggest casualty in this year’s West Virginia Senate race may be Barack Obama. West Virginia Democrat Natalie Tennant recently aired an ad that turned the lights out in the White House, now Republican Shelley Moore Capito is up with a  one-minute spot

GOP Senate Map Expands to 12 States

In terms of 2014 overall race for control of the Senate, CQ Roll Call’s Niels Lesniewski quotes National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman Jerry Moran, “I think we have a good map in the sense that we have good candidates and good

Braley a Bust? Dems Fret Over Iowa

The same Democrats who were once feeling confident about Rep. Bruce Braley winning a U.S. Senate seat in Iowa are now worried if Braley might not turn out to be the biggest bust in what looks to be an extremely

Atlanta Mayor Puts Out Welcome Mat for Illegals, What Will Nunn Do?

In an item partly discussing yesterday’s leaked Nunn campaign memo, which the Atlanta Journal Constitution calls a “massive blow” to Democrat Michelle Nunn’s campaign,  Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed makes it clear that “Atlanta has open arms to the thousands of unaccompanied

Brown Hits Shaheen Over "Pro-Amnesty" Immigration Policy

With polls showing border security trumps a path to citizenship when it comes to immigration policy,  Scott Brown’s campaign is up with a new ad labeling Obama’s immigration policy “pro-amnesty” and also linking it to current New Hampshire Senator Jeanne

GOP Leader Scalise Refuses to Talk Impeachment On Fox

House Majority Whip-elect Steve Scalise (R-La.) showed no interest in talkingabout impeaching Obama, one way or the other. That left the door open for HuffPo, just like the White House, to raise the issue as they think it cuts in

Is the North Carolina GOP Moving Left for November?

The media, here in the form of The New York Times, appears to be feeding into the notion that the North Carolina GOP has to cave on the very principles that won it a long sought state legislative majority in order

Walsh Backtracks on Blaming PTSD for Plagiarism

The phrase ‘stop digging’ comes to mind. Just two days after indicating he may have plagiarized his master’s thesis due to post-traumatic stress disorder, now Montana Democrat U.S. Senator John Walsh said, “I am in no way, no way, tying what

Obama May Bypass Congress to Grant Refugee Status for Hondurans

The Obama administration is considering a move that, according to Mark Krikorian, the executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies, “would increase, not stem, the flood of migrants from Central America trying to get into the United States”. “It’s clearly

Walsh Refuses to Withdraw from Senate Race Over Plagiarism

Spokeswoman for Montana Senator John Wlash, Lauren Passalacqua, replied “Absolutely not” when asked if Walsh would withdraw given the significant instance of plagiarism exposed by a New York Times rerport. Also, Montana Gov. Steve Bullock, who appointed Walsh to the U.S.

Walsh Hammered by Local Press Over Plagiarism Charge

The news that Sen. John Walsh, D-Montana plagiarized significant portions of his final paper for his 2007 master’s degree at the U.S. Army War College is making headlines back in Montana – from Billings, to Bozeman and in Missoula to Great

Half of California's School Children Now of Latin descent

California Gov Jerry Brown sees the current border crisis more as a “humanitarian” crisis, than a political one and he also pointed out that currently “half of California’s school-age children are of Latin descent.”  His remarks came during a meeting with Mexico’s