A new poll released by WBUR in Boston on Thursday shows that recently defeated Senator Scott Brown (R-MA) is well positioned to win a special election to replace current Senator John Kerry (D-MA) should Kerry’s seat become vacant when, as
The special State Department report on Benghazi (known as the Accountability Review Board) released on Tuesday offered a blistering critique of mid-level State Department officials but left Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and President Barack Obama relatively unscathed. The report contains no
Last Monday Ari Fleischer, former press secretary to George W. Bush, was named by Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus to be one of five committee chairs for what had been billed as a “full autopsy” of the Republican 2012 election efforts
The RNC confirmed this morning that its recently announced “autopsy” effort on the 2012 campaign — which will be conducted by establishment Republican insiders — is the only official review of the 2012 campaign they are conducting. In an email
On Wednesday, Patrick Moran, the son of Congressman Jim Moran (D-VA), pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of domestic violence for beating up his girlfriend in public. The Washington City Paper described the incident: Moran and his girlfriend were fighting
On Monday, Republican National Committee Chairman Priebus announced that a five person team of insiders will chair the committee responsible for his much promised “autopsy” of the failed 2012 Republican campaign. Priebus had promised that the “autopsy” would be conducted
To avoid a repeat of last month’s election loss, the GOP needs to conduct a thorough review of what went right, and what went wrong, in the campaign. Clearly some, and possibly many, elements of the campaign didn’t work. There
Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam told a meeting of the Nashville Rotary Club on Monday that the state of Tennessee will not be establishing a health care exchange to implement Obamacare. The surprise decision was seen as a political victory for
Federal Election Commission reports filed by the Republican National Committee on Thursday show that one-third of the $59.3 million it spent directly with vendors in the last five weeks of the election was paid to one telemarketing firm, FLS Connect,
The Elizabeth Warren campaign sent out an email to contributors on Tuesday announcing that it’s broke after spending all the $42 million it raised in its successful effort to unseat Republican Senator Scott Brown. In her email, Senator-elect Warren placed
Federal Election Commission financial reports filed Thursday showed that two consulting firms with close ties to key staffers at the Romney campaign and the Republican National Committee were paid more than $152 million by the three organizations that funded Mitt
In a speech delivered in New York City on Thursday, former Vice President Al Gore criticized President Obama for his failure to push policies designed to address what Gore considers to be a man-made global warming crisis. “We cannot have four
An estimated crowd of 500 Tennesseans rallied Wednesday afternoon at the State Capitol Legislative Plaza in Nashville to profess to Republican Governor Bill Haslam that they opposed the establishment of a state-operated health insurance exchange. Local talk radio host Ralph
The Associated Press reported Tuesday that Dick Armey agreed to submit his resignation as chairman of FreedomWorks at the end of November only on the condition that he receive a lucrative $8 million golden parachute: A confidential contract obtained by The Associated Press
In a surprise move, former House Republican Majority Leader Dick Armey has resigned as chairman of FreedomWorks, the conservative Washington based group that has been strongly identified with the Tea Party movement. Based on early press reports, Armey’s departure does
Despite Mitt Romney’s loss in the 2012 Presidential election, no serious challenger has emerged against Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus, who announced earlier this month that he would seek a second two-year term. Speaking to CNN’s Piers Morgan on
The Romney campaign spent an estimated $356 million between January 1, 2011 and October 17, 2012 in its unsuccessful effort to defeat incumbent President Barack Obama. According to Federal Election Commission documents, as reported by OpenSecrets.org, $33 million of this amount
Multiple sources reported late Tuesday that two-term Virginia Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling will drop out of the 2013 race for the Republican Gubernatorial nomination in Virginia. Bolling’s surprising decision clears the way for conservative favorite, Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, to secure the
On Tuesday, Intrade, the Irish based market predictions company, announced that “the report of Intrade’s death was premature.” In a statement posted on its website, the company clarified its Monday announcement that it was closing the accounts of American customers. Although
Despite a lack of statutory authority from the Massachusetts Legislature, Governor Deval Patrick announced on Monday that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts will give in-state tuition to illegal immigrants at its institutions of higher education. Bradley H. Jones, Republican Minority Leader in
In November, voters in four states — Minnesota, Maine, Maryland, and Washington — handed election day victories to supporters of same-sex marriage initiatives, a marked contrast to the 2008 defeat they experienced with California’s Proposition 8. President Obama won all
When the Fordham College Republicans announced in early November they had invited conservative pundit Ann Coulter to speak at one of their club’s events on campus, University President Joseph McShane publicly pressured the club to rescind its invitiaton. Ted Conrad,
Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) will grant only one waiver to House Republican caucus rules that limit tenure as committee chairman or ranking member to six years, and that exemption will go to Budget Committee Chairman and former Vice-Presidential
Earlier this week, the National Catholic Register reported that the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, headed up by New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan, intends to lobby Congress for “conscience exemptions” to abortion mandates implemented by the Department of Health and Human
Former CIA Director David Petraeus has agreed to testify behind closed doors this week in separate appearances before the House and Senate Intelligence Committees about the attack on the American mission in Benghazi, Libya. The Hill reported late Wednesday that
