Last night in Alaska, Sen. Mark Begich backed down on his fight with fellow Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski over a campaign ad featuring a photo of them together. During a debate on Alaska’s KTUU station, Sullivan challenged Begich for ignoring
On Thursday, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) implied that if former Florida Governor Jeb Bush wins the GOP nomination, Hillary Clinton will be the next president. “[I]f we run another candidate in the mold of a Bob Dole [in 1996] or
An enormously popular viral video was created by an attractive young woman who spent ten hours walking the streets of New York City behind a guy lugging a hidden camera in his backpack, to record the various catcalls, wolf whistles,
Ben Smith’s BuzzFeed Politics has been itching to fabricate a game-changer gotcha that might save the Senate for President Obama. Twice in two weeks these fabrications have blown up in BuzzFeed’s face, resulting in heckles even from BuzzFeed’s ideological soul-mates
While other recent polls have the U.S. Senate race in North Carolina at a virtual tie, Thursday morning brought dueling polls, one showing Sen. Kay Hagan (D-NC) with a slight lead and another showing her Republican challenger state House Speaker
With all sails up and heading downwind, Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown is on course to win an unprecedented fourth term as governor in California, 40 years after he won his first. The Orange County Register has Brown leading opponent Neel
Before the digital ink could begin to dry on BuzzFeed’s attempt to redefine plagiarism with a hit against Iowa Republican candidate Joni Ernst, reporters from left-wing outlets such as the New York Times and Politico were shrugging the BuzzFeed article
MANCHESTER, New Hampshire — ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos, a former aide to former President Bill Clinton, will be moderating the final debate here between incumbent Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Republican Scott Brown on Thursday evening. But one thing
This story originally appeared in Politico Magazine: When President Obama, after months of equivocation over how to respond to the takeover of parts of Iraq and Syria by radical militants, announced in September that the United States would “lead a
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, who hails from Bakersfield, has a plethora of ideas revolving around remaking the GOP’s image in Congress, and he’s not shy about sharing them–at least not with Politico. McCarthy, according to the exclusive profile by
Reporter Sharyl Attkisson’s computer was hacked using software that is proprietary to U.S. government agencies. The computer analyst who discovered evidence of the hacking described it as, “Worse than anything Nixon ever did.” Today the New York Post reports details
While most national attention is focused on the battle for the US Senate, voters in 36 states will elect Governors on November 4th. The Obama Era has witnessed a resurgence of Republicans in state elections. This year, the GOP looks
An event on November 18 in Washington hosted by the pro-Hillary Clinton super PAC “Ready for Hillary” is targeting the Latino community, as Latino political leaders are making appearances to stir up fervor for Clinton in their community. Among the
MANCHESTER, New Hampshire — Liberals booed incumbent Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) for interrupting closing remarks by former Sen. Scott Brown at a forum Sunday morning, calling her actions “rude,” video from the event shows. “She’s voting against small business
Barely a week after the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) announced it was not going to fund additional television ads in support of challenger Alison Lundergan Grimes’ campaign to defeat incumbent Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) in the Kentucky U.S. Senate
A top Democrat pollster summed up the challenge facing Democrats in the election just over a week away. “I think Obama being so unpopular is the biggest factor in this election,” Tom Jensen, a pollster with the left-leaning firm Public Policy
Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin blasted CNN and anchor Carol Costello for apologizing to Politico instead of directly to her family after Costello told her audience to “enjoy” a frantic audio tape of a young woman (Bristol Palin) telling police
Frank Mankiewicz, the politico-turned-journalist who made National Public Radio (NPR) what it is today, died on Thursday evening. He was remembered by the New York Times as the press secretary for Robert F. Kennedy and the campaign manager for George McGovern.
CNN anchor Carol Costello has apologized for mocking the audio this week of a tearful Bristol Pail describing being assaulted at a party that became the stuff of tabloid speculation last month. “Over the past few days I have been
Embattled Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) confidently declared on Thursday that Democrats are “expanding the map” heading into the Nov. 4 midterm elections. “We’re expanding the map, and the Republicans’ map is constricting,” Wasserman told CNN.
Republican Senate candidate and former South Dakota Governor Mike Rounds doesn’t appear worried about losing to his opponents on South Dakota. The Rounds campaign, together with the National Republican Senatorial Committee, released an internal poll to Politico of the state
Just hours after Mediaite said Chuck Todd was “making a bigger mess of ‘Meet the Press’” than David Gregory and had hurt his standing in the ratings (primarily by his decision to sit down with Breitbart News), we learn that
Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush’s past remarks about his openness to potential tax increases may haunt him if he chooses to run for president in 2016. Because of his support for Common Core and amnesty legislation and his father’s broken
Iowa Republican and Senate candidate Joni Ernst initially burst onto the political scene with an ad entitled “Squeal,” that went viral given it’s theme: “Joni grew up castrating hogs on an Iowa farm, so in Washington, she’ll know how to
The lethal Ebola virus is spreading rapidly in Western Sierra Leone, and more than 20 people are dying per day as a result. Claude Kamanda, a member of parliament who represents a western district in Sierra Leone, told local newspaper
