The Tea Party movement is looking as vibrant and influential as ever with the recent naming of Paul Ryan to the GOP presidential ticket, and the Tea Party inspired Ted Cruz victory in Texas. So how exactly did the movement
Congressman Todd Akin (R-MO), the embattled Republican nominee for the Missouri Senate seat currently held by Democrat Claire McCaskill, said that Republican Vice Presidential nominee Paul Ryan personally asked him to withdraw from the race. In a phone call Tuesday as
(AP) Outside money pouring into Ohio’s Senate raceBy JOHN SEEWER and JULIE CARR SMYTHAssociated PressCOLUMBUS, OhioNowhere is as much money being spent on a Senate race this year as in Ohio, where liberal Democrat Sherrod Brown is seeking a second
David Axelrod asked Diane Silverman, a woman candidate for Alderman, if her husband “would control” her vote. “I doubt Mr. Axelrod asked male candidates… if their wives would control their votes,” she wrote in a 1974 letter to the editor.
In a statement just released from the Romney campaign, the new leader of the Republican party has stepped up to lead: As I said yesterday, Todd Akin’s comments were offensive and wrong and he should very seriously consider what course
This afternoon, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) released a statement about Republican Senate candidate Rep. Todd Akin, who is facing incumbent Democrat Claire McCaskill in Missouri: “Congressman Akin made a deeply offensive error at a time when his candidacy
The disastrous Senate candidacy of Barack Obama favorite Elizabeth Warren – the woman from whom he cribbed his own disastrous “you didn’t build that” language – is now floundering in the polls. According to the Democratic polling firm Public Policy
Missouri Senate candidate Rep. Todd Akin (R) is staying in the race, he stated today on The Dana Show and The Mike Huckabee Show. “I haven’t done anything morally or ethically wrong,” said Akin to Huckabee, two days after commenting
President Barack Obama has added military heroes to his “enemies list,” singling out veterans’ groups such as Special Operations for America and Veterans for a Strong America on his campaign website, much as he singled out donors to Republican rival
Yesterday, Senate candidate Rep. Todd Akin went on a local public affairs show in St. Louis with, at most, 12 convalescent viewers and gave birth to the mother of all campaign gaffes in 2012. Responding to a question about rape
Public Policy Polling released a new poll on the Missouri Senate race post-“legitimate rape” debacle. Two things: I’m not forming an opinion, nor should anyone really, until we have more information on the sample used. I’m also torn as to
This evening on CNN’s “Out Front,” Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus called for Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin (R-MO) to step aside. Here’s what Priebus said: But if it was me and I had an opportunity to let someone
After making inexplicable comments about how “the female body has ways to shut that whole thing down” in regard to rapes that he considered were not “legitimate,” Republican Missouri Senate nominee Rep. Todd Akin went on Mike Huckabee’s (Huckabee endorsed
Lately, the media has been beating up on Barack Obama for not giving them enough love and attention. Out of frustration, the media didn’t heckle or taunt Obama like they did Romney in Poland, but the message was sent and,
President Barack Obama made a surprise appearance at the White House press briefing today, after growing criticism that he had been avoiding reporters. He used the occasion to criticize the GOP’s candidate for U.S. Senate in Missouri, to borrow a
GOP Senate candidate Todd Akin gave Cumulus Media’s Mike Huckabee the first exclusive interview where he explains his controversial remarks regarding rape, pregnancy and abortion. Akin also vowed to stay in the race agains Democrat incumbent Claire McCaskill.
This picture is the Obama Campaign’s worst nightmare. This photo sends chills up Harry Reid’s spine. This photo could shift the tide of voter demographics in the critical wowing state of Ohio for the next decade. This is
Washington Post writer EJ Dionne: “President Obama put a plan on the table that would balance the budget in twelve years, which is quicker than the Ryan budget, I’m a liberal. I didn’t even agree with everything that was in
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), who has accused Mitt Romney of not paying taxes by citing mysterious anonymous sources, today sent an e-mail on behalf of the Obama campaign asking supporters to sign a petition to urge Romney to
This morning on CNN, anchor Carol Costello tries to connect Rep. Paul Ryan to recent controversial remarks made by MO senate candidate Todd Akin.
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Ted Cruz (R), U.S. Senate hopeful from TX: “If it focuses on the economy, on President Obama’s abysmal economic record, Republicans win. If it’s a battle of personalities,
Republican Senate candidate Todd Akin appeared on a local St. Louis television show (below) and discussed his thoughts on abortion, even in the instance of rape or incest, which accounts for less than 1% of abortions received. (More.) Progressive backlash from
FROM ABC NEWS – Feb 7, 2008: Sen. Barack Obama called on his rival Sen. Hillary Clinton to release her recent income tax returns – a move the Clintons have long resisted. Strapped for campaign cash, Clinton announced this week
On Monday, two days after Mitt Romney selected Paul Ryan, a pro-life Catholic as his Vice Presidential running mate, the Obama campaign announced the leadership team for the 2012 version of “Catholics for Obama.” The group is dominated by radical
Democratic Congressman Shelley Berkley’s Campaign for Senate released a television ad that claimed her opponent, incumbent Republican Senator Dean Heller, was implicated in a $64 million diamond scam. By Monday, every major media outlet in Nevada declared the ad was
