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T Minus 36: GOP Begins Breakout From Stalemate

T Minus 36: GOP Begins Breakout From Stalemate

The midterm elections, despite months of news coverage and media battles, are only now wrapping up the pre-season. The campaigns begin in earnest this week, as a critical fundraising deadline passes and voters only now begin paying real attention to

Tillis Slams Hagan For Absence on The ISIS Threat

Tillis Slams Hagan For Absence on The ISIS Threat

Republican Thom Tillis is out with a new ad slamming Sen. Kay Hagan (D-NC) for her numerous absences from Senate Armed Services Committee hearings and failing to raise warnings about the threat of the Islamic State. The ad, released Monday

Obama: Democrats Can Hold the Senate

Obama: Democrats Can Hold the Senate

President Obama appeared bullish about the possibility of Democrats to keep a majority in the Senate, in spite of recent polls showing Republicans taking the lead in a number of key states. Obama cited former president Ronald Reagan asserting that

France's National Front Wins First Ever Senate Seats

France's National Front Wins First Ever Senate Seats

(Reuters) – The far-right National Front won its first ever seats in France’s upper house of parliament on Sunday, as President Francois Hollande’s Socialist party lost its Senate majority. The left still controls the lower house, which is the dominant

Fresh Rains Boost Eel River; Not Enough for Drought Relief

Fresh Rains Boost Eel River; Not Enough for Drought Relief

Northern California rains have temporarily boosted water running through the Eel River as drought continues to plague the state. However, acute water shortages in various regions of the state continue–the result of both natural and man-made scarcity. Water flows through

Palin Serves Gator Meat Campaigning for Conservative Rob Maness

Palin Serves Gator Meat Campaigning for Conservative Rob Maness

On Saturday, former Alaska Gov. and “Mama Grizzly” Sarah Palin held an alligator and served gator meat with “Alligator Hunter” Col. Rob Maness, the conservative Louisiana Senate candidate.  According to the Times-Picayune, Palin and Maness had an event “at Restaurant

DMR Iowa Poll: Joni Ernst (R) Leads Democrat by 6 Points

DMR Iowa Poll: Joni Ernst (R) Leads Democrat by 6 Points

In a race that may determine which party controls the U.S. Senate, Iowa Republican Senate candidate Joni Ernst has taken a six-point lead over Rep. Bruce Braley (D-IA) in the Des Moines Register‘s Iowa Poll that was released on Saturday. 

Wow: Joni Ernst suddenly opens a 6-point lead in Iowa

Teacups are rattling in the hands of Democrat consultants across the land, as another closely-watched neck-and-neck race suddenly turns into a big lead for the Republican candidate… and it’s the race to fill the seat left behind by left-wing dinosaur

Ted Cruz Wins Values Voter Presidential Straw Poll

Ted Cruz Wins Values Voter Presidential Straw Poll

For the second year in a row, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) won the Values Voter Summit presidential straw poll.  After electrifying the audience on Friday by urging them to never abandon conservative values to see another morning in America, Cruz,

Tillis: America Not Considered 'Exceptional'

Tillis: America Not Considered 'Exceptional'

Senate candidate and Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives Thom Tillis argued that the policies of the president and the Democrat-controlled Senate had damaged the country to the extent that it “is no longer considered to be an