Editor’s Note: Jeremy Peters of The New York Times describes the continuing schism between the grassroots and The Establishment. WASHINGTON — As most Republicans were taking a victory lap the morning after the elections, a group of conservatives huddled anxiously
Texas State Senator Wendy Davis was steamrolled in her bid to become the state’s next governor, and it appears that her staff believes Ebola has something to do with the failure of her campaign. Speaking on behalf of Davis’ campaign,
Away from all the national bleeding and great gnashing of teeth in the Democratic Party, the sun is shining bright for newly reelected Governor Jerry Brown as he picked up his second solvency award with a state credit upgrade from
On Thursday, Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) showed disdain for conservatives who object to massive amnesty legislation that he wants a GOP-led Congress to enact. To Corker, those who oppose amnesty because they care about the rule of law, American workers,
The New York City Bar Association will not dismiss a committee chairman from its organization who used racially charged language to attack the New York State Republican candidate for Lieutenant Governor, who is black. Attorney Andrew J. Barovick, a partner
Guy Cecil is the executive director of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and the driving force behind the vaunted $60 million Bannock Street project that fizzled on election day. On Thursday, at the CQ Roll Call Election Impact Conference, he said, “This was
I always expected the Halbig case to end up at the Supreme Court. I’m surprised so many people are surprised they agreed to hear the challenge today. I suppose this might have been a political decision, i.e. the four conservative
In response to Louisiana: Off and Running, Again: The Democrats have started pulling their ad buys for the Louisiana runoff, so Landrieu’s career is likely to end with a sad little ellipsis where the Party half-heartedly pretends she has a
From left: Speaker of the House John Boehner, President Barack Obama, outgoing Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. In back: Democratic Party mastermind and Andrew Breitbart nemesis John Podesta Not pictured: incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell
Texas Attorney General and Governor-elect Greg Abbott (R) vowed to “add yet another lawsuit against the Obama administration” if President Obama implements immigration reform via an executive order on Friday’s “Kelly File” on the Fox News Channel. Abbott said “for
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) says he will decide on a potential 2016 presidential run “in the coming weeks.” He’ll do so without the help of a pro-amnesty adviser and former chief of staff who has left his office. “For me,
Congressional GOP leaders urged President Obama to drop his plans to issue an executive amnesty at the White House, prompting an intense back-and-forth between the top leaders of both parties. A senior GOP aide with knowledge of the meeting’s events
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has spent a lot of his time in an ultimately toothless attack on Charles and David Koch, two billionaire brothers who have spent millions on Libertarian and Republican political causes. Now, despite massive electoral losses
A delegation of American LGBT activists is traveling to Geneva, Switzerland tomorrow to make the case to the UN Committee on Torture that “conversion therapy” is a form of torture and should be designated as such in international law. They intend to
While Michael Bloomberg batted about 50/50 on prominent endorsements and Gabby Giffords and Mark Kelly’s efforts were decimated, the NRA received a “95 percent return rate” on election contributions. According to CBS News, “The National Rifle Association’s Political Victory Fund
During the November 6 airing of Morning Edition, NPR national political correspondent Don Gonyea surveyed the post-election makeup of state legislatures across the country and said the midterms left Democrats in their “worst position since something called the Civil War.”
AUSTIN, Texas — When Governor-elect Greg Abbott announced his transition plans on Wednesday, he also reaffirmed his support for open carry in response to a reporter’s question, expressly stating that “if an open carry bill is passed by the House
Gov. Jerry Brown, defiant in the wake of the massive GOP victory on Tuesday, insists that his pet project, the state’s $68-billion bullet train from Los Angeles to San Francisco, will not die, despite GOP opposition. Brown said of the
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a second trail-blazing pick for the nation’s top law enforcement officer, President Barack Obama intends to nominate a federal prosecutor in New York to become the next attorney general and the first black woman to lead
If Sen. Rand Paul decides to run for president, expect soon-to-be Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to back him up. Paul endorsed McConnell in his Republican primary and campaigned with the senior Kentucky senator in his re-election race.
Congressional leaders of both parties met with President Obama at the White House this afternoon to talk about the results of the election and the upcoming transfer of leadership in the Senate to Republicans. As soon-to-be Senate Majority leader Mitch
SACRAMENTO, California — In 2016, U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) will be up for re-election for the fifth time. California’s junior Senator was first elected in 1992, in a close race that she won by just under 5% of the
The Lone Star State is set to become a deep shade of red following Tuesday’s midterm elections. Texans overwhelmingly rejected left-leaning candidates — no statewide Democrat came close to beating their Republican opponents. The outcome signifies that the left’s desire to
As the newly-elected Republicans get closer to assuming office in the House, Senate, and in gubernatorial offices around the country, it is important to remember that gun ownership is a natural right, not a political one. In other words, although
Murrietta’s former Mayor, Alan Long, won re-election to Murritta’s City Council Tuesday despite crashing into a car full of teenage girls while allegedly under the influence of alcohol. California State Senator Ben Hueso was also re-elected Tuesday after facing DUI
With President Barack Obama poised to move forward on executive amnesty and the deadline to pass a funding measure looming, the anti-amnesty group Numbers USA tells Breitbart News it will be calling for a short-term continuing resolution to fund the
The man who may be most responsible for President Barack Obama’s rise and eventual ascendancy to the White House is urging him not to enact executive amnesty for millions of illegal immigrants. On Wednesday, after Republicans shellacked Democrats in the
If you believe things aren’t over till they’re over, than the 2014 mid-terms still aren’t quite over. A slew of House races, many of them in California, two governors races and two senate races remain uncalled. GOVERNORS Alaska: Independent Bill
With the U.S. Senate now firmly in Republican control, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) has canceled advertising for embattled Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu before her December runoff against Republican Rep. Bill Cassidy. The DSCC’s canceled advertising was supposed to
Since at least 2009, Democrats have branded the GOP as the “party of no.” This claim has some basis in fact but it was also used as lazy shorthand nearly every time Republicans opposed the actions of a progressive President,
Now that the Republicans have taken over the U.S. Senate, as well as picked up more seats in the House, many expect that an internal party power tussle could take place between conservative legislators and the old GOP establishment. A
On November 5, Michael Bloomberg’s Everytown for Gun Safety emerged from the Republicans’ historic midterm victories to say that gun control is a proven “winner.” According to Capital, Group President John Feinblatt said, “We are showing that after years of
At this year’s 48th annual Country Music Awards, Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley opened the show with a monologue that quickly turned political, poking fun at President Obama, White House security, and historic Democrat losses in congress. Paisley and Underwood
Though the mainstream press, liberals, and establishment Republicans incessantly declare that Republicans can’t win Hispanics without passing massive amnesty legislation, two Republicans who ran on border security and against amnesty received a significant amount of support from Latino voters on
The first battle over the direction of the GOP since Tuesday’s tidal wave election is quietly building as conservatives race to construct a plan to stop President Obama’s executive amnesty. Huddling in Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) office Wednesday, top conservative
Talk radio host and author of “The Liberty Amendments,” Mark Levin criticized Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) for his statement during a press conference that there would not be a government shutdown if he became Senate Majority Leader on Wednesday. He
In the wake of the Republican electoral wave that saw the success of pro-life candidates, the leader of national pro-life organization Susan B. Anthony List is proclaiming that the liberal, abortion-focused “war on women” strategy is dead. At an address
One of the biggest unreported election night stories is how a southern gentleman coasted back into a U.S. Senate seat completely unchallenged. Senate Budget Committee ranking member Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) won re-election on Tuesday evening by unanimous consent from
Conservative Republicans in the Senate are calling on the outgoing Senate Majority Leader, Sen. Harry Reid (R-NV) to block President Obama’s promised executive action on immigration as they say it is his responsibility to protect the Constitution’s prescribed balance of
Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) called on Congress to strip funding from President Barack Obama’s forthcoming executive amnesty in its next funding bill. In a Thursday appearance on Fox News’s The Kelly File, Sessions said that in Congress’s next funding bill, lawmakers should
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