Republicans have unearthed a curious comment with which to hit Colorado Democrat Mark Udall as he struggles to defend his seat in the Senate. In a 2008 debate, Udall claimed he was against a “government-sponsored” solution in the health care
Few episodes in our history have tried Americans’ souls as much as the current crises of trust. When serial abuses of power become routine and fidelity to legislative duties and campaign promises is the rare exception, it is natural for
An overwhelming majority of Americans, including a majority (54%) of Democrats, do not want President Barack Obama to unilaterally enact executive actions to give illegal immigrants temporary amnesty. The Investors Business Daily/TIPP poll, which was conducted August 23-28, found that 73%
Since the revelations from leaked documents provided by Edward Snowden, a US government contract employee, American intelligence practices have become a subject of international controversy. While the US Congress will likely impose some regulatory reforms, legislative action will probably not
While Vice President Joe Biden was at a Navy shipyard in Portsmouth, N.H. praising Democrat Jeanne Shaheen for fighting base closures, Shaheen’s campaign was busy releasing a statement “to reiterate her strong opposition to the administration’s base closure recommendations and highlight the
Republican Mitch McConnell continues to hold a four point lead over Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes, breaking 50% for the first time and, perhaps most importantly, drawing 16% of Democrats, while Grimes is only pulling about half as many Republicans away from
The Republican establishments inability to let go of tired old dogs and allow room for new, fresh thinkers to break through may yet cause them a problem in the Kansas Senate race. “Democrat Chad Taylor has dropped out of the
Sandra Fluke has renewed her free birth control campaign over social media, with calls to “fix Hobby Lobby,” i.e. to overturn the religious exemption to abortifacient contraceptives that was recognized by the U.S. Supreme Court earlier this year. Her tweets
Democrats calling on Obama to delay taking executive action on immigration for political reasons must “step aside,” Rep. Luis Gutiérrez (D-IL) and other immigration activists argued Wednesday. “I say to the Democrats, stand aside. Let the president make the decision.
A source at the Clerk of Courts in Louisiana’s 19th Judicial District told Breitbart News on Wednesday that Judge Todd Hernandez, the judge originally assigned to preside over the lawsuit objecting to Senator Mary Landrieu’s (D-LA) candidacy on Friday, Paul
Senator Franken sent a letter to Attorney General Holder Tuesday in which he was critical of President Obama’s handling of the response to ISIS. “I was troubled by the President’s recent suggestion that the Administration has not yet developed a
Liberal environmentalists, including billionaire Tom Steyer, are pumping cash into the Wolverine State to back up struggling Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Rep. Gary Peters (D-MI), opponent Terri Lynn Land (R) says. Joe Kildea, Land’s campaign adviser, told Breitbart News: With
As Joe Biden travels to the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard where he’ll appear with Jeanne Shaheen, the Scott Brown campaign is out with a new 30 second video called “No Strategy” hitting Biden on his assessment of Obama’s foreign policy, or perhaps
On January 9, at a press conference in the State Capitol introducing his FY 2014-15 budget, Governor Jerry Brown said, “There will be no new taxes for the foreseeable future.” Could it be that we have reached the unforeseen future
Both Republicans and Democrats are throwing boat loads of coin at the races that will determine which party runs the Senate after November, yet at this point, the conventional wisdom is the outcome remains a virtual toss up. “There are
A perfect storm is brewing in Michigan that may propel a Republican into the U.S. Senate seat Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI), a Democrat, has held since 1979. Terri Lynn Land, Michigan’s ex-Secretary of State and a Republican National Committeewoman, is
GOP Senate candidate Cory Gardner is betting that contraception will get him at least a few votes among Colorado women who’ve bought into the “war on women” meme promoted by the Democratic Party. Gardner has released an ad in which he
On Tuesday Hillar Moore III, District Attorney for the Parish of East Baton Rouge, said that his office would not file a legal action objecting to the candidacy of Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA). In his “response to [the] complaint submitted
On Tuesday, The Palm Beach Post reported, “The Crist campaign announced Saturday that [Bill] Clinton will speak at a Miami rally with Crist on Friday.” However, a flashback of Charlie Crist, as the Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in 1998 addressed
On August 30, the California State Senate rejected SB 53, a bill introduced by incoming Senate president Kevin de Leon (D-Los Angeles) requiring background checks for ammunition purchases. According to the Los Angeles Times, the measure would have required “that
On Tuesday, the Louisiana Republican Party filed a complaint with the Select Committee on Ethics of the U.S. Senate over Senator Mary Landrieu’s (D-LA) use of taxpayer funds to pay for charter flights taken to campaign events. It is against
The attorney for State Representative Paul Hollis filed his legal challenge to Senator Mary Landrieu’s (D-LA) candidacy for the U.S. Senate at 4:32 pm on Friday, two minutes after the 4:30 pm deadline outlined in Louisiana Election Code. The law
On Monday, as millions of American workers gathered with family and friends to celebrate and mark the end of summer, the nation’s union bosses were preparing to inject tens of millions of dollars from their members’ paychecks into the midterm
The net increase in the number of employed working-age adults in North Carolina has gone entirely to legal and illegal immigrants since 2000, according to an analysis of government data conducted by the Center for Immigration Studies. According to the
The effort to keep Tesla Motors Inc. in California may have run into a major roadblock, according to the Los Angeles Times. Legislators in Sacramento failed to make a deal with Tesla before they adjourned, leaving other competitors such as
