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Immigration and the Politics of Impeachment

Immigration and the Politics of Impeachment

President Barack Obama’s surrogates are talking up his own impeachment, ginning up his base for the midterms. It can make some wonder if he’s intentionally pushing forward to create a constitutional crisis for political gain later this year and a

Immigration Politics Now Driving 2014 Mid-Terms

From Michigan, to Arkansas, where even Left-leaning PPP polling has the Democrat Pryor under 40%, immigration politics and something of an anti-amnesty fever appears to be sweeping the country courtesy of the current border crisis. PPP’s newest Arkansas Senate poll

Will David Patterson Do In Mitch McConnell?

Harrodsburg, KY police officer and Libertarian candidate David Patterson is getting into the Kentucky Senate race. Ken Moellman, state chairman of the Libertarian Party, said Tuesday that a signature drive for Patterson has collected more than 9,000 signatures. He said

Newt Gingrich: Make Midterms Referendum on Immigration

Newt Gingrich: Make Midterms Referendum on Immigration

On Tuesday’s “Laura Ingraham Show,” former House Speaker Newt Gingrich argued the issue of immigration would be politically advantageous for Republicans, especially in this Fall’s midterm elections. Gingrich predicted that executive amnesty by President Barack Obama could be lead to a

Feminists Get Obama to Sue Pennsylvania

Feminists Get Obama to Sue Pennsylvania

A slightly lower pass rate for women on a physical fitness test has prompted the Obama administration to sue the Pennsylvania State Police. This lawsuit is obviously demanded by the feminists, since their ideology is that, if women cannot do

Chris McDaniel: I Beat Thad Cochran by 25,000 Votes

Chris McDaniel: I Beat Thad Cochran by 25,000 Votes

Six weeks after the primary runoff election, Mississippi State Sen. Chris McDaniel is launching his formal legal challenge of the election results, saying the evidence is so conclusive that he will be calling for courts to recognize him as the

Elan Carr and the Rise of the 'Jewish GOP'

Elan Carr and the Rise of the 'Jewish GOP'

With Eric Cantor’s shocking loss to David Brat in Virginia in June, the time has never been more ripe–or more urgent–for a new Jewish Republican voice in Washington. Can California help? Jews voting Republican? Who would’ve thought? Yet an increase

Pat Roberts Pushed Legislation for Which His Son Lobbied

Pat Roberts Pushed Legislation for Which His Son Lobbied

Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS) has pushed legislation that his son has lobbied for as a paid lobbyist, Breitbart News has learned. Back in 2002, David Roberts–Sen. Roberts’ son–lobbied for Kansas State University at the lobbying firm Van Scoyoc Associates, Inc.,

Daily Beast: McConnell Fails to Heal Tea Party Wounds

Daily Beast: McConnell Fails to Heal Tea Party Wounds

Editors note : The spring primary between Mitch McConnell and Matt Bevins caused a breech with grassroots groups because of the vitriol. The Daily Beast reports on the ongoing divide. The Senate minority leader, long reviled among many on the

Third Party Threatens GOP Senate Dreams

Third Party Threatens GOP Senate Dreams

With Obama’s poll numbers worse today than they were in 2010, Republicans seemed poised for an historic sweep in November’s midterm elections. A switch of just 6 seats in the Senate, where Democrats are defending almost twice as many seats,

Mitt Romney's comeback

The Washington Post notes that President Obama is about as welcome as a walking, talking root canal on the Democrat campaign trail, while Republicans can’t get enough of Mitt Romney: Over three days in mid-August, Romney will campaign for GOP

Carr Supporters Track Alexander Bus Tour

Carr Supporters Track Alexander Bus Tour

Incumbent Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) won’t debate his primary challenger, state Sen. Joe Carr, so Carr supporters are trying to bring the debate to him. At a series of recent campaign stops, a group of Carr supporters have been showing