AUSTIN, Texas — Underdog candidates often will make risky, long-shot strategic moves in the final weeks of a campaign, attempting one last “Hail Mary” pass to shake up the race, but Democrat Wendy Davis’ latest ad attacking Republican Greg Abbott not only
Former Clinton administration Special Counsel Lanny Davis, blasted the president’s press team because they have “failed to get out in front of stories” on Friday’s “Kelly File” on the Fox News Channel. “I have said it myself, that President Obama
Friday on Fox News Channel’s, “Special Report,” The Weekly Standard’s Stephen Hayes pointed to a Real Clear Politics study that showed historically the vast majority of Senate candidates for the Democratic Party during President Obama’s tenure have ended up within
Incumbent Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA) and Republican challenger Rob Maness attacked no-show Republican Representative Bill Cassidy (R-LA) as much as they criticized each other at the first debate in the Louisiana U.S. Senate race held Thursday night at Dillard University. Most polls show
President Obama made his way to San Francisco’s Bay Area on Friday to continue raising funds for the Democratic Party, despite the fact that many in his party have been distancing themselves from him. Democrats are projected to lose control to
Former Democratic pollster Pat Caddell blasted the Republican Party for not making the president’s planned executive amnesty a national issue on Friday’s “Your World with Neil Cavuto” on the Fox News Channel. “The Republican Party, they’re not called the stupid
Friday in Iowa, first lady Michelle Obama messed up the name of Rep. Bruce Braley (D-IA) who running for U.S. Senate against Joni Ernst. During the rally the first lady twice said Bruce “Bailey.” “Go to vote.brucebailey.com,” she said, “That’s
In what came as a bit of a surprise in political circles, the Denver Post editorial board on Friday endorsed Republican Rep. Cory Gardner over Democrat incumbent Senator Mark Udall in the Colorado Senate race. Seeing a need for “fresh
Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS) is threatening to “shut down the Senate” if President Obama uses executive power to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and bring its terrorist prisoners to the U.S. “I stopped him once from trying
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), the ranking member of the Judiciary Committee, said President Barack Obama must consider the “harmful effects” his planned executive amnesty will have on American workers. In a Thursday letter to the White House, Grassley said, “I
CNN Chief Congressional Correspondent Dana Bash and Chief Political Analyst Gloria Borger criticized Democrat Senate candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes for her refusal to say whether she voted for President Obama during a discussion of the 2014 Senate races on CNN’s
Top Republicans are demanding First Lady Michelle Obama denounce what they are calling a “sexist, anti-mom” campaign from Democratic Rep. Gary Peters’ Senate campaign and Democratic allies. Peters’ GOP opponent Terri Lynn Land’s campaign points to a series of comments
A report based on campaign memos on Senate candidate Allison Lundergan Grimes’ (D-KY) position on guns shows that her pro-gun statements are canned, that she supports “strengthening background checks,” and has an unstated position on “closing the gun show loophole.”
On Friday’s “Morning Joe” on MSNBC, “Meet the Press” moderator Chuck Todd took aim at Democratic U.S. Senate hopeful Alison Lundergan Grimes dodge on whether or not she had voted for President Barack Obama in the two previous presidential elections.
Republican state House Speaker Thom Tillis charged that Sen. Kay Hagan (D-NC) and President Obama do not have a plan to keep the United States safe from Ebola Thursday evening, during the third North Carolina U.S. Senate debate. “The president
For the second time in as many months, Michael Bloomberg-funded Everytown for Gun Safety has given $1 million to the campaign for Initiative 594 in Washington state. On August 29, Breitbart News reported that Everytown gave its first million to the
A top Democratic pollster thinks Hispanic voters may sit out the 2014 midterm elections because President Barack Obama did not enact his executive amnesty by the end of the summer. Pollster Celinda Lake told The Hill that Democrats face “a big uphill
Since there is nothing more self-righteous than an addict who just got out of rehab, it was not surprising that Microsoft’s General Counsel Brad Smith at a Silicon Valley panel discussion on NSA surveillance would say, “You own your data.
AUSTIN, Texas — A United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, Corpus Christi Division, Nelva Gonzalez Ramos, has struck down Texas Senate Bill 14, the 2011 voter ID law, in an opinion released tonight. The Court’s finding was
The media may be reporting the quote verbatim, but Jeanne Shaheen’s message to barack Obama as she’s fighting to keep her Senate seat there couldn’t be more clear. Stay out of New Hampshire, Barack! Shaheen to MSNBC on whether or a
At the high-tech Cross Campus in Santa Monica on Thursday, President Barack Obama suggested that he is considering taking executive action to grant more guest-worker visas for high-tech companies. He said this even though there is a surplus of American
AUSTIN, Texas — State Senator Wendy Davis has a new radio ad recorded by First Lady Michelle Obama in support of her campaign for Texas Governor, and the script of the ad comes close to suggesting previous misrepresentations Davis was
Republican state House Speaker Thom Tillis’ campaign for U.S. Senate is wasting no time taking the news that Sen. Kay Hagan (D-NC) skipped a classified hearing dealing with threats to national security for a New York City cocktail fundraiser to
WICHITA, Kansas–“Ted Cruz came roaring into the Senate in 2012, a lot like a prairie fire,” Sen. Pat Roberts said, introducing Cruz to an audience here. Roberts pointed out that a prairie fire was just what Washington needed. “We have
House Democrats are pulling ads from a formerly competitive Northern Virginia House race, a sign that they are in triage mode as well-heeled outside groups pour money into Senate races instead, Roll Call reports. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee canceled
On Thursday, Jeh Johnson, the Department of Homeland Security secretary, said he and President Barack Obama were still committed to executive actions to potentially grant temporary amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants. During a question-and-answer session after his speech at
On Wednesday, Senate Democrats announced they were committing $1 million to defeat GOP candidate Mike Rounds in South Dakota. The race to succeed retiring Democrat Sen. Tim Johnson has long been assumed to be an easy pick-up for the Republicans.
Kansas Independent candidate for the U.S. Senate Greg Orman may not say much about precisely how he’ll vote if elected to the Senate, but at a press gaggle after the recent Johnson County Public Policy Forum in Overland Park, KS, he
After the Hagan campaign admitted that Sen. Kay Hagan (D-NC) missed a classified hearing on “worldwide threats” to U.S. national security for a New York City fundraiser, North Carolina Republicans are calling the incumbent “guilty of a taxpayer-funded cover-up.” Hagan
In its new ad attacking North Carolina GOP Senate candidate Thom Tillis, abortion lobby group NARAL depicts pro-life Susan B. Anthony List and its supporters as “anti-woman” woman molesters. In response to Susan B. Anthony List‘s (SBA List) new pro-life
A conservative group spoofing a video contest sponsored by MoveOn.or and MayDay.us is improbably leading in votes. The contest, organized by MayDay in partnership with MoveOn and other liberal groups, is aimed at finding a video about reducing “the corrupting
Sen. Kay Hagan’s (D-NC) campaign has revealed that the hearing Hagan admitted to missing for a fundraiser earlier this week was a classified hearing on “current and future worldwide threats” to national security that she missed in order to attend
That fact that North Carolina Republican Senate candidate Thom Tillis agreed to have George Stephanopolous moderate his most recent debate with Kay Hagan (and Norah O’Donnell from CBS moderate the first), makes me question his judgment. In Iowa, however, both
Tom Cotton has set a new fundraising record for the state of Arkansas and is out with an ad highlighting his military service. According to the Cotton campaign, the third quarter total set a new fundraising record for statewide candidates
Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS) has taken the lead in two new polls released on Wednesday as his opponent Greg Orman again endorsed amnesty for illegal immigrants during Wednesday’s debate. In a Fox News poll, Roberts leads Orman, the liberal Democrat
Akshai Bhatnagar, a field organizer for the Alison Grimes Senate campaign in Kentucky, wrote an article for the Johns Hopkins Politik Magazine in April of this year titled “Why Barack Obama’s New New Deal Depends on This Year’s Kentucky Senate
If Latino activists successfully recruit Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) to run for president, it will be a “nightmare” for Democrats, according to Numbers USA executive director Roy Beck. “Gutierrez running in the primaries would seem to be a nightmare for
There will be a new face at the third debate in the race for U.S. Senate in North Carolina, Thursday evening. The Libertarian candidate for U.S. Senate Sean Haugh, the pizza deliveryman who some believe could be a spoiler for
A new poll out of Michigan’s U.S. Senate race shows that GOP candidate Terri Lynn Land is within the margin of error against Democratic nominee Rep. Gary Peters (D-MI). The poll, conducted by Wenzel Strategies from Oct. 6 through Oct.
The Sisters of Mercy of Silver Spring, Maryland, have released a 2014 midterm election guide that urges voters to favor candidates who support amnesty, climate change, gun control, and Pentagon budget cuts. The election guide states: As sisters, associates, companions,
