Despite previous hints that he might opt to decide to caucus with Republicans and incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell reaching out in an attempt to make that happen, Independent Sen. Angus King of Maine says he’ll be staying with
Politico tries to sum up what we may have learned from the 2014 mid-term elections. This gem somewhat stands out, even if it isn’t surprising — “… equal-sized majorities of yesterday’s electorate held unfavorable views of each party.” What may be
Looking at the poll averages for ten Senate races thought to be competitive going into this year’s mid-terms, 7 are leaning Republican, 2 tilt toward the Democrat and one, Kansas, gives a slight edge to the Independent candidate. By most
After spending much of her time keeping some distance between her and the Obama administration, as have most Democrats this cycle, North Carolina Democrat incumbent Sen Kay Hagan went up with a last minute Obama endorsement in the form of a
Republicans couldn’t beat Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012 but they’re banking on the third time being the charm. “This is not brain surgery,” said Republican strategist Ron Bonjean, who argued “it’s obvious Obama has become an anchor” for Democrats.
Democrat Mary Landrieu’s professed love for the oil industry and conservative social positions may not cost her an election she looks about ready to lose tomorrow in Louisiana … but those stances have cost her just the same. Large national
Some prominent Republicans seem to be feeling their oats, assuming what are sometimes infamously referred to as “RINOs” or Republicans in name only by the Conservative GOP base, eat oats, of course. Mitt Romney is merely channeling Jeb Bush here in
While it may come as a shock to some, especially NBC viewers, the latest numbers out from NBC News/Marist polls are not really out of line with the numbers we’ve been seeing from other established pollsters over the last two
North Carolina Democrats are taking to black churches today – and tomorrow for so called “Moral Monday” in an effort to drag Kay Hagan over the finish line before Republican Thom Tillis in North Carolina’s Senate race. Hagan is a
Newly released CNN/ORC International polls have the North Carolina and Iowa Senate races dead even going into the final weekend before election day. The slight differences are within the polls’ margin of error. Iowa Republican Joni Ernst leads Democrat Bruce
Louisiana Democrat Mary Landrieu has been lagging in the polls, causing many to view her injection of racial politics into her Senate race at the last minute something of a ‘Hail Mary’ move. “I’ll be very, very honest with you.
Just in time to co-exist with yet one more drubbing of Mark ‘Uterus’ Udall on women’s issues, this one from liberal female Margaret Carlson … Barack Obama is busy today and tomorrow confirming the Democrats need to super-motivate women to vote
Democrats weren’t thinking ahead in terms of preparing to protect Americans from Ebola, the White House and CDC have already admitted that. But the thought of deep pocketed Democrat donors ending up with egg on their faces on election night?
If you think you can’t wait for this year’s election to be over with, you might just have to wait just a bit beyond election day if you happen to live in North Carolina – that according to a new
How unpopular to the point of being toxic on the mid-term campaign trail is Barack Obama? This bad, according to CNN: ‘7 times Democrats wished Barack Obama would go away’. It’s almost like watching a chorus made up of the
A great many Republican House and Senate candidates may be staying away from talking immigration, or immigration reform this cycle, but not Jeb Bush. A funny thing happened on Jeb’s recent visit to Colorado to stump for Republican Cory Gardner
One can only assume that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid either thinks his Democrat donor base is dumb, or merely woefully out of touch. I doubt anyone believes Republicans want anything to do with impeaching Barack Obama at this point,
Apparently having learned nothing from complaints that they were flat broke when she and husband Bill left the White House backfiring so disastrously for her, now Hillary is whining about big money in politics – as if she and Bill’s
National Journal took at look at campaign donations this cycle and details what it describes as ” some of the most influential political donors in tech this cycle” here. At the same time, with so many options available to inject money into political
With a week to go before Kansas voters go to the polls, two new surveys indicate both the race for the governorship and the senate are in toss-up territory. “Democrat Paul Davis leads Gov. Sam Brownback 46 percent to 43
If the conventional wisdom has been Democrats in general are dissatisfied with Barack Obama and his administration, if anything, said dissatisfaction appears to be growing as we approach the mid-term elections. The complaints seen to be across several fronts, from
Democrat Mark Udall was so focused on abortion early on in his race to retain his seat in the senate, he made himself into a joke. And it wasn’t only among his opposition. See the Washington Post on October 13th,
Republican U.S. Rep. Bill Cassidy ‘s line of attack against Democrat Mary Landrieu in Louisiana hasn’t changed much throughout the race and the latest USA Today poll suggests it’s working, at least in the sense it may get Cassidy into a one-on-one run-off
Speaking after an event for Shaheen opponent, Republican Scott Brown, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said Democrat Jeanne Shaheen isn’t “a serious member” of the Senate Armed Services Committee, adding, “I don’t see her at very many of the hearings. I’ve not
Between his unfortunate youthful indiscretions and a reliance on purely a negative campaign, without providing any real reason to vote for him, once rising star Democrat Paul Davis is now falling back to earth in his bid to challenge incumbent conservative Republican
Hearing Democrat Bruce Braley’s perhaps trial lawyer-ishly emotionally charged story in an effort to connect with the middle class can be almost uncomfortable at times. He says he keeps an old pair of work boots from a Summer job as
To the chagrin of Senate Democrats now busy trying to run away from him, recently Barack Obama said they all had his back when it mattered. It turns out, Obama was right. A new CQ vote study shows vulnerable Senate
The AP points out how in Louisiana, both parties are employing the domestic Ebola outbreak in their political messaging this year. Democrats are trying to link the issue to Republican candidate for US Senate Bill Cassidy by suggesting his support for cost
This latest from Alaska Dispatch News seems curious, at best. Every recent major credible poll has Sullivan up by single digits. 2 new polls raise Begich hopes in US Senate race A string of recent polls through this week had
A new Hawaii News Now/Star Advertiser poll in Hawaii’s open 1st Congressional District has the race between Democrat Mark Takai and Republican Charles Djou all tied up. Some analysts believe the Repuiblican Djou may even have an edge given a
The Ending Spending Action Fund has upped the ante in Georgia with a new $1.3 million ad buy, hitting Democrat Michelle Nunn across three fronts: her deference to an ever more unpopular Obama; Nunn’s ultimately embarrassing attempt to use former President George
Transparency and a free press may not be among North Carolina Democrat Sen. Kay Hagan’s priorities as she struggles to hold onto her Senate seat. She and her campaign insist “Solardyne/Green State Power, a company co-owned by Sen. Hagan’s husband Chip
In the race to become Massachusetts next governor, Republican Charlie Baker leaped to a comfortable 9-point advantage over Democrat Martha Coakley, 45 – 36 percent. That, according to a new poll from the Boston Globe. A previous poll from just last week
Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz is certain that Barack Obama is campaigning to help Democrats retain control of teh Senate … she’s just not clear on where that may be happening. Reports Bloomberg, the Chairwoman insisted Obama “is campaigning
According to reports, Republican Bill Cassidy is hitting Democrat Mary Landrieu hard in a new ad based upon her weak record on immigration. That would certainly jibe with the latest from Cassidy’s official campaign blog. (Baton Rouge, La.) — Dr. Bill
Barack Obama called into Atlanta’s V 103 radio station Tuesday to support fellow Democrat Michelle Nunn on “The Ryan Cameron Morning Show with Wanda Smith.” During the call, Obama seemed to suggest that if she wins her Senate race against
According to one Democrat strategist quoted in this report, “The ineptitude of the White House political operation has sunk from annoying to embarrassing.” And they’re far from alone in the growing criticism of Obama’s White House. Most know of Michelle
Iowa Republican and Senate candidate Joni Ernst initially burst onto the political scene with an ad entitled “Squeal,” that went viral given it’s theme: “Joni grew up castrating hogs on an Iowa farm, so in Washington, she’ll know how to
It made big news recently when the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee announced it was pulling its ads out of Kentucky, where Alison Lundergan Grimes had been thought to have a good shot at knocking off incumbent Republican and Minority Leader, Mitch
Republican Cory Gardner now leads Democrat Mark Udall by 7 points, 46 – 39, in the race for the Senate in Colorado according to a new USA Today/Suffolk University poll. While Gardner has led in previous polls, he now looks to