A super PAC tied to the Koch brothers, Freedom Partners Action Fund, is spending $6.5 million on advertising across six states in what’s being framed as “closing arguments.” The ads shy away from hot button issues like immigration, or Ebola, instead seeking “to
Yesterday, Breitbart News reported on a new KSTP/SurveyUSA poll that has Democrat Al Franken leading Republican challenger Mike McFadden 53 to 38 percent. We later updated with a statement from the McFadden campaign. Additionally, subsequent research of our own casts further doubt on
Neither Barack Obama, nor another prominent Democrat, “Louisiana’s 6th Congressional District, former governor and federal felon Edwin W. Edwards,” managed to show up at what was billed as a large Louisiana event for Democrat Mary Landrieu, yesterday. While Landrieu appears to be
Update: The McFadden campaign has offered the following response to the survey. From Tom Erickson, McFadden for Senate spokesman, “If the guys at SurveyUSA really think that Democrat turnout in Minnesota will be higher than 2008 or 2012, then we’d like whatever
Ater an ISIS (or ISIL – Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant) threat against Rep Michele Bachmann emerged online last week, federal law enforcement took it seriously enough that Capitol Police have now assigned her a special security detail. An online
When Obama has lost liberal Al Hunt with his choice of Ron Klain for Ebola czar … well, you get the picture. I’ve know Ron Klain for years, respecting him as a smart operative who understands the nexus of politics
The Hill said it over four days ago, “Ebola has become the October surprise of this year’s midterm elections, with Democrats and Republicans doing battle over everything from restrictions on travel to the disposal of a victim’s remains.” ABC followed
WSDU News 6 reports on a controversial ad airing on several radio stations in Louisiana, one aimed at Democrat Mary Landrieu and perhaps Democrats as a whole. The ad claims that one in three babies aborted in America is black,
Perhaps in keeping with his self-proclaimed status as “Obama’s best friend,” or maybe thinking that the last thing the GOP should do before an election is show any real leadership from the one branch of government they actually do control,
Two new ominous polls for Democrats have both the party’s and the president’s numbers tanking just as we head into the stretch run for the November mid-terms. A Washington Post/ABC News poll released Wednesday has Obama’s job approval down to 40%,
The Washington Post headline may not say it all when it comes to the Senate race in Kentucky but it certainly says plenty. Alison Lundergan Grimes and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day Not only did the DSCC
In what’s shaping up to be a hotly contested race in New York’s 1st Congressional District – polls have the candidates tied, and even Speaker John Boehner traveled to NY to raise money for Republican Lee Zeldin – in an opening statement, Zeldin
As the GOP continues to struggle – more than many believe it should have to – to take control of the Senate this year, it’s worth remembering that goal was actually closer to realization in 2012 and today’s establishment GOP
According to ABC News, Gabby Giffords “has stepped squarely into the spotlight, appearing in campaign ads, becoming a talking point in debates and, at times, overshadowing the candidates themselves” in the battle for her former district. And that’s just her
Facing a tough election with an unpopular Democrat in the White House and an already less than motivated base, Democrats have now taken to blaming pollsters, a move that may be one part wishful thinking and twpo parts trying to
One would think that with a tough election battle between Republican Scott Brown and Democrat Jeanne Shaheen in New Hampshire, the chair of the New Hampshire Democratic Party, Raymond Buckley, would want college-aged voters upbeat and focused, as that bracket of
While not completely turning on the Democrat in the White House, in an interview with Salon, Democrat Senator Elizabeth Warren wasn’t exactly raving about his performance in the White House, either. In 2011 Vanity Fair suggested Warren had been “pushed
“2014 voters are hawkish,” according to J. Ann Selzer, after conducting an Iowa poll for The Des Moines Register and Bloomberg Politics. That can’t help but be more good news for a Republican Party as we move toward the November elections.
A funny thing happened on the way to the Governor’s mansion for Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber’s wife, Cylvia Hayes. While Hayes told Kitzhaber about two previous marriages, she failed to mention a third. And it looks like it was a
They tried to pass off Mary Landrieu’s last minute camapign shake up as just a bit of fine tuning. If that were true, it seems to have backfired, leaving her campaign off balance, with others left trying to hit the right
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
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
Mitt Romney was early in his endorsement of Iowa republican Joni Ernst, now, with a month left until election day, he’s returning to do two public events for her next week. Another recent Romney claim that he won’t be running
Some Democrats don’t want anyone named Obama anywhere near their races, according to the New York Times. “She’s awesome, but it just brings in the name Obama,” said a Democratic strategist in a state with a close Senate race, who,
It can hardly be called a ‘blitzkrieg,’ or lightening war, as Hillary Clinton has already been around forever, while showing no signs of going away; however, as Maggie Haberman points out in Politico, Hillary is upping her offense, whether you
While the media has been quick to carry Barack Obama’s mid-term water in pushing the notion that unemployment is down to “5.9% … its lowest level since 2008,” what they aren’t pointing out is how disastrous the Obama economy has
Barack Obama, with his sagging popularity, opened the door for the GOP when he recently suggested the November mid-terms are all about him. Now, Republicans are seizing on the comments in competitive races all over the country – including New
Having focused his campaign primarily on women’s issues and under a withering assault from Republicans for being soft on terrorism and national security, “Sen. Mark Udall (D-Colorado) launched a new TV ad Friday that touts his determination to defeat terrorist group ISIS.
A recording has surfaced demonstrating that Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s chief of staff, Paul Reagan extended a prospective job offer to a Democrat preparing to quit the General Assembly in June, “saying that the senator’s daughter might get a top state job
Perhaps Doug Clark of the News and Record simply woke up on the wrong side of bed, or maybe he felt like carrying a little water for Kay Hagan but this hit of his on Republican Thom Tillis doesn’t hold
With embattled Democrats already doing everything they can to make November’s election not about Barack Obama – given his terrible poll numbers – the Democrat-in-Chief’s ego appears to have gotten the best of him during an address at Northwestern University.
Tom Steyer’s NextGen Climate super PAC hit Florida Gov. Rick Scott on climate change and oil drilling with a less than honest bi-lingual ad, ironically enough, entitled “Fraud.” “… a Spanish-language TV ad running in the Miami area through Election Day,
Alison Lundergan Grimes’ campaigns touts it as the former president’s “first advertisement for a Senate campaign” in 2014. In fact, it was a video message from Bill that “officially kicked off her campaign last year” and he’s already made two
A new poll out from NH1 in New Hampshire has Republican Scott Brown moving from down by 7% to dead even in his race to unseat incumbent Democrat Senator Jeanne Shaheen. With just over a month to go until Election
The Powerline blog points out that even more or less friendly journalists were under whelmed by Democrat Al Franken’s performance in his first head-to-head debate with his Republican challenger businessman Mike McFadden. Seems like @MikeforMN had his coffee this morning. @AlFranken
Beleaguered Iowa Democrat Bruce Braley can’t seem to catch a break in what many assume has now gone from a sure win to a complete and total loss in his now uphill battle against surging Republican Joni Ernst. Just as
A new survey released by Louisiana State University Public Policy Research Lab indicates that Republicans are both following the news more closely and more likely to vote when it comes to the upcoming November elections. “Generally, in mid-term elections, Republicans
In Oregon, the Michael Bloomberg-funded gun control group, Everytown for Gun Safety is backing Democrat Gov. John Kitzhaber, while also trying to unseat state Sen. Bruce Starr, R-Hillsboro. Along with spending $22,000 to support Starr’s opponent, Democrat Chuck Riley, they also “reported
U.S. Sen. Mark Udall doubled down on his abortion rights rhetoric in attacking his Republican challenger U.S. Rep. Cory Gardner claiming it reflects Gardner’s career, while admitting it’s myopic, at best. U.S. Sen. Mark Udall defended the deluge of abortion rights-oriented
Democrats aren’t only running away from Barack Obama for the mid-term elections, they’re bailing on his so called signature legislation, the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, as well. New research from Elaine C. Kamarck and Alexander R. Podkulpaper of the Brookings