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A Georgia-based group investigating voter fraud says it has documented 25 fraudulent voter applications out of approximately 85,000. The numbers are fueling a war of words between two sides in the ongoing investigation. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Investigators backed away Wednesday

Rush Limbaugh spokesperson  Brian Glicklich claims the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is “lying” about Limbaugh’s recent remarks on sexual abuse in “a disturbing and cynical attempt to fund-raise from the serious problem of sexual abuse.” On Tuesday, DCCC Chairman Steve Israel

With both a nod to the younger set and also continuing to portray Alaska Democrat Mark Begich as one of them, as in D.C., not us to Alaskans, Alaska Republican Dan Sullivan is out with a new ad featuring an

For months, the GOP consulting class has been relentlessly and primarily beating the ObamaCare drum despite calls from the grassroots and news outlets, most especially Breitbart News that the ground was shifting and it was time to broaden the message.

Per a report in the Washington Post, “Republicans are far more enthusiastic than Democrats to vote this fall and that gap will likely mean a major GOP turnout edge.” The analysis is based upon several recent polls and while the

It should be noted that the poll is from Democrat-aligned Public Policy Polling but if the numbers prove out, the establishment GOP that threw everything it had at propping up an aging Pat Roberts in Kansas during a bruising primary

SkyBridge Capital’s Anthony “Mooch” Scaramucci, one of Romney’s biggest Wall Street backers in 2012, thinks that Mitt’s still in position to run under certain conditions. He predicts that “Romney would ultimately end up running if other establishment favorites like former

As we approach the November mid-term elections, voters “remain frustrated and unhappy” with the Obama economy. According to Politico, “By every measure in the survey, a gloomy mood still pervades the electorate when it comes to kitchen-table issues.” That can’t

One need only Google Rove and ObamaCare to see how loudly and consistently Republican strategist Karl Rove has been pushing it as the issue to run on in the mid-term elections. Rove even took to the pages of the Wall

With two individuals beheaded by Islamic State group ISIS, journalists James Foley and Steven Sotlof, having ties to New Hampshire, the issue of confronting the terrorist group has emerged as a major one in the Senate race in New Hampshire. The

A new CNN/ORC International poll just out had Republican Scott Brown in a dead heat with Democrat Sen Jeanne Shaheen in New Hampshire. The non-partisan poll should be considered more reliable than one the DSCC will soon be pushing.  The

According to Roll Call, in states where “the president’s popularity is sunk … Senate Democrats are well aware of the anchor President Barack Obama is proving to be in the midterms” and are basing much of their strategy around it, or perhaps

Retiring Senator Tom Harkin, a prominent and long-time progressive, made it clear he isn’t necessarily on Team Hillary, although the former Secretary of State did headline his final annual Steak Fry as a Senator. Harkin, who is retiring after 30

It’s not unfair to say that Obama used the often manipulative tactic of creating expectations to get himself elected once, if not twice to America’s highest elected office. It’s all but impossible to find anything comparable to Obama’s now infamous

The L.A. Times calls Fwd.us founder Joe Green Mark Zuckerberg’s political wingman.  Tonight Zuckerberg’s “wingman” fired off a shot in an on going debate, or is it a debate Mark Zuckerbeg appears too afraid to engage. The back and forth began when

When asked by ABC’s Dan Harris if he’d consider a run for the Oval Office, former president and CEO of Ford Motors Alan Mulally didn’t make a point of saying he would not one day seek the highest elected office in the

New Mexico Senate candidate Allen Weh was the first candidate this cycle to feature radical Islamic terrorist group ISIS in a campaign spot back in August. Now others, including prominent Republicans, are following his lead as what many view as Obama’s

Citing ongoing legal battles with his ex-wife, South Carolina GOP Rep Mark Sanford announced the end of his engagement to Argentine fiancee, Maria Belen Chapur. In a rambling, nearly 2,400-word post on his Facebook page, Sanford blamed a custody battle between him

Louisiana Democrat Sen. Mary Landrieu is out with a new ad touting her alleged hard line on immigration, said hard line being a fence. She’s claiming her Republican opponent, U.S. Rep. Bill Cassidy is soft on immigration. Unfortunately, Landrieu called a border

U.S. Sen. Mark Warner put out an endorsement announcement that included Appomattox County Sheriff Barry Letterman and Nelson County Sheriff David Brooks. The problem is, neither are endorsing Warner and they aren’t exactly being quiet about it, now – especially Brooks.

The rise of ISIS and the 13th anniversary of 9/11 are heightening security concerns in Washington, especially for tomorrow, the anniversary itself. Some Senate staff were told to keep their car keys and wallets on their person at all times

Sen. Mark Begich (D-Alaska) has been attacking his republican opponent, claiming he has weak ties to Alaska given that he resided in the DC area while working for former president George Bush. Those attacks may be brought into question now

According to a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll, the growing unpopularity of Barack Obama and concern for the nation’s future are crushing any hope Democrats may have had to hold onto the Senate in November’s midterm elections. The poll

Citing “numerous complaints about voter applications” submitted by the Democrat-aligned New Georgia Project, Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp “is investigating allegations of forged voter registration applications and demanding records from a voter registration group with ties to one of the state’s

Don’t blame us, the headline is right out of Bloomberg News: “Democrats See South as No Country for White Men in Senate.” Talk about your southern strategy … Bloomberg explains why we are seeing mostly female Democrat candidates in the

With Barack Obama now publicly backing away from executive action, or perhaps an amnesty for illegal immigrants until after November, anyone watching the mid-term elections closely has to admit that the border crisis and the amnesty issue is now a

When not sitting behind closed door at a big dollar Democrat fundraiser, First Lady Michelle Obama told Georgia Democrats – and school children – it was time to “step up” during her recent visit to the state. It was unclear

What with the on going rise in Islamic extremism, including ISIS and as new information conties to break regarding past events in Benghazi, the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee has decided to take up something extremely important to fulfill a

Many in media seem to have spent the first week of September trying to tamp down talk of a big GOP wave in November. Not Stu Rothenberg of Roll Call, who has been watching Washington politics forever. While the current

In an exclusive interview with Breitbart News, Janice Leahy, the primary source for what clearly amounts to a Time hit piece on Republican Senate candidate Scott Brown, claims she was “duped” and “taken advantage of” by Time journalist Jay Newton-Small. Leahy