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Desperate Democrats Resort to Scare Tactics

Faced with an increasingly unpopular president and finding themselves on the wrong side of the issues, most especially, immigration, Democrats are reaching back for what amounts to little more than a scare tactic that reeks of desperation that will likely

Kay Hagan: Promises, Promises When it Comes to Obama

North Carolina Sen. Kay Hagan found herself in the unfortunate position of being photographed with an unpopular President Obama at an American Legion event today and did her best to try and put some distance between them, despite the embrace.

Should the House and Senate Work Five Days a Week?

Rep. Rick Nolan (D-Minn.) wants the House and Senate  to work five days a week, as opposed to current practice. It also calls for the House to return to “regular order” and involves arcane processes likeyl never thought of by

Church of Scientology Hosts Hill Staffers

Citing legislative issues on which it usually works, the Church of Scientology is expanding its efforts and holding a “first-of-its-kind breakfast for congressional staffers, giving workers at the Capitol a chance to check out its Washington digs”. “Of course we

Iowa Senate Race A Dead Heat

In what’s now considered a “key Senate race”, one in which Republican Joni Ernst initially wasn’t even supposed to be competitive, Ernst and the Democrat’s new John Edwards, Bruce Braley are now all tied up. PPP’s newest Iowa Senate poll

Udall, DSCC Hit Cory Gardner with Spanish Language Ad in Colorado

Colorado incumbent Mark Udall and the DSCC are out with a Spanish-language ad attacking Republican Cory Gardner on, of all topics, veterans‘ issues. Reportedly, the buy is well up in the six-figure range and will run through Election Day. The

Udall, DSCC Hit Cory Gardner with Spanish Language Ad in Colorado

Democrats at Odds with Obama over Executive Amnesty

If you want to know where a Democrat stands on the issue of immigration, all you need ask is if they have to face the voters in less than a deep blue state in November. With Obama contemplating what would

Democrats at Odds with Obama over Executive Amnesty

Mary Landrieu Hit for Living the High Life on Taxpayer Dollars

Following up on several news reports, the organization Keep Louisiana Working (KLW) is hitting Mary Landrieu for using Senate funds for her campaign flights. According to KLW Executive Director Emily Cornell, “As Sen. Landrieu admits to more and more private flights billed

Trump Endorses Brown in New Hampshire

Businessman Donald Trump took to his Twitter account Tuesday to endorse Republican Scott Brown in the New Hampshire GOP primary election, citing what Trump claimed is Brown’s ability to win against incumbent Democrat Jeanne Shaheen.   .@SenScottBrown is the most

Hagan Stuck Between a Hard Place and Obama

North Carolina Democrat Kay Hagan has a tough decision to make and any chance for re-election to the Senate may hang in the balance. Does she appear with Barack Obama “a critical audience she’s trying to woo: Veterans,” or pass and

New York Times Ignores Immigration Issue in Mid-Terms

The New York Times would like you to believe that immigration is not the significant issue it now clearly is in the mid-term elections and instead wants to focus on an issue that is marginally divisive for Republicans – the

Iowa May Cost Dems the Senate

The Hill reports, Democrat party “increasingly worries (Iowa) could be the tipping point for Senate control,” as Rep. Bruce Braley continues to mostly fail and now flail in an effort to hold off the surging campaign of Republican Joni Ernst. Recent

Many ObamaCare Enrollees Subject To Unexpected Tax Bite

Experts are projecting that perhaps as many as 2.3 million households “that received tax credits to help pay for their health insurance under Obamacare will lose all or a portion of their expected 2014 tax refunds.” If their actual 2014 income ends

Friday News Dump: Feds Unveil New Birth Control Mandate

The problem with ObamaCare isn’t just that it’s the so called law of the land, said law seems to keep changing in reaction to events and court rulings until not even “we have to pass it to see what’s in

Friday News Dump: Feds Unveil New Birth Control Mandate

Nashua Telegraph Carrying Shaheen's Water on Outsourcing?

A series of emails shared exclusively with Breitbart News by sources within the Scott Brown campaign and the curious timing of a coming Nashua Telegraph story may cause some to wonder if Democrat Jeanne Shaheen isn’t outsourcing her campaign’s opposition

West Virginia Turning Into A Republican Route?

With their latest poll showing Republican U.S. Rep. Shelley Moore Capito up over West Virginia Secretary of State Natalie Tennant (D) 50 – 33, Rasmussen asks, “Is the West Virginia Senate race turning into a rout?”, perhaps Tennant having Elizabeth Warren

Mitt Romney Helping Paul Ryan Promote Pro-Amnesty Book

Mitt Romney and his former running mate, Paul Ryan, will be making their first public appearance together since losing to Obama/Biden two years ago. Ryan is traveling the country to promote a book and is also said to be considering a run for the

Mitt Romney Helping Paul Ryan Promote Pro-Amnesty Book

Brown Erases Double Digit Gap With Shaheen

How unpopular are Democrats this cycle? This unpopular. Last month, Brown trailed Shaheen in the WMUR Granite State Poll by 12 points. The new poll shows Shaheen leading brown by 2 points, 46 percent to 44 percent. While Barack Obama’s

Iowa's Bruce Braley – The John Edwards of 2014

Iowa Democrat and Senate candidate Rep Bruce Braley continues to devolve into something of a political caricature. It’s gotten so bad even The Daily Beast has taken note. A new ad out from America Rising reveals Braley’s inspiration for getting

Romney: Obama's Mistakes and Errors Worse Than I Expected

Speaking to Barack Obama’s tenure in office today, Mitt Romney said “It’s been a good deal worse than even I expected. I was not a big fan of the president’s policies, as you know, either domestically or internationally. But the results of

Romney: Obama's Mistakes and Errors Worse Than I Expected

Gary Peters Plays Both Sides of Energy Debate for Dollars

Thanks to recent financial disclosures, Michigan Congressman and Senate candidate Gary Peters has been caught playing every side of the energy debate in ways that benefit his campaign coffers, as well as his own pocket. From here, it only gets worse

McFadden Keeps it Light While Going After Franken

In Minnesota, Republican Mike McFadden is keeping it light, while going after incumbent Democrat Al Franken and also linking him to an unpopular president and Obamacare in the process. He’s reportedly backing the ad with a six figure statewide buy.

USDA Standards Driving Up School Lunch Prices

According to an Oklahoma school district nutritionist Amy Herrold, thanks to USDA standards, her district is “required to provide an extra serving of fruit at breakfast. Last year,” says Herrold, “we started taking steps to raise average meal prices by

McConnell In Another Bloomberg Controversy

The National Rifle Association just sent out a non-candidate approved mailer in Kentucky stating, “‘Senator Mitch McConnell will stop the “gun control agenda” of President Obama and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’”. So far, so good. Unfortunately, the

Democrat's War on Women Focuses on Joni Ernst

Democrats talk a good game when it comes to women’s issues … until one dares to run for office with an “R” for Republican after her name. As Time points out regarding their attacks on Joni Ernst, Democrats are “trying

Al Franken Vulnerable in Minnesota

According to  University of Minnesota political scientist Larry Jacobs, “Al Franken’s gonna have a fight on his hands. I don’t think there’s any doubt about that.” Jacobs is also director of the school’s Center for the Study of Politics and Governance.

Hillary Likes The High $ Life

The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports on Hillary Rodham Clinton’s penchant for the high life, often at the expense of groups who want to hear her speak priot to what many believe will be a run for the Oval Office in 2016. Reportedly,

Liberia Fears Ebola Spread After Clinic Looting

Residents of a Liberian slum have looted a quarantined clinic for patients suspected of carrying the deadly virus, carrying off items including “bloody sheets and mattresses,” now officials fear “Ebola could soon spread through the capital’s largest slum.” The facility

Liberia Fears Ebola Spread After Clinic Looting

Vulnerable Democrats Turn on Obama over Immigration

Vulnerable Democrats who have to face the American people, as well as Republicans in this Fall’s elections, are warning Obama to go slow when it comes to taking executive action on illegal immigration. “This is an issue that I believe

Vulnerable Democrats Turn on Obama over Immigration

Joni Ernst Says She Was Sexually Harassed in the Military

Republican State Sen. and now candidate for the U.S. Senate Joni Ernst says she experienced sexual harassment in the military and is breaking with her party and the Pentagon on how such cases should be handled. She is not, however,

Team Clinton Courting Julian Castro for Veep?

In what some believe may be the Clinton’s courting of a prominent Hispanic to become Hillary’s running mate in her anticipated 2016 bid for the presidency, “former president Bill Clinton invited Julian Castro, a former San Antonio mayor and incoming

McFadden Calls for Obama, Congress to Return to DC

Fresh off his primary win and now facing off against Democrat Al Franken, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mike McFadden is calling for both Barack Obama and Congress to return to Washington to deal with the ongoing immigration crisis, as well

Is Andrew Hemingway the New Face of a GOP with a Future?

A tech savvy accomplished entrepreneur with one foot in the Tea Party and the other in the so called GOP establishment, having run Newt Gingrich’s New Hampshire campaign in 2012, Andrew Hemingway is making noise in NH’s Republican gubernatorial primary –

Immigration Now Driving Michigan Senate Race

In state after state, the immigration issue is emerging as the defining issue in the 2014 mid-terms. Now, Michigan is no exception thanks to a video of Democrat Gary Peters that surfaced two weeks ago. Contrasted with other video, Peters is

Washington Post, HuffPo Reporters Arrested, Released in Ferguson

Reporters with both the Washington Post and Huffington Post were detained and allegedly roughed up by police in Ferguson, Mo tonight, according to multiple reports. Both chronicled their ordeal via social media and the Washington Post’s executive editor has released

Braley Blowing It In Iowa

Democrat Bruce Braley started out with a solid lead, 6 – 12 depending upon the poll. At the beginning of the year the conventional wisdom was that he was a stellar candidate in all but a can’t lose position.  That’s

Military Theme Dominating Iowa Senate Campaign Air War

Republican Joni Ernst is up with a second TV ad for the general election, see below. It’s “a 30-second spot called “Service.” It features the candidate herself saying: “I believe in service and Iowans helping Iowans. During emergencies like floods, people