Hoyer Expects Democrats to Lose Seats but Hold Majority
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) predicted Sunday that Democrats will retain a majority in the House after the November elections.
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District Polls Are Troubling Signs for Democrats
First, make the midterm elections a choice between the two parties rather than a referendum on Obama, and second, demonize Republican challengers, thereby making them unacceptable to voters.
Democrats Hopeful Majority Won’t Slip Away
Monday that showed a 10 percentage-point edge for Republicans among registered voters, the largest generic ballot lead the GOP has ever enjoyed in Gallup’s history of conducting such polling ahead of midterm
Even Veteran Members Will Struggle to Win
[IMGCAP(1)]Kelly, first elected in 1994, had only one tough race (in 1996) before she was upset in 2006. In the two elections before her defeat, she drew 67 percent and 70 percent.
Hoyer Confident Democrats Will Contain Electoral Losses
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer confidently painted a rosy picture Thursday of House Democrats’ prospects in the midterm elections.
Connolly: Rangel Matter Is Sad and Isolated Case’
Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) on Thursday, some House Democrats are downplaying the effect the case could have on the November elections.
GOP Gains Weren’t Always Inevitable This Year
May 2009, my newsletter, the Rothenberg Political Report, noted that “small Republican gains would seem the most likely outcome” of the midterms, adding that the House “is not at risk in next year’s elections
We Don’t Need a DNC Lecture on Midterms
Party got slaughtered in Clinton’s first midterm.
President Obama, Welcome to Bush’s World
[IMGCAP(1)]It has been four months since Greenberg’s article, “Disaster Relief: How to Avoid a Repeat of 1994,” appeared, but there is no sign of a Democratic turnaround on the horizon — only more
Omnibus Spending Bill Recalls Obey Reform
Obey would purposely seek in his final term in Congress, especially given his remarkable distinction as the last chairman to deliver all regular appropriations bills into law, separately and on time, in 1994
Nation: Gallup Poll Shows New High for Republican Enthusiasm
More Republicans tell Gallup pollsters that they’re more eager to vote this year than for any of the other recent midterm elections.
In the Delta, Everyone’s Buzzing About Barbour
Barbour, who currently chairs the Republican Governors Association, chaired the Republican National Committee from 1993 to 1997, putting him at his party’s helm during the 1994 midterm elections,
Recess Not Playtime for Nervous Incumbents
“The issue in the November elections,” Alexander continued, “is going to be whether to elect more Republicans to put a check and balance on an overreaching Washington government.”
House Overview: Money Can’t Fix What’s Broken for Democrats
After two consecutive change elections in which Democrats won more than 50 seats and took control of the House, we’re headed for another one.
Democrats Not Getting Much Primary Help
Democratic Senators and strategists argue that the midterm campaign is anti-incumbent across the board, although they concede that their party faces political headwinds with unique challenges.
Seniority Is Getting Little Respect
Both men in recent weeks have dramatically ramped up their fundraising efforts for colleagues who will decide the likely contest after the midterm elections. On Appropriations, Rep.
Obey Gavels Hill Career to a Close
The move surprised even senior Democrats, outside the top leaders, and amounts to a severe morale knock to a party already facing grim midterm elections losses.
Illinois Race Presents Peril for Durbin
Bob Kerrey (Neb.), the DSCC chairman during the cycle immediately following the GOP wave of 1994, said electoral politics, including the looming 2012 presidential contest, could influence intra-Conference
Van Hollen: Democrats to Once Again Run as Party of Change
Van Hollen waved off comparisons to the midterm elections of 1994, when insurgent Republicans channeled popular dissatisfaction with Democratic control to knock off 54 Democrats and win back the