Santorum Coulda Been the Right’s Contender in ’08
John McCain (R) for opposing some of the Bush tax cuts, they’ve lauded Santorum for shepherding those same tax cuts through the Senate.
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John McCain (R) for opposing some of the Bush tax cuts, they’ve lauded Santorum for shepherding those same tax cuts through the Senate.
GOP sources familiar with the Steering Committee said the move was intended to bolster Buchanan’s re-election bid and not meant as a slight at the Indiana lawmaker.
Mark Warner (D) was spotted in the Capitol on Wednesday, after meeting with Democratic leaders who are wooing him to run for Senate in 2008.
legislative scorecard rated safe Senate House *Defeated for re-election in 2006
Peter DeFazio, is insisting a 2008 Senate run is off the table, with ex-Gov.
Ben Nelson (Neb.) was the highest-ranking Senate Democrat, in the group’s view, finishing 46th of the 100 Senators. The lowest-ranking Senate Republican was Sen.
“We believe whether Baker runs for governor, Senate or seeks re-election, we believe he’s vulnerable.”
Senate campaign, as well as in the research department of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee prior to that.
Fortunately, a lot of behind-the-scenes action is under way in the Senate to get started on comprehensive immigration reform, but it remains to be seen whether a deal can really be cut by this summer
The founder of Stonyfield Farm, which makes the eponymous yogurt, decided Tuesday to forgo running for Senate.
In January — the last time Baker spokesman Michael DiResto responded to Roll Call inquiries about a Senate race — he said Baker is “grateful and encouraged that there are those who would support
and other events for many of their nearly two-dozen Senators facing re-election.
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee has recently added a half-dozen new staffers to its Democratic staff. Angela Becker-Dippmann, 32, will serve as a professional staff member.
Whoever wins that race — and a Democrat is heavily favored — must stand for re-election in the regular 2008 election.
“What I got out of it, at least for right now, is that he’s running for re-election to the Senate,” said a Republican operative based in Nebraska.
From a purely political standpoint, the revelations could be more damaging to Wilson than to Domenici, who has built up a tremendous amount of goodwill with New Mexico voters during his 35-year Senate
Jay Rockefeller (D), who is up for a fifth term next year, is said to be in the driver’s seat for re-election absent a challenge from Rep. Shelley Moore Capito (R).
“If we can avoid further retirements and re-elect our incumbents, we’re going to be roughly where we are” now.
In an interview Friday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said he was not certain whether he supported the legislation, but that he expected the Senate to approve it now that it has
With the GOP maintaining a unified front against Democratic efforts to end the Iraq War, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and other party leaders are abandoning efforts at crafting a bipartisan