As America Votes, It’s All Over but the Shouting
That doesn’t mean that the size of the Republican wave was inevitable, but it does mean that all of the Democratic spin turned out to be little more than hot air.
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Lehman: GOP Grasps Reality Despite Shades of ’94
This year, our excitement is tempered by the reality of the difficult tasks that lay ahead and our institutional awareness (completely lacking in 1994) that governing is not a simple job.
Competing Polls Show Alaska Senate Race Wide Open
Still, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee is set to play in this race for the first time, going up with new ads for McAdams at the last minute.
Palin Limits Stage Time With Senate Candidates
early this month.
Heard on the Hill: Hold the Phone
LaHood then delivered his news: Provo, Utah, in the Congressman’s district, has been awarded a $500,000 federal grant to support air service at the city’s municipal airport.
Larsen Keeps It Local to Fight the GOP Tide
‘In a year like this, I think this grass-roots effort that we’re doing is the little engine that could for us,’ Larsen said as he walked from one house to another.
Big Gulf Between Parties on Spending Strategies
In Kentucky’s 6th district, challenger Andy Barr went on the air in August, while the NRCC went up with an ad Sept. 12. Rep.
Kaufman on Daily Show’: Senate Works as Designed
Stewart joked at the end of the interview, “So if I may sum up, the system is corrupt and broken — exactly as it’s designed to be.”
PACs Collect Millions From Workers’ Paychecks
“Whether it is positive legislation that we are trying to influence or negative legislation, the only way to participate in this way is through a political action committee.”
Pelosi Bemoans Secret Money From God Knows Where’
conservative third-party groups have poured into this year’s election.
HOH’s One-Minute Recess: Just Like Reel Life
In the end, Brandon is too good of a soul for politics — he drops out of the race when he realizes his nerdy, unpopular opponent is the better man for the job.
GOP May Finally Land White Whale Marshall in Georgia
‘Not One of These Nut Cases’ While polling on the race is mixed, the amount of money being invested is a sure sign that this district is very much in play.
Axelrod: We Didn’t Do Enough to Sell Agenda
Axelrod said the state of play in Democratic races “is about what I expected to be” two weeks before the Nov. 2 elections.
Race’ Takes On New Meaning in Nevada Contest
Bowing to pressure from Hispanic leaders, the Spanish language television network Univision decided not to air it.
Bishop’s Bacon Might Not Save Him in GOP Wave
‘I think a lot of the change that we’ve asked for, we’ve realized now that this is not the change we want.
Ex-Rep. Nathan Deal Paid $245,000 to Aide’s Wife
The company is now in his wife’s control.
Hodes Finding Winds of Change Blow Both Ways
The confrontation is brief and intense, but it exemplifies the challenge for this Democrat, who is asking an increasingly frustrated New Hampshire electorate to reward his four years in Congress
Obama Boosts Infrastructure — but Too Late
So do I. [IMGCAP(1)]Sadly, the politics of winning-through-infrastructure is turning terrible, with public investment of all kinds increasingly dismissed as mere “spending” or “pork.”
Shea-Porter Hopes for Surprise
‘I made a mistake,’ he said Tuesday morning, again declining to explain the source of the funds, this time while seated inside a Manchester breakfast fundraiser for a local state Senate candidate
GOP Tries to Capitalize on Expanding House Field
Mark Schauer’s Michigan district is set to become the first contest to top the $1 million mark in terms of committee IE spending; the NRCC hit $999,000 there this week. Freshman Democratic Rep.