Right after health care reform passed, we started hearing teabaggers and Republicans shouting for repeal. Now it looks like that might not be happening so much: Anxious backers of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul law are starting to see a flicker of hope. While polls show Americans remain sharply divided over the Democrats’ landmark […]
Just reading Eric Erickson’s post on RedState trying to spin NY-23 into a great victory, I can’t help but notice his closing: For all intents and purposes, NY-23 is a trial run for Florida. And in Florida, the conservative candidate is operating inside the GOP. If John Cornyn and the NRSC do not want to […]
The house that Rove and Mehlman built is crumbling hard: Arizona Republicans in a crowded House primary denounced the national GOP Tuesday for taking sides in the race. “They’re idiots,” one candidate said. The National Republican Congressional Committee last week backed a candidate in the primary, launching a $122,000 advertising campaign for state Rep. Steve […]
The heat is getting turned up: U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman (news, bio, voting record) should bow out of the November’s congressional race altogether after his defeat in Connecticut’s Democratic primary, a top Democrat said on Sunday. Lieberman, a three-term senator and Democratic vice presidential nominee in 2000, lost to political newcomer Ned Lamont in Connecticut […]