Retirement ‘Wave’ Building Among House Republicans? The announcement Friday by former House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., that he will not seek re-election in 2008 capped a week in which three veteran House Republicans in a 24-hour span declared that the current 110th Congress would be their last. Hastert’s announcement — coupled with similar ones […]
It is funny how the Republicans have held the balance of Senate undecided by Allen’s wide loss, yet they are quick to jump on a win in OH-15, with over 20,000 votes still uncounted: With 20,000 ballots still uncounted and her lead just 2,835 votes, Republican Rep. Deborah Pryce yesterday declared victory over Democrat Mary […]
An article in today’s Washington Post discusses how Democrats are targeting their opponents and using past and present legal/ethical problems their competition has faced as issues in their campaigns. The article takes a slant towards painting the Democrats strategy as dangerous. This part in particular highlights that slant: Former Republican National Committee chairman Ed Gillespie […]
It look like Hastert is toast now. I just posted the video on Crooks and Liars of David Shuster saying they have sources saying it is no longer a matter of if, but when and who will tell Hastert he is gone. MSNBC is also now reporting that John Boehner and Deborah Pryce have called […]
It seems like every day we now get more and more people saying that the Republicans will most likely loose the House this fall: After a year of political turmoil, Republicans enter the fall campaign with their control of the House in serious jeopardy, the possibility of major losses in the Senate, and a national […]