Blackwell has been declared the winner in the Ohio Republican Governor Primary: Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell won the GOP nomination for governor Tuesday after campaigning as the best candidate to deliver his party from a year of polical scandals. With more than half of precincts reporting, Blackwell led Attorney General Jim Petro with 55 […]
The phase 2 report into the pre-Iraq war intelligence failure is still being stonewalled by Senate Intelligence chairman Pat Roberts: Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), who chairs the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, said he wants to divide his panel’s inquiry into the Bush administration’s handling of Iraq-related intelligence into two parts, a move that would […]
Historically voter turn out has decreased every year in our country. Mid-term elections have taken even a harder hit on participation then presidential elections. So why should this year be any different? Well first off, the last time there was a spike in a mid-term election turn out was in 1994, when the Republicans had […]
Bush is proving to be an even greater liability to the Republican party. Intense and widespread opposition to President Bush is likely to be a sharp spur driving voters to the polls in this fall’s midterm elections, according to strategists in both parties, a phenomenon that could give Democrats a turnout advantage over Republicans for […]
This right here should be enough to spark an investigation into every single election since Bush was appointed President in 2000: Key figures in a phone-jamming scheme designed to keep New Hampshire Democrats from voting in 2002 had regular contact with the White House and Republican Party as the plan was unfolding, phone records introduced […]
This is just horrible. Atrios has a piece up talking about how Republican Rep. Curt Weldon has decided to challenge his Democrat opponent, retired Adm. Joe Sestak, by questioning his choice in hospitals for their five year old daughter who is recovering from a brain tumor. Read the piece here – it shows you how […]
It looks like there is dissent amongst the GOP ranks Raw Story is reporting: At least four Republican members of Congress are calling on the House Republican leadership to hold a floor debate on the Iraq war, and are holding a press conference today, RAW STORY has learned. The GOP members will announce that they […]
Awww the chameleon got booed today: Sen. John McCain (news, bio, voting record) threatened on Tuesday to cut short a speech to union leaders who booed his immigration views and later challenged his statements on organized labor and the Iraq war. “If you like, I will leave,” McCain told the AFL-CIO’s Building and Construction Trades […]
Let me set the stage. A dark background with a constant thumping much like a heart beat. Loud crashes come through as you hear sound bites of George Bush vowing to “protect” the American people. This is the start of the RNC’s new ad to attack Democrats and it is great. The highlight of the […]
This is no April Fool’s day joke. Zogby has their latest tracker poll up for the Senate and Gubernatorial races on the Wall Street Journal’s site and things are looking really good for the Democrats. First off let’s cover the Senate races. Below is a picture of how things are starting to look in the […]