Another hypocrite from the land of Tea Baggers: The editor of the Alaska Dispatch website was arrested by U.S. Senate candidate Joe Miller’s private security guards Sunday as the editor attempted to interview Miller at the end of a public event in an Anchorage school. Tony Hopfinger was handcuffed by the guards and detained in […]
You can tell it’s election season. Commercials are on the air and the robocalls are ringing off the hook. The yard signs are in full bloom along with the attack ads. But the biggest indicator that an election is nearing? More charges of Republicans using copyright material without permission: A company has sued Republican U.S. […]
Can you pick out the true Libertarian? Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, is out with a strong new statement going after conservative critics of the Islamic community center near ground zero that implicitly criticizes his own son, Kentucky Senate candidate Rand Paul. The background here is that Rand Paul has been on the record several times […]
Rand Paul used to claim he was a Libertarian, but now he is trying to distance himself from that association: Republican Rand Paul said Tuesday he differs with the Libertarian Party by opposing abortion and supporting judicious overseas troop deployment, distancing himself from the party his father once represented in a presidential election. The U.S. […]
Rachel Maddow started her show last night with Rand Paul, the Kentucky GOP Senate candidate. By the end of the 20-minute long interview, Rand Paul came off looking like some totally blabbering idiot. Jack Conway’s campaign must be thankful for this interview, as it has just given them a ton of information to use against […]
I’ve been reading this morning about Scott Ashjian, one of the 22 people running against Harry Reid. It looks like he is in some trouble: A Nevada asphalt contractor who faces a legal challenge to his Tea Party of Nevada candidacy for U.S. Senate was hit Friday with felony theft and bad check charges in […]
A new mailer has surfaced in the Massachusetts Senate race: This is absolutely brutal: Massachusetts Dems have dropped a mail piece accusing GOP Senate candidate Scott Brown of wanting hospitals to turn away “all” rape victims. The mail piece — sent over by the Brown campaign — shows pictures of women who are supposed to […]
Classy guy here: The spokesman for U.S. Senate candidate Rand Paul resigned Thursday after the campaign acknowledged that he maintained a page on a Web site that included racist remarks and suggested the government bore some responsibility for the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Christopher Hightower’s resignation came five hours after he told the […]
Bill Clinton was the last Democrat to win Georgia, so it’s fitting that he heads on down there and campaigns for Jim Martin. Well that’s exactly what he is going to do: Former President Bill Clinton will headline a rally for Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Jim Martin on Wednesday, the candidate’s campaign announced Saturday. Clinton […]
John Kerry has cancelled all his campaign appearences today in the wake of his botched joke: ABC news is reporting that Senator John Kerry has cancelled all appearances today – including a campaign stop in Philadelphia with Pennsylvania U.s. Senate candidate Bob Casey. President Bush and other Republicans have been demanding Kerry make an apology […]