Rothenberg rates Massachusetts a toss-up
TweetFrom the non-partisan Rothenberg Political Report: Democratic desperation and other compelling evidence strongly suggest that Democrats may well lose the late Senator Edward Kennedy’s Senate seat...
View ArticleBay state stunner — but will Dems learn?
TweetLast week, I worried about a tight Senate race in Massachusetts, recalling Hugh Hewitt's mantra, "If it's not close, they can't cheat." Today, a huge voter turnout decisively handed "the people's...
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Are Republicans listening?
TweetLarry Kudlow shares my concern about whether the GOP leadership understands the lesson of the Miracle in Massachusetts. And he notes that Scott Brown owes much of his success to campaigning as a...
View ArticleTurnout, turnout, turnout
TweetJohn Whitesides of Reuters said that Democrats were "heartened" by the primary results in Colorado: Democratic Senator Michael Bennet's primary win in Colorado bucked a national anti-incumbent...
View ArticleMcMahon body-slams Blumenthal
TweetThe first debate between Connecticut Senate candidates Linda McMahon and Dick Blumenthal included a couple of minutes that, by all rights, should seal a McMahon victory. But then, I don't...
View ArticleSupport the earmark moratorium
Tweet*** UPDATE (11/15): Sen. McConnell has felt the heat and seen the light. *** Next Tuesday, we'll find out how many Republican senators have learned the lesson of the last four years. That's when...
View ArticleMcConnell backs earmark moratorium
TweetSen. Mitch McConnell has felt the heat and seen the light: If the voters express themselves clearly and unequivocally on an issue, it’s not enough to persist in doing the opposite on the grounds...
View ArticleGOP senators approve earmark ban
TweetSenate Republicans adopted Sen. Jim DeMint's two-year moratorium on earmarks Tuesday, challenged Democrats to do likewise, and called on the President to veto any bill containing earmarks. Two...
View ArticleMaking felons out of bloggers
TweetCopyright law in this country is already pretty screwed up, and it's obvious that the entertainment industry has Washington wrapped around its little finger. But who would have thought that a bill...
View Article1000 days without a budget
TweetTea Party Patriots reminds us that as of today, the U.S. Senate has failed to perform one of its primary functions for nearly three full years (emphasis in original): Today marks the 1000th day...
View ArticlePreparing to embrace defeat
TweetSenate minority leader Mitch McConnell thinks that even if the Republicans take control of the Senate, repealing Obamacare will be hard and the odds are against it. I’m not surprised. This is the...
View ArticleScrewed-up cabinet choices
TweetNearly unanimously, the Senate confirmed one of its own, John Kerry, as the next Secretary of State. Kerry accused American soldiers in Vietnam of raping, torturing, and murdering innocent men,...
View Article“The pursuit of power over principle”
TweetDaniel Horowitz destroys the “wait until we control the Senate” argument: The unambiguous strategy of the GOP establishment this year has been to avoid any and all confrontation in the hopes of...
View ArticlePrediction: Kavanaugh will get bipartisan support
TweetNational Review’s Jim Geraghty has a roundup of conservative praise for Trump’s SCOTUS pick, Brett Kavanaugh. But the really interesting news, and the basis for my prediction, comes at the end:...
View ArticleMontana LP Senate candidate decides not to help Tester get re-elected
TweetRick Breckenridge, the Libertarian candidate for Montana Senator Jon Tester’s seat, may have just ensured that Tester is finally retired: Ever wonder how Senator Jon Tester, a Beltway swamp...
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