What has the GOP learned about Senate races?
In the past couple of days Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) and Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) announced that they are retiring. In addition to West Virginia, there will be at least three seats with no incumbent...
View ArticleSenate races 2014
Republicans in 2014 will have the good fortune to find four open Senate seats currently held by Democrats. Sens. Carl Levin (D-Mich.), Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) and Frank...
View ArticleCan the GOP win the Senate on Obamacare?
The National Republican Senatorial Committee is blasting out e-mails about vulnerable Democratic incumbents, calling them to account for their votes for Obamacare. A sample: “CNN’s Wolf Blitzer...
View ArticleSen. Mary Landrieu’s record catches up with her
That Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) is among the most vulnerable Democrats is a problem all of her own making. Though she represents a very red state, her record is far more liberal. Landrieu has voted for...
View ArticleAre Dems killing off Sen. Mark Pryor?
Sen. Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) might be among the most vulnerable incumbent Democrats on the ballot in 2014. Hailing from a red state, he’s continually voted for the president’s liberal agenda, only taking a...
View ArticleMaybe Christie got it exactly right in New Jersey
It is fitting, I suppose, that the right-wing screechers have it so wrong again. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is the most popular politician in the country, but they hate him. They have generally...
View ArticleDem winning in deep blue Massachusetts, 2014 Senate a jump ball
The polls look dismal for Gabriel Gomez in his special election face off against Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.). Only two public polls in the last six have Gomez within single digits of Markey. None have him...
View ArticleWhy run against Mike Enzi?
Liz Cheney announced Tuesday that she will run for the Wyoming Senate seat currently occupied by three-term Sen. Mike Enzi (R). Enzi is very conservative, but so low-profile as to be invisible. He is...
View ArticleGraham not all that ‘vulnerable’
Conservative pundits declare, as if it were fact, that Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) is “vulnerable.” They say that because none of the people they talk to like Graham. From a self-selected set of...
View ArticleSnatch defeat from jaws of victory on Obamacare?
The latest polls show the degree to which Obamacare has become a burden around the necks of Democrats. CNN’s latest poll reports: “In January 51% said they favored all or most of the provisions in the...
View ArticleRepublicans need to choose wisely
There was good news for Republicans this week in a Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll: The Republican Party is gaining a public-opinion edge on several key issues ahead of the 2014 elections, as...
View ArticleObamacare: Debacle or unexpected mess?
Like an individual prone to making stuff up, an administration that is averse to telling the truth sometimes has trouble keeping its story straight. On Monday the president told us Obamacare isn’t just...
View ArticleWill Democrats take Obamacare off life support?
Democrats are divided as to whether Obamacare should be delayed given the Web site meltdown. Yes, Democrats. CNN reporter Dana Bash’s tweet asserting that a senior Democratic source told her “to expect...
View ArticleScott Brown vs. Obamacare, again?
If Hillary Clinton could shirk the carpetbagger label in New York and Terry McAuliffe could do the same in Virginia, why can’t former Massachusetts Republican Senator Scott Brown do so in New...
View ArticleWhere are Brown and Warren now?
In 2012 they were opponents in a bruising Massachusetts Senate race. Now, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and former Massachusetts senator Scott Brown embody the direction of their parties and their...
View ArticleA snapshot of South Carolina
The State reports on South Carolina politics: Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who will get a visit from S.C. pastors later this week, led a pool of 2016 GOP presidential hopefuls among Palmetto...
View ArticleScott Brown can run and win on Obamacare
Scott Brown is relocating to New Hampshire, which we take as a near-certain sign he will run for Senate from that state. His potential opponent, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), should be very nervous....
View ArticleThe Senate margin
For all the fretting about getting past a GOP filibuster on the budget deal, it wasn’t all that close. The Senate easily invoked cloture 67 to 33, with 12 Republicans joining all Democrats. Republicans...
View ArticleThe GOP needs Gillespie plus 5 others
Former Republican National Committee chairman and presidential adviser Ed Gillespie let on this week that an announcement should be expected soon that he is entering the Senate race in Virginia. That...
View ArticleMcConnell leading big
If you think the far-right political machine is more bark than bite, represents only a sliver of even GOP primary voters, is largely a money-making opposition and is harmful to the GOP electoral...
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