Roll Call’s fearless Editor-in-Chief Christina Bellantoni recently recapped the 53rd Annual Roll Call Congressional Baseball Game and described some of the bipartisan friendships that started to form on the field. At the end of the post, she pointed to a common reason given to explain the increased polarization in the nation’s capital: “[W]hen you ask […]
Party campaign committees and outside groups aren’t allowed to coordinate, but as they outline their fall television ad strategies, interested groups are doing a very public dance to ensure they don’t step on each others’ toes and waste money duplicating efforts. Now we have some specific examples of districts where this collaboration is taking place. […]
One of the times Jeff Larson offered to help the Republican Party, he ended up with a $130,000 credit card bill for Sarah Palin’s wardrobe. This year, Larson will be writing the checks for the Republican effort to retake the majority in the Senate. Larson, who has been chosen to be the executive director of […]
I’ve been deeply distressed by the lack of coverage of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s new book and of her potential 2016 presidential bid. What could possibly be more important and more interesting than her past, present and future? Forget about the midterm elections, immigration reform, the United States’ standing around the world and […]
Giving up a run for office in the middle of a cycle may seem like admitting defeat, but for at least a couple of candidates this year, switching races may end up being the best political decision of their lives. Republican Ken Buck was a Senate loser. The Weld County district attorney lost the Colorado […]
The defeat of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia is sure to lead to another round of speculation that the 2014 midterms might not produce a partisan-wave election, but rather one where large numbers of incumbents from both parties are sent packing by voters. In fact, I recently heard one of the best political […]