Last week I observed that I hadn’t yet seen “compelling evidence” that a Democratic political wave could be developing. I can no longer say that after seeing the recently released NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. That highly regarded poll showed Republican numbers have taken a considerable hit because of the shutdown and the media coverage […]
For those of us who follow congressional races for a living, Rep. C.W. Bill Young retirement rumors had become a running joke. But even a broken clock is right twice a day, and talk of a Young retirement finally proved right this time. The Florida Republican’s decision to not seek re-election creates an open seat […]
On Sunday, a Huffington Post headline screamed what most Democrats were hoping: “GOP In Grave Danger Of Losing House In 2014, PPP Polls Show.” Of course, anything coming from Democratic pollster Public Policy Polling and MoveOn.org Political Action, which paid for the surveys, must be taken with at least a grain of salt. PPP isn’t […]
Last week, Democratic activist Sean Eldridge officially announced his run in New York’s 19th District against GOP Rep. Chris Gibson. But there was one glaring issue left out of his nearly-three-minute introductory Web video: marriage equality. The omission was noteworthy because Eldridge, who is gay and married to Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes, has dedicated almost […]
I recently interviewed four Republican Senate candidates in the space of one week, and if I had to draw a single assessment from those meetings it would be that there is plenty of diversity in the GOP’s class of Senate hopefuls.The four differed in stature, style and background, and they dealt with the party’s internal […]
A few weeks ago, Democrats didn’t even have a warm body in the West Virginia Senate race. So getting Secretary of State Natalie Tennant to run for the Senate was quite a catch. But even though Tennant is a credible statewide elected official, she starts as a significant underdog in the open-seat contest. Convincing her […]
Once again, Henny Penny is running around to warn us that the sky is falling. A government shutdown is only [fill in the blank] days, [fill in the blank] hours and [fill in the blank] minutes away. The countdown clock shows the seconds ticking by. The end is near. Well, maybe that’s true. Maybe the […]