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Republicans Looking for a Replay of Their Revolution
Because it’s so hard to predict the comings and goings of your average election, political analysts love to turn to historical trends in their efforts to guess at what the future may hold. Lately, a...
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CBO Gives Baucus Bill Positive Diagnosis; Public Option Still on Life Support
When it comes to the inner workings of Congress, it can often be difficult to tell when things are actually getting done. So much of what happens occurs in committee or behind closed doors, and it...
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Ten Months In, Members Still Leaving the 111th Congress
Considering the hard work and luck that it takes to get elected, it seems a bit surprising that so many folks in Congress have quit their seats so far this year. While many of them left to fill spots...
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The Campaigner in Chief
While few can deny that President Obama is a capable campaigner, his last big effort – to bring the summer Olympics to Chicago in 2016 – ended in failure. He received a lot of flak for it at home, but...
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Battleground New York: Conservatives at Odds with GOP's Chosen Candidate
While conservative Republicans are hoping for a replay of the 1994 elections, they’re also spurning the man who helped bring it about. Appearing on the Sunday talk shows, Newt Gingrich coyly flirted...
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2009 Election Preview: Will Tomorrow’s House Races Be an Indicator of 2010?
It’s been nearly a full year since Election Day 2008, when the Democrats – led by a phenomenally popular Barack Obama – rode a wave of electoral support to big majorities in both chambers of Congress,...
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Election Day 2009: What Do Today’s Gubernatorial Races Say About President...
Today is Election Day, and while that doesn’t mean much for most of the country in this off-year, two states (well, a state and a commonwealth) are currently voting on their chief executives. The...
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And the Winners Are...
The results from yesterday’s contests are in, and there are few surprises amongst them. The Republicans made big gains by taking the Virginia governorship, with their candidate Bob McDonnell smashing...
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What to Take from the 2009 Elections
A week has passed since last Tuesday’s off-year elections, and the results gave both parties plenty to ruminate over. While the Democrats managed to pull off a win in New York’s 23rd House District,...
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The Road to Congress: 2010
It’s late November, which means that in a little under a year there will be another Election Day. While that may seem far off to those of us not in the running, the candidates are in full campaign mode...
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The Road to Congress: 2010 (Part 2)
As promised, here’s a look at a few more 2010 Senate primaries that are sure to be of interest. In Connecticut, the Republicans smell blood in the water, and they’re lining up for the chance to take on...
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The Final Stretch: In the Senate, Health Care Debate Takes Center Stage
As you can probably tell if you’ve been to a mall or watched any television lately, Thanksgiving is behind us and we’re now in the thick of the Holiday Season. While for most of us that means hours of...
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Is That Tomorrow? Massachusetts Prepares for Senate Primary
For a race that seems to happen just once a generation, with the winner getting a disproportionate chance at national prominence and even a Democratic Presidential nomination, the Massachusetts Senate...
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Little Ado About Something: Results of the Mass. Senate Primary
Despite it being a primary, yesterday’s special election was far from the first thing on the minds of most Massachusetts residents. Voter turnout was predictably low for the early December contest,...
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Health Care Reform Movement Runs Out of Joementum
As shocking as it sounds, little has been accomplished by the Senate on the health care front in the two weeks since I last wrote aboutthe reform efforts. There are a number of reasons for that, and...
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Early Morning Vote is Big Step on Road to Reform
Despite sheets of snow blanketing much of the mid-Atlantic and bringing life in the District to a virtual stand-still, Senators put in long hours over the weekend in order to continue progress on...
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Congress Kicks Off the New Year with Old Issues
With the long winter holiday break coming to a close, Congress will return to the Capitol today, officially kicking off the second half of the 111th term. For Democrats in both Houses, as well as the...
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Dodd, Dorgan Opt Out of Reelection Bids
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee was greeted with a double dose of bad news last night, as two Senators announced their decision to forgo reelection in 2010 within hours of each other....
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Massachusetts Senate Race Much Closer Than Expected
As we begin 2010, it’s apparent that there’s potential for it to be a very bad year for the Democratic Party. According to the nonpartisan Cook Political Report midterm forecasts, the Democrats can...
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Harold Ford is in a New York State of Mind
With all the electoral troubles the Democrats will be facing in the coming year, (including what could be a disastrous special Senatorial election in Massachusetts on Tuesday) one might expect members...
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All Eyes on Massachusetts for Today's Special Election
Back in December of 2009, a sliver of the Massachusetts electorate took to the polls to pick each party’s candidate for the race to replace Ted Kennedy in the Senate. Over a month later, it’s Election...
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Democrats Sent Reeling by Massachusetts Senate Race Results
If you want a good summation of the bizarre times we’re in, politically speaking, simply read the following sentence: The Republican candidate, Scott Brown, was victorious in yesterday’s Massachusetts...
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Landmark SCOTUS Ruling Removes Campaign Financing Restrictions
Fresh from the appointment of a new Justice, the Supreme Court is looking to have a busy year, and they’ve already got a landmark decision under their belts. In a rare special session today, the court...
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Fiscal Policy Takes Center Stage in 2010
After a tough first year for the President, who saw his party lose two state governor’s races and a key Senatorial special election, it appears that he’s finally trying to show the American people that...
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Obama Heads Toward the Middle in State of the Union Address
On a night when the nation’s eyes were turned to Washington, with all the major stars of government (well, all but two) on display in the House chamber, and in a political climate that can charitably...
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Illinois Voters Brave the Cold on Primary Day
While most eyes are focused on Punxsutawney, PA today, to see if that prognosticator of prognosticators will predict a short end to winter, the political establishment is fixing its attention on...
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Illinois Senate Candidates Chosen; Governor Races Too Close to Call
As with most Groundhog Days, there weren’t many big surprises yesterday. Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow, predicting six more weeks of winter – not shocking to those of us that woke up this morning to...
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The Senate Welcomes its Newest Member
Roughly two weeks after Massachusetts voters hit the polls to choose the replacement of the late Ted Kennedy, the election results have been certified, clearing the way for Scott Brown (R-MA) to be...
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Congressman Jack Murtha Dies At the Age of 77
Western Pennsylvania received some tragic news yesterday, as long-time Congressional powerbroker, Rep. John “Jack” Murtha (D-PA, 12), passed away after complications from a late January surgery. He was...
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Plenty of Surprises in Early Gubernatorial Primaries
Since the National Capitol area is currently covered in a thick blanket of snow, causing Congress to close and postpone the week's work, today we'll look beyond the Beltway to check out some governors'...
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The Last True Bayh-Partisan is Leaving the Senate
With the coming mid-term elections roughly ten months away, and state primaries rapidly approaching – indeed, some having already come and gone – you’d think that the candidate fields for the November...
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With Summit Approaching, White House Releases Health Care Proposal
After starting off the year focused largely on economic issues – as well as trying to stop the bleeding after the Massachusetts special election – Democrats on the Hill and in the White House are...
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Jobs Bill Vote Keeps Bipartisanship Alive – For Now
Those folks still holding out hope for the possibility of bipartisanship in Washington were greeted with some good news today, as the Senate voted to pass a $15 billion jobs bill by a healthy margin of...
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The Week in Review
It’s been a busy week inside the beltway, with Democrats facing another round of bad news. Here are a handful of the highest-profile stories that took place and the effects they may have on the...
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Conspiracy, Sexual Harassment and Naked Shower Fights: The Makings of Popular...
It should come as a surprise to no one that the media loves a good circus, and that’s especially true when it comes to political news. That goes a long way toward explaining the attention that former...
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The Road to Reform: Rounding the Final Curve?
It’s true that things rarely happen quickly on Capitol Hill, but the pace which the landmark health care reform legislation has moved at is slow even for Congress. After numerous self-imposed deadlines...
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House Democrats Succeed in Passing Comprehensive Health Care Reform
Whether you were for or against its passage, it’s hard to argue that the Sunday House vote on health care reform was anything short of historic. After decades of failure, Democrats in Congress have...
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Let the Voting Begin
Tuesday’s ceremony at the White House was an historic moment, as Barack Obama signed the House-passed legislation into public law before a packed room and a cavalcade of cameras, but not all the work...
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Life After Health Care Reform
While last week’s bill-signing ceremony provided a nice climax to the year-long health care reform process, and the action following it in the Senate comprised an appropriate denouement, Democrats in...
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Defeat From the Jaws of Victory: The GOP Blunder Its Way Toward the 2010...
On the surface, the GOP has everything going for it right now. Poll numbers show them ahead of the Democrats in generic ballot surveys, and approval ratings for Members of Congress are abysmal – a good...
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Stevens Sparks SCOTUS Scuttlebutt
Compared to the executive and legislative branches of government, the judiciary receives little media attention. A major ruling from an appellate court might stir up some headlines, while a 5-4...
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Florida Special Election Brings Few Surprises
It’s been six months since self-proclaimed fire-breathing liberal Robert Wexler left his position as Representative of Florida’s 19th Congressional District to head the Center for Middle East Peace and...
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Faced With Reality, Crist Prepares to Go Indie
Florida Governor Charlie Crist has seen better days, to put it lightly. Just eight months ago, as the popular chief executive of one of the largest states in the country, he was able to install a...
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