Obviously, the Connecticut primary was the race to watch yesterday, but let’s not forget that there were a handful of key races elsewhere. For example, Rep. [tag]Joe Schwarz[/tag], a moderate, pro-choice Republican in Michigan, lost a GOP primary to a far-right former state lawmaker. Republican Rep. Joe Schwarz lost his party’s nomination Tuesday, falling to […]
Sen. [tag]Joe Lieberman[/tag] looked disappointed but content when he told supporters, “The judgment of the voters is now clear…. It is now time to make a difficult but realistic decision. After looking at the returns and speaking with my family, I have decided tonight to end my quest.” No, not last night — that was […]
There are a handful of bloggers who’ll offer primary-night live-blogging this evening, but I’m afraid I won’t be one of them. And while I probably won’t post tonight, how about an over-night thread for election-related program activities instead? Feel free to report on predictions, rumors, baseless innuendo, and election results from Connecticut (or, for that […]
After having lost the legal battle at every level, former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) appeared to be stuck: he simply couldn’t avoid facing former Rep. Nick Lampson (D-Texas) in a head-to-head match-up in November. Or could he? As I noted this morning at Midterm Madness, Time’s Mike Allen reported that DeLay was considering […]
It wouldn’t be the Connecticut Senate primary if it didn’t include craziness like this. On the day of perhaps the toughest political battle of his life, Sen. Joe Lieberman finds himself fighting a challenge in an unexpected battlefield — cyberspace. The Lieberman campaign says its Joe2006.com Web site has been down for almost 24 hours […]
Rep. Howard Coble (R-N.C.) is a close political ally on the president, and right now he has some advice for Bush: admit that mistakes have plagued the post-invasion occupation of Iraq. Rep. Howard Coble, a close ally of President Bush, said the White House should admit that U.S. mistakes have plagued the post-invasion occupation of […]
I know kids frequently like to play with toy guns and war-themed video games, but there’s something about an Army theme-park that seems over the top. (thanks to reader T.L. for the tip) The Army is considering a proposal to allow a private developer to build a military-themed park that would include Cobra Gunship rides […]
Yesterday, TNR’s Martin Peretz took to the Wall Street Journal’s editorial page to highlight his support for Joe Lieberman and his disgust for Ned Lamont and his supporters. Today, it was Lanny Davis’ turn. The headline captured the tone nicely, “Liberal McCarthyism.” Mr. Lamont and all other liberal Democrats should remember the McCarthy era and […]
Today’s installment of campaign-related news items that wouldn’t generate a post of their own, but may be of interest to political observers: * In Minnesota, the latest Rasmussen poll shows Hennepin County Attorney [tag]Amy Klobuchar[/tag] (D) continuing to lead Rep. [tag]Mark Kennedy[/tag] (R) in the state’s open Senate race, 50% to 38%. The governor’s race, […]
It’s hard to say for sure whether this was a planned leak or an accidental one, but National Journal’s Marc Ambinder and the LA Times’ Peter Wallsten “obtained” a copy of an internal strategy memo based on a Republican National Committee poll of GOP voters. The purpose of the memo, written by Republican pollster Fred […]