We learned on Tuesday that [tag]Carl Romanelli[/tag], the [tag]Green Party[/tag] candidate running in the Rick [tag]Santorum[/tag]/Bob [tag]Casey[/tag] Senate race in [tag]Pennsylvania[/tag], acknowledged that Republican contributors “probably supplied most” of his campaign’s financial support. As it turns out, that was an understatement. Paul Kiel discovered yesterday that “every single contributor to the Pennsylvania Green Party Senate […]
Two weeks ago, a [tag]Quinnipiac[/tag] [tag]poll[/tag] showed [tag]Ned Lamont[/tag] taking the lead over [tag]Joe Lieberman[/tag] in Connecticut’s Dem Senate [tag]primary[/tag] for the first time. Lamont, at the time, was ahead, 51% to 47%. His lead’s a little bigger now. OK, more than a little. Millionaire businessman Ned [tag]Lamont[/tag] has extended his lead against veteran Sen. […]
Since the Supreme Court’s [tag]Hamdan[/tag] ruling was issued, and the White House agreed to “revise” its legal procedures for holding detainees, Bush’s lawyers have been crafting a proposal for Congress that would become the administration’s new policy. To put it mildly, the first draft isn’t encouraging. A draft Bush administration plan for special [tag]military courts[/tag] […]
I know the right likes to blame whatever they can on Bill Clinton, but for Chris Matthews to disparage the former president because he “didn’t stop” the Sept. 11 attacks is painfully silly, even by Matthews’ already-low standards. In a discussion with Mark Green, Democratic candidate for New York attorney general, and KT McFarland, a […]
This [tag]Onion[/tag] piece, by way of Michael Froomkin, is unfortunately hilarious. In a decisive 1–0 decision Monday, President [tag]Bush[/tag] voted to grant the president the constitutional power to grant himself additional [tag]powers[/tag]. “As president, I strongly believe that my first duty as president is to support and serve the president,” Bush said during a televised […]
Say what you will about [tag]Charlie Rangel[/tag], but the guy’s willing to put his career where his mouth is. Rep. Charles [tag]Rangel[/tag], a powerful senior Democrat in Congress and the dean of New York’s congressional delegation, said Wednesday that he’ll [tag]quit[/tag] Congress if the [tag]Democrats[/tag] don’t retake control of the House this year. “I’m a […]
[tag]James Dobson[/tag]’s [tag]Focus on the Family[/tag] hosted a forum this week for candidates in Colorado’s 5th congressional district, home to the Focus empire. There was plenty of the usual palaver, but the Republicans’ perspective on the [tag]war[/tag] was particularly troubling. Bentley Rayburn spoke of opening [tag]Iraq[/tag] to the word of [tag]Jesus[/tag]. […] Rayburn, a retired […]
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: * Last month, a Rasmussen poll showed Sen. [tag]Mike DeWine[/tag] (R) leading Rep. [tag]Sherrod Brown[/tag] (D) by seven points in Ohio’s closely watched Senate race. Now, Rasmussen shows Brown taking a narrow lead, […]
National Journal’s Charlie Cook, a non-partisan election analyst for, well, just about everybody, explained in his column this week that Democrats have every reason to be optimistic about the midterms. In the House, where Democrats need a 15-seat gain to win a majority, Republicans have 15 seats that the Cook Political Report currently rates as […]
In March 2003, in the kind of classy diplomacy only House [tag]Republicans[/tag] can offer, Reps. Bob Ney (R-Ohio) and Walter Jones (R-N.C.) took time from their busy schedules to tinker with the menu in Congress’ cafeteria. Frustrated that France withheld support for Bush’s invasion of Iraq, Ney and Jones used their authority to change the […]