Watching returns on Election Night is an American tradition similar to Super bowl Sunday. On the ballot Tuesday will be federal, state, and local races – our focus will be on the Congressional (House and Senate) and the Governor’s races.... (Continue reading)
How many Senate seats will the GOP gain this fall ? Can the GOP retake the Senate ? And which seats are likely to flip ? Unlike our discussion of House gains, there has been a decent volume of polling in... (Continue reading)
From a press release issued by Sen. David Vitter’s office: U.S. Senator David Vitter was today joined by six of his U. S. Senate colleagues in sending a letter to U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd, chairman of the Senate Committee on... (Continue reading)
Chris Dodd for Treasury Secretary? So says Roll Call… Speculation has also begun about potential employment for Dodd in the Obama administration. For instance, several Democratic Senate aides noted that Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is an extremely unpopular figure in... (Continue reading)
Three major bombshells hit the national political scene yesterday, as Democrat senators Byron Dorgan (North Dakota) and Chris Dodd (Connecticut) and Democrat governor Bill Ritter (Colorado) all dropped their re-election campaigns. In all three cases it seems likely that their... (Continue reading)
Remember when Barack Obama claimed he’d be ushering in a “new era of transparency” upon taking office? Look no further than the health care bill for an explosion of that myth, if in fact you needed convincing after previous events... (Continue reading)