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Primary and Filing Status On the primary front, it has been relatively quiet this month. The Alabama runoff has been the only election held since June 22, and it provided yet another example of voters (in this case, in the Republican runoff for governor) choosing someone other than the preferred candidate of the local political [...]

Filed under: 2010 Elections, Barack Obama, Bill Cassidy, Charles Boustany, Charlie Melancon, David Vitter, Hunt Downer, Jeff Landry, John Fleming, Joseph Cao, Marco Rubio, Rodney Alexander, Ron Paul, Sarah Palin, Steve Scalise, Tea Parties, The GOP | 4655No Comments »http://thehayride.com/2010/07/2010-elections-715-version-part-ii/2010+Elections%2C+7%2F15+Version+%28Part+II%292010-07-16+00%3A48%3A10JMC+Enterprises

Today was a bad day to be an incumbent or an “establishment” candidate. The bad news started yesterday, when the New York Times revealed that Senate candidate Richard Blumenthal (D-Connecticut) fabricated his Vietman experience in speeches with voters (in fact, he received multiple deferments). Suddenly an open seat race thought to be safe for the [...]

Filed under: 2010 Elections, Arlen Specter, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Mitch McConnell, Ron Paul, Sarah Palin, Tea Parties | 34132 Comments »http://thehayride.com/2010/05/a-bad-day-to-be-an-incumbent/A+bad+day+to+be+an+incumbent2010-05-19+05%3A47%3A24JMC+Enterprises

Scorecard

Filed under: 2010 Elections, Abortion, Arlen Specter, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Joe Biden, Mitch McConnell, Obamacare, Polls, Ron Paul, Sarah Palin, Tea Parties | 3276No Comments »http://thehayride.com/2010/05/2010-election-may-13-edition-may-18-primary-preview/2010+Election%2C+May+13+edition+%28May+18+primary+preview%292010-05-13+22%3A13%3A56JMC+Enterprises

Thursday night, former Congressman J.C. Watts earned a round of applause at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference when he offered that “History is going to be kind to George W. Bush.” History might be coming faster than anybody thought.

Filed under: Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Polls, Ron Paul | 26661 Comment »http://thehayride.com/2010/04/obama-vs-paul-bush-almost-a-push-say-polls/Obama+vs.+Paul%2C+Bush+Almost+A+Push%2C+Say+Polls2010-04-14+20%3A59%3A45macaoidh

…by one vote. Mitt Romney’s total of 439 votes topped Ron Paul’s 438. Each had 24 percent of the vote, while Newt Gingrich and Sarah Palin each had 18 percent. Mike Huckabee was next with four percent, Mike Pence and Tim Pawlenty had three percent each, with Rick Santorum at two percent and Gary Johnson [...]

Filed under: Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul, SRLC2010, Sarah Palin, The GOP | 25693 Comments »http://thehayride.com/2010/04/romney-beats-paul-in-srlc-straw-poll/Romney+Beats+Paul+In+SRLC+Straw+Poll...2010-04-10+23%3A00%3A26macaoidh

Continuously updated as the session commences:

Filed under: Bill Cassidy, David Vitter, John Fleming, Michael Steele, Ron Paul, SRLC2010, Steve Scalise | 2518No Comments »http://thehayride.com/2010/04/srlc-saturday-quotables/SRLC+Saturday+Quotables2010-04-10+17%3A33%3A53macaoidh

Among the stories slithering through the swamp today… PALIN PICKS PAUL: Kentucky Senate candidate Rand Paul, the son of Texas Congressman, 2008 presidential candidate and libertarian gadfly Ron Paul who is running for the seat Republican Jim Bunning is vacating in November, picked up an endorsement from Sarah Palin yesterday. Paul’s campaign also announced it [...]

Filed under: Bill Cassidy, Charles Boustany, Charlie Melancon, Congress, Conservatism, Economics, Elections, Jeff Landry, John Fleming, Obamacare, Polls, Ravi Sangisetty, Rodney Alexander, Ron Paul, Sarah Palin, Steve Scalise | 11362 Comments »http://thehayride.com/2010/02/various-items-from-the-blogosphere/Various+Items+From+The+Blogosphere2010-02-02+16%3A25%3A32macaoidh

Fresh off a total inability to protect investors or the financial community from Bernie Madoff or the collapse of the housing bubble, the Securities and Exchange Commission has now taken on a new mission, one to which it seems better suited in the Age of Obama than its stated purpose of preventing fraud. Today, the [...]

Filed under: Economics, Ron Paul, The Left | 10651 Comment »http://thehayride.com/2010/01/sec-redefines-acronym-to-same-environut-clowns/SEC+Redefines+Acronym+To+%22Same+Environut+Clowns%222010-01-28+20%3A24%3A22macaoidh

by Nick Bouterie From the Times-Picayune: In an unusual alliance, conservative Sen. David Vitter is teaming with self-described socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders to block a vote on Ben Bernanke’s nomination for a second term as chairman of the Federal Reserve.

Filed under: Congress, David Vitter, Economics, Jim DeMint, Ron Paul, The Fed | 822No Comments »http://thehayride.com/2010/01/vitter-joins-in-blocking-bernanke-nomination-seeks-fed-audit/Vitter+Joins+In+Blocking+Bernanke+Nomination%2C+Seeks+Fed+Audit2010-01-14+14%3A40%3A57macaoidh