Robert Menendez carried out his duties as the chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee today when he told a reporter from The Hill that he "absolutely" stands by his colleague, Chris Dodd—who has fallen 16 points behind his likely 2010 Republican challenger in the latest Connecticut poll.
"Are you serious?" Menendez asked Read More
Ted Stevens, the beleaguered 85-year-old Republican Senator from Alaska, has been indicted on seven counts of making false statements, according to news reports. A Justice Department press conference is set to begin in a few minutes.
This obviously complicates his re-election bid, which has been on shaky ground since his home was raided Read More
Last time we checked in with former New Jersey senator Bob Torricelli he wrote that the Record of Bergen County was a very mean newspaper and he delighted in the recent announcement that the paper was shutting down its Hackensack office.
On July 4, the Record‘s Alfred Doblin responded. "Being lectured on meanness Read More
Bob Torricelli, the former senator from New Jersey who didn’t seek re-election after his first term because, well, we know why!, has an interesting view of the reason The Record of Bergen County is having trouble, and it’s not, he thinks, the troubled newspaper industry in general. News that the newspaper recently had to close its Hackensack Read More
