Neither of these is particularly surprising, but Democrats are two seats closer to 60—Jeanne Shaheen is now projected to oust John Sununu in a rematch of their 2002 New Hampshire race, and Kay Hagan has defeated Elizabeth Dole in North Carolina. The real test of whether this is becomes a great night for Senate Democrats—and Read More
When Walter Mondale plucked Geraldine Ferraro from her Queens Congressional district and placed her on the Democratic ticket in 1984, it was hailed as a fundamentally transformative occasion: From that moment on, women seeking national office would be the norm.
It hasn’t quite work out that way.
In the 24 years since, all of the Read More
Apparently Rob Ryan and the John Spencer campaign team have hit a nerve.
Morgan Ortagus, KT McFarland’s usually mild-mannered and sweet-natured spokeswoman, just sent Ryan an angry letter accusing the Spencer campaign of falsely claiming the support of National Republican Senatorial Committee chair Elizabeth Dole.
Here’s are a couple of samples:
“The fact Read MoreSenator Chuck Schumer has been a busy fund-raising bee.
The latest national senatorial campaign committee numbers are out, and it looks like the DSCC – which Schumer chairs — has once again outraised its Republican alter ego, the NRSC. No doubt the committee also owes some credit to the various White House Read More
Once upon a time, Republicans were pretty much like everybody else. Only richer.
The dads ran plants and offices; were doctors and lawyers and businessmen; belonged to Kiwanis and Rotary; groused about social programs and the taxes they had to pay to support them; played golf at nice country clubs and bought Buicks every other Read More
Oh yes, ideas, positions, theories and bedfellows do matter. But I’m not sure how many of us cast our vote on those hard matters. In today’s celebrity-minded, image-conscious, photo-everywhere world of who-needs-political-when-we-have-personal, our votes divide on whom we like, whose face we trust, whose smile warms the heart, who would we elect president of the Read More
Hillary Clinton, meet the man you nearly had to face in next year’s New York Senate race: Gov. George Pataki.
Just when you thought that nothing more could be said about the Governor’s “major political announcement” on May 24-when he became the 17th governor among Republicans to endorse George W. Bush for President-comes word that Read More
