Republican Candidates Behind In Key Senate Races
It’s a bit too early for Republicans to be celebrating that Senate majority that so many people are predicting.
It’s a bit too early for Republicans to be celebrating that Senate majority that so many people are predicting.
Thanks to favorable polling numbers and candidate selection, winning the Senate may very well be in the GOP’s grasp.
Calling anyone a front-runner in a race where we’re still two years away from anyone casting votes is silly. Nonetheless, Rand Paul is an interesting guy to watch for those wondering if the GOP has actually changed.
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Ted Cruz keeps putting his own party in difficult situations, mostly because he has only his own ambition at heart.
Mitch McConnell’s hopes to become Senate Majority Leader could hinge on what happens in his own state and in Georgia.
Ted Cruz continues to act as if he hasn’t learned his lessons from the shutdown debacle
Time to watch a bit of true American exceptionalism in action.
A budget deal has been reached, now it has to get through both Chambers of Congress.
Congressman Steve Stockman’s primary challenge of Senator John Cornyn could be a big deal, or, more likely, it could be a dud.
Some on the American right have a very odd view of both Nelson Mandela and the Apartheid regime he fought against.
The Two Wild Turkeys of Finger Edition OTB Caption ContestTM is now over.
The 7 seats most likely to switch parties are held by Democrats.
Yesterday’s change to the filibuster rule is likely to have little impact outside the beltway and the political chattering class.
It wasn’t a Thermonuclear move, more like something the size of Hiroshima, but today the Senate took an historic move nonetheless.
The Junior Senator from Kentucky does some re-writing of history.
When it comes to the unfolding conflict inside the GOP, Mitch McConnell seems to have fired an opening shot.
A majority of Americans now disapprove of President Obama’s performance and a whopping 70 percent think the country is moving in the wrong direction.
It’s no wonder there’s no compromise in Congress.
Several conservative groups have jumped on the bandwagon of what appears to be a controversial Mississippi politician.
The shutdown debacle seems destined to lead to a battle between the Tea Party and the more business oriented elements of the GOP
Ted Cruz isn’t ruling out a reprise of his foolish, quixotic, crusade.
Nearly two-thirds of House Republicans voted for default. They lost.
A plan finally starting to come together?
The House wasted a day yesterday, now it’s crunch time.
It looks like the House will be making its move before the Senate acts, but that may actually help resolve this faster.
The deal emerging out of the talks between Senator Reid and Senator McConnell is about what you’d expect, but it’s probably the best we can expect right now.
Are these four men our last, best hope for a deal that will end the shutdown and avoid breaching the debt ceiling?
Talks between the two Senate leaders haven’t exactly gone so well.
With the House’s proposed deal reaching an impasse, the Senate is now taking center stage.
Recent anti-corruption measures have contributed to making American government worse.
Democrats in the House will attempt to use an obscure House procedure to force an end to the government shutdown. It’s success is by no means guaranteed.
With key conservatives pushing for sanity, the grown-ups have a chance to take back the GOP.
If nothing else, Ted Cruz’s quixotic mission has succeeded in cementing him in the minds of Republican voters.