Mitch McConnell Promising More Showdowns And Shutdowns If The GOP Wins The Senate
If Republicans win the Senate, what we’ve seen for the past three years could end up seeming tame by comparison.
GOP Likely To Take The Senate, Retain The House, Maintain The Status Quo In The States
The GOP has a good chance of taking the Senate in 2014, but it will be by a narrow margin.
Will the GOP Ever Win Another Presidential Election?
It’s hard for a party to win four straight presidential elections. The Democrats may pull it off.
SNL’s Victoria Jackson Loses Tea Party Bid
Victoria Jackson has thus far been less successful in politics than her fellow SNL alum Al Franken.
Mississippi Republican Party Refuses To Hear Chris McDaniel’s Election Challenge
A big setback for Mississippi’s erstwhile Tea Party candidate for Senate.
The GOP Establishment Won The Primary Battles, But They Let The Tea Party Win The War
Tea Party backed candidates may have lost most of the GOP primary battles, but they’ve won the war for control of the Republican agenda.
Michigan’s Justin Amash Defeats Establishment Backed Challenger
Despite a high profile effort to oust him, the most prominent libertarian Republican in Congress survived his primary challenge yesterday.
Today’s Counterfactual: Tea Party Incumbent Loses to Establishment Republican in House Primary
David Trott’s victory in Michigan’s District 11 Republican House primary marks the first time this year a Republican Establishment candidate has upset a Tea Party Incumbent.
Social Issues Now Benefiting Democrats
Once something that generally benefited Republicans, social issues are now becoming a wedge issue for Democrats.
House Republicans Are Dooming Their 2016 Nominee With Latino Voters
Republicans in the House seem determined to make life difficult for whomever wins the GOP nomination in 2016
Tea Party Set To Lose Its Final Two Battles In Kansas And Tennessee
The Tea Party v. “establishment” battle in the GOP has been pretty one-sided this year.
Chris McDaniel Files Incredibly Weak Challenge To Mississippi GOP Primary Results
Six weeks have passed since the primary, and Chris McDaniel has revealed he really doesn’t have much to complain about other than the fact that he lost.
Immigration Legislation: Veto Players in Action
The current immigration debate is yet another great example of how our system works (so to speak).
House Drops Border Bill, Tells President They Are Suing For Acting Alone To Act Alone
Once again, the Tea Party has gotten the best of House GOP Leadership.
House Votes To Authorize Utterly Pointless Lawsuit Against President Obama
Your tax dollars, not at work.
House Border Bill In Doubt In Face of Tea Party Opposition
The usual suspects are blocking any action at all on the border crisis.
Obama To Take New Executive Action On Immigration?
According to some reports, President Obama may be about to make an end run around Congressional inaction on immigration reform.
Republicans Dismiss Impeachment As A Democratic Ploy, But May Still Face A Dilemma
Republicans are dismissing talk of impeachment as a Democratic fundraising ploy, but it may be they are protesting just a bit too much.
Majority Of Americans Say Children Who Have Crossed The Border Should Be Treated As Refugees
The American people don’t want to turn those migrant children from Central America away after all.
Majority Of Americans Oppose Both Impeachment And The House’s Lawsuit Against Obama
Once again the GOP finds itself on the wrong side of public opinion.
Bachmann And Santorum 2016? Dusting Off The GOP Nomination Clown Car
It’s beginning to look like the 2016 race for the Republican nomination will have its own collection of oddballs.
Ted Cruz Ready To Force A Showdown Over Immigration?
The Texas Senator is threatening to block any bill dealing with the border crisis that doesn’t defund the relief President Obama granted to children of illegal immigrants last year.
Majority Of Republicans Support Obama’s Impeachment
A lot of Republicans dislike the President enough to think that he should be removed from office, but will that make impeachment more likely to happen?
GOP Establishment Pushes Back Against Calls For Impeachment
Led by Speaker John Boehner, Republican leaders are trying to placate calls for impeachment.
Cochran Certified Winner Of Mississippi Runoff, But McDaniel Continues His Quixotic Campaign
Thad Cochran has been officially certified as the winner of the Mississippi GOP Primary Runoff Election, but it’s not over yet.
Could Republicans Taking Control Of The Senate Be Good For Obama?
Republican overreach could end up helping the President and his party.
It Just Keeps Getting Weirder In Mississippi
The votes have been counted, the result is clear, but the battle between Senator Thad Cochran and Chris McDaniel continues to get stranger by the day.
Could The Civil Rights Act Of 1964 Make It Through Congress Today?
The sad truth is that the bipartisanship that led to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 no longer exists today.
Mississippi GOP Senate Primary Gets Even More Bizarre
Mississippi goes from bizarre to, well, even more bizarre.
The Tea Party Needs To Stop Whining About Losing In Mississippi
Chris McDaniel and his Tea Party supporters are being very sore losers.
On Many Issues, The Tea Party Is Out Of Step With The American Public
The people with the biggest voices in the GOP seem to be leading it to positions that most Americans disagree with.
Thad Cochran Wins In Mississippi
After appearing to be at the end of his political career, Thad Cochran has pulled off a surprising victory over his Tea Party backed challenger.
Kevin McCarthy, Steve Scalise Win Leadership Elections, But The Battle Resumes In November
The House leadership elections turned out about as expected, but we may be doing this all over again in five months.
Who will be the new House Whip?
GOP Whip Kevin McCarthy of California won the vote to replace Eric Cantor as the new GOP House Majority Leader. The question is who replaces McCarthy.
All Politics Is National?
Congressional elections have become “nationalized” to a far greater extent than they have ever been.
