In a Time.com column published today, our colleague Mark Halperin takes stock of the Democrats’ increasingly bleak midterm prospects. “Republicans are either going to have a fantastic Nov. 2 — or a revolutionary one,” he writes. You can read why here.
According to the emails I get every day from the Democratic National Committee, the Tea Party movement is a Democratic gold mine. It has helped to nominate unpopular Republicans, like Sharon Angle in Nevada, and it has split conservative vote in districts like New York-23, allowing Democrats to win even when they should not. It [...]
Philadelphia, Pa. miles traveled: 290 traveling companions: Peter Cove and Lee Bowes of America Works events: Door-to-door campaigning with Republican Pat Meehan in Drexel Hill; Polish picnic with Republican Mike Fitzpatrick in Doylestown; Allentown Fair with Democrat John Callahan in, uh, Allentown.
All right. I’ll be shoving off in about a half hour for a day of politicking in Eastern Pennsylvania. I’m checking out three Congressional races in the Philadelphia and Allentown areas, including two seats now held by Democrats: the fight for Joe Sestak’s old seat and Iraq war vet Patrick Murphy’s seat. I’ll also be [...]
From this week’s dead tree edition, a look at John Boehner and Eric Cantor, whom I fondly dub the tortoise and the hare.
With my month-long September road trip looming, I’m having to face the reality that I won’t be able to keep up with some of the issues I’ve been focusing upon–especially the overseas issues, and most especially Afghanistan, which seems to be falling apart. The latest crisis, the run on the Kabul Bank, has brought the [...]
From our White House Photo Blog (and by popular demand):
