En route to Anchorage
Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski announced last night that she will be seeking a write in bid for reelection two and a half weeks after losing her GOP primary to Tea Party darling Joe Miller, a Fairbanks attorney.
At an Anchorage rally, Murkowski acknowledged she’d made mistakes in the primary but said she’s …
The strains of The Clash’s iconic song, Should I Stay or Should I Go, are all but reverberating through the marble halls of Congress these days as speculation of what House Speaker Nancy Pelosi might do after the elections runs rampant. In this week’s dead tree edition I look at her options, win or lose. So, swampees, what are your …
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It seems Indiana’s Joe Donnelly has started a trend. Check out this new ad from Chet Edwards, a 10-term Texas Democrat,who boasts of “standing up” to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and President Obama. I wonder how many more desperate Dems are not far behind …
It’s been five weeks since anyone’s seen anyone and the Senate this afternoon felt a lot like College coming back after a break. Maybe not a summer break, but a long one – like Christmas/Hanukah/Kwanza. Senators, reporters and staff milled about chatting about their vacations, codels and campaigns. The Capitol Police, usually …
Both Bloomberg News and the Wall Street Journal are reporting that the White House is considering making Elizabeth Warren the interim head of the newly formed Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection at the Federal Reserve as early as this week. Though details were scarce — would this be a recess appointment (though the Senate just came …
At the end of the day, the Republican movement on extending tax cuts just for the middle class turns out to be apparently no movement at all. By now most of the inside-the-Beltway crowd – if very few real people across the country – knows that in a pre-taped interview with CBS’s Face the Nation that aired on Sunday, Minority Leader …
On Saturday, Senator Jim DeMint, a South Carolina conservative who thus far has had a winning season of 7-2 in Senate GOP endorsements, made an 11th-hour decision to back Delaware’s Christine O’Donnell (in addition to Ovide Lamontagne in New Hampshire) ahead of Tuesday’s primary. O’Donnell, a Tea Party darling, is taking on Rep. …
Tuesday is primary day in seven states and the District of Columbia. This will be the last major primary before the midterm elections (only one state remains after this: Hawaii on Sept. 18). Even this late in the game there are still some fascinating races to watch. Here are five:
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My friend Christina Bellantoni over at TPM pointed this out to me. This guy, Phil Davidson, was hoping for the GOP nomination to be Stark County treasurer in Ohio. He, um, lost. But I feel for him — as I think a lot of folks do as this video has gone viral. He’s slightly angry, slightly desperate (the $260 a month he makes is as a …
In this week’s dead tree edition I have a story about Organizing for America, the remnants of the Obama campaign housed at the Democratic National Committee. I went canvassing on Long Island with OFA volunteers — a rather fruitless exercise as when they discovered I was with TIME they sent me door knocking to the homes of half the …
Sure, all those pundits on cable and inside the Beltway may be predicting a wave year where Dems lose the House and maybe even the Senate. But the tsunami hasn’t yet been reflected in three new CNN/TIME/Opinion research polls of registered voters in Kentucky, California and Florida out today. In fact, most races were tied or just within …
On this Labor Day, President Obama announced that he’s calling on Congress to pass an additional $50 billion in infrastructure investment. While I’m sure this pleased the construction, steel, plumbers and transportation unions – and, let’s face it, unions haven’t been the happiest of groups of late – I see several problems …
From this week’s dead tree edition, a look at John Boehner and Eric Cantor, whom I fondly dub the tortoise and the hare.
