Everyone thinks of Obama-land and the Dems as the rulers of new media after their successful harnessing of facebook and social media networking during the 2008 campaign. Apparently, Congressional Republicans have caught on quick. According to a new Congressional Research Study, House Republicans are responsible for the majority of …
The organizers of the National Tea Party Convention today announced that they will be forming a 501(c)4 corporation and related political action committee (PAC) to raise money to support 15-20 candidates for Congress or the Senate in the 2010 elections. “I have long said that the Tea Party movement doesn’t endorse candidates, …
Here’s my take from the first day – which was mostly meet and greet. Later in the evening former Colorado Rep. Tom Tancredo delivered a predictable speech on immigration reform and the health care bill – an updated version of his 2008 stump speeches during his short-lived presidential campaign — as the audience munched on warm …
In what will be one of the biggest thematic swings in my reporting career, a week after getting back from Haiti I’m heading to Nashville, Tennessee to cover the first ever National Tea Party convention.
As with any kind of grassroots movement, holding a national convention is somewhat of an oxymoron. Before dispatching me, my boss, …
Sure, it’s improbable, but — as Charlie Cook points out in my new time.com story out this morning — it’s now mathematically possible. After all, virtually no one predicted the Dems could win back the Senate in February 2006. On the bright side, I bet Russ Feingold breathed a sigh of relief yesterday when Tommy Thompson joined a hedge …
Illinois today kicks off what will be a long and fascinating primary season. Voters braved snow flurries to head to the polls this morning as balloting began for a number of local and statewide races, including contests for the U.S. Senate and governor’s mansion. The names Obama and Blagojevich may not be on the ticket but there are …
Every want to ask the former Treasury secretary what he actually said to Nancy Pelosi when he got down on his knees in front of her at the White House days before TARP passed? Or find out why he let Lehman fail while bailing out Bear Sterns and AIG? And how much did he really protect his alma mater, Goldman Sachs? Find out here by …
For much of my first week in Haiti I traveled with Life Magazine photographer Keith Marlowe. We met through TIME/Life folks in Miami and probably somewhat foolhardily drove nine hours from Santo Domingo into the unknown that was Port-au-Prince less than 72-hours after the devastating 7.0 earthquake. He has today a gallery up of his work …
It seemed ominous to me, crossing the border yesterday between Haiti and the Dominican Republic, that the last town in Haiti was called Malpasse — bad crossing. For many Haitians these days it has, indeed, been a terrible crossing — as I explore in this time.com story. Since making the drive nearly two weeks ago, a crop of Dominican …
The U.N. office in Haiti just sent out a note from Haitian President Rene Preval. The message is simple. With out any preamble it lists Haiti’s most urgent needs: 200,000 family tents to be given priority clearance at the airport so that the shelters can be in place before the rainy season starts in just over a month (think 30 inches of …
I went to a food and water distribution today for 50,000 in Cite Soleil, Haiti’s poorest and most infamous neighborhood. For all that the United Nations and the U.S. are always claiming how safe the neighborhood has become in recent years, they brought an eye-popping number of heavily armed soldiers along. Better to be safe than sorry, …
Greetings from Port-au-Prince. This is the first time since arriving I’ve had enough internet access to be able to blog — though I’ve found twittering in bursts has been doable. Here, here and here are the three stories I’ve filed thus far with more to come — seems I’m going to stick around Haiti a while. After all, when they pick a …
Okay, I think I’m done with the Revolutionary War allusions, but for Dems Mass AG Martha Coakley’s close race is a real scare. And even scarier: that the DSCC has been forced to spend money on her (we’ll soon see how much). Precious money that could have been used to defend Harry Reid — as if his week could get worse, Blanche Lincoln, …
