–Despite remaining schisms over the preferred end game, Democrats are ready to hold votes on extending only the Bush tax cuts for those making $250k or less.
–Still searching for a brave soul to take over the DSCC, Harry Reid and White House court Patty Murray.
–Overtures ongoing, Jon Kyl still sees “no chance” of lame duck …
John Kerry, Hillary Clinton and Dick Lugar hold a media availability to discuss the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty. (Douglas Graham/Roll Call)
–President Obama is running the full court press for lame duck ratification of START.
–The national security right jumps all over the Ghailani verdict. Sentencing still to …
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–House Democrats vent on Nancy Pelosi as they nonetheless prepare to elect her minority leader today.
—Minor rescheduling causes hand-wringing over Obama’s ballyhooed bipartisan merlot/slurpee supersummit.
–John Sides thinks the White House need not be too
Remember last summer when Republicans were warning about the scary lame duck? The ruling Democrats, warned GOP candidates and incumbents alike, are going to try and sneak through all manner of controversial bills against the will of the American people. House Republicans even introduced not one but two resolutions calling on Dems to not …
Senator-elect Mark Kirk meets with democratic rival Alexi Giannoulias at the Billy Goat Tavern November 3, in Chicago. (Photo by Frank Polich/Getty Images)
–The economy added 151,000 jobs in October, with private sector gains significantly outstripping government losses. The labor force shrank and the overall unemployment rate …
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid celebrates his victory at his election night party in Las Vegas on November 2. (REUTERS/Las Vegas Sun/Steve Marcus)
–Our colleague David Von Drehle wraps up Tuesday’s contests and spins things forward.
If you take the President’s 2008 victory map and subtract the states where his fellow
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I’d say there was something remarkable about Majority Leader Harry Reid’s victory Tuesday night. I’d say it was a race he shouldn’t have won. That his dismal approval ratings in Nevada suggested a potted plant could have bested him. That he mercilessly bludgeoned Sharron Angle’s numerous follies and foibles until she was somehow more …
This morning on TIME.com I have a look at Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s fight for his political life in what is sure one of the wackiest races in what has been a weird and wonderful midterm election — certainly the most interesting I have covered. Interestingly, John Ralston, the desert guru of Nevada politics, thinks Reid will …
Left: President Obama attends a DNC Rally at Cleveland State University in Ohio, October 31, 2010. (REUTERS/Larry Downing). Right: House Minority Leader Boehner arrives at a rally for Jim Renacci on October 30, 2010 in Canton, Ohio (Matt Sullivan/Getty Images).
–Nate Silver chews over five reasons the Republican wave could be …
As Harry Reid and Sharron Angle’s closing ads tell it, Silver Staters are in for a nightmarish November 3.
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So it goes in a race where majorities have an unfavorable view of both incumbent and challenger, who’ve been …
–Last night’s Senate debate in Kentucky was a much more staid affair than the last go-around, but things got nasty between supporters outside:
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–The final Florida gubernatorial debate got overshadowed by foul play.
–Sharron Angle’s closing ad features unambiguous references …
President Obama speaks at a rally at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles October 22, 2010. (REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque)
—The early vote is showing that highly touted Republican enthusiasm. Democrats are happy with what they’re seeing in Iowa, Ohio and Indiana; incidentally, those are all places Democrats are poised …
—Another poll suggests Pat Toomey’s lead over Joe Sestak has evaporated in Pennsylvania. They slugged it out in last night’s debate.
–Nate Silver debunks the big mo.
–The ads are flying fast and furious through the home stretch in Nevada: The SEIU calls Angle dangerous, Angle continues her late push to play up Reid’s wealth, …