April 30, 2009

Lincoln Chafee, the former Republican senator from Rhode Island, has a website chafeeforgovernor.com. And he made it perfectly clear that he's running for governor during an interview Tuesday on the Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC. “I’m running as an independent...

Florida Gov. Charlie Crist hasn't jumped into the U.S. Senate race yet -- a decision could come next week, The Washington Post says -- but he is getting a taste of what it will be like if he does. The...

April 29, 2009

New York Democrat Scott Murphy took the oath of office today in the U.S. House of Representatives, giving the Democrats 256 members to 178 for Republicans. Gannett Washington Bureau's Brian Tumulty reports: Murphy brought about 30 family members and friends...

Democrat Al Franken isn't waiting for the courts to decide who won Minnesota's Senate election to build his staff. Today, he picked Drew Littman, a veteran campaign consultant, to serve as his chief of staff in Washington. It is his...

President Obama is the new decider -- and a quick one at that. The president "probably took ... less than about seven seconds" to make his decision to endorse Sen. Arlen Specter in Pennsylvania's Democratic primary, says the president's spokesman...

Brace yourself for another round of soul-searching for the Republican Party now that Sen. Arlen Specter has jumped to the Democrats rather than lose to conservative ex-congressman Pat Toomey in a GOP primary. This time it is a deep dive....

April 28, 2009

In this video, Sen. Arlen Specter talks about switching to the Republican Party to run for Philadelphia district attorney in 1965. He says he wanted to bring back a second major party to the city. "I haven't succeeded, Brian, but...

Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter has decided to switch parties and run for re-election next year as a Democrat. In a statement, Specter said he is leaving the Republican Party because it "has moved far to the right" and away from...

The flood of coverage on President Obama's first 100 days in office include a smattering of stories today on how the Republicans are performing as the loyal opposition party. USA TODAY's John Fritze says the Republicans feel they are working...

Once again, the stimulus bill has come back to bite one of its supporters. First it was Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., who was responsible for language in the stimulus bill that made the payout of AIG bonuses possible. He's still...

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