October 30, 2009

The GOP clearly thinks it has a big winner blocking the Democrats' health care bill. Looking to rebound in 2010, the House Republicans used Thursday's unveiling of the House Democratic health care bill to attack vulnerable Democrats and raise money...

October 29, 2009

Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa., switched political parties in April to avoid a defeat in the Republican primary, but a poll released Wednesday by Franklin and Marshall College shows Specter’s problem may not have been his party. The poll shows Specter’s...

New Jersey’s Democratic Gov. Jon Corzine and his Republican challenger Chris Christie are in a heated exchange heading into the last few days of the campaign. The debate is not about education, transportation, or the economy -- it is about...

House Democratic leaders unveiled a sweeping, $894 billion health care bill today they said would cover 36 million uninsured Americans -- the latest version of the health care legislation added to the mix on Capitol Hill. The bill, which includes...

October 28, 2009

ACORN, whose workers were found in videos to be helping people circumvent tax laws, has some work to do to repair its image and it has begun to do just that. ACORN Housing Corporation put out a press release yesterday...

As Election Day nears, New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine has taken a five-percentage-point lead over his GOP challenger Chris Christie, 43% to 38% among likely voters, according to a Quinnipiac University poll out today. Independent candidate Christopher Daggett has 13%,...

October 27, 2009

The list of high-profile Republicans supporting Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman in the 23rd Congressional District in New York keeps getting longer. The latest: former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson, a one-time presidential candidate, and Ex-Rep. Tom Cole, the former chairman...

Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman, an independent who often votes with Democrats, says he would not vote to overturn a filibuster on the health care proposal unveiled this week by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, according to this Politico story. The...

It’s not exactly biological warfare, but the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is using the H1N1 virus and vaccine as a political weapon. Through a series of targeted press releases the DCCC is calling out Republican lawmakers who voted against funding...

October 26, 2009

The special congressional election in New York's 23rd District has become a Republican Rorschach test. Is Republican nominee Dierdre Scozzafava really a Republican? Newt Gingrich says yes, and supports her. Others -- including ex-Rep. Dick Armey -- say no, and...

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