To demonstrate just how Republican this year’s Senate playing field is, consider this: Of the 36 Senate elections this year (33 regularly scheduled and three specials), the Crystal Ball sees 16 as at least potentially competitive at the moment. Of those races, 14 are currently held by Democrats, and just […] Read more »
Democrats pinning Fla. special election loss on dismal turnout effort
Democrats spent Wednesday trying to explain away a disappointing loss in a Florida special congressional election that they had been expected to win. … Already facing a difficult task in reclaiming the House majority, some Democrats said the loss in a district that President Obama won twice should serve as […] Read more »
Health Law Tied to G.O.P. Victory in Florida Race
For Democrats hoping to claim a prized House seat in a swing district, Alex Sink seemed a shining candidate: a moderate, business-minded banker and former candidate for governor with ample experience in running a big race and raising money for it. But in the end, Tuesday’s special election showed that […] Read more »
What FL-13 Could Mean For Democrats
Democrats haven’t had a week this bad since 2010 and its only Wednesday. While the headlines are focused on Democrats losing the special election in Florida’s 13th Congressional district, even worse news came in the form of an NBC News/Wall Street Journal national poll released last night, along with four […] Read more »
Midterm Falloff By the Numbers
One thing that the FL-13 special election results should encourage everyone to do is to get very serious about the phenomenon I write about metronomically here: the “midterm falloff problem” for Democrats. We don’t have exit polls for FL-13, so we can’t figure out exactly who turned out and who […] Read more »
Bill Clinton Is the Best Friend Democrats Have for 2014
If Democrats can’t get Pope Francis to come and campaign with them ahead of this year’s midterm elections, they’re at least already trotting out the next best thing: Bill Clinton. It may seem like the former president has been weighing Democrats down as of late, with Republicans like Sen. Rand […] Read more »