After the so called Sheldon primary, when four potential candidates for the Republican presidential nomination went to Las Vegas to court the casino owner Sheldon Adelson, it took a heavy dose of audacity on the part of Chief Justice John Roberts to claim on April 2 that “ingratiation and access […] Read more »
Obama Factor Adds to Fears of Democrats
Democrats are becoming increasingly alarmed about their midterm election fortunes amid President Obama’s sinking approval ratings, a loss in a special House election in Florida last week and millions of dollars spent by Republican-aligned groups attacking the new health law. … Mr. Obama’s approval rating of 41 percent in a Wall […] Read more »
Who Scares Democrats More Than the Koch Brothers? Nate Silver.
For the last few months, FiveThirtyEight editor-in-chief Nate Silver has been largely absent from the political forecasting scene he owned in the 2008 and 2012 presidential elections. But that hasn’t stopped the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee from sending at least 11 fundraising emails featuring Silver in the subject line over […] Read more »
D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray is top Democrat in poll as primary looms
Public opinion of Mayor Vincent C. Gray has strongly rebounded in the eighteen months since scandal threatened to derail his mayoralty, with voters supporting him over all of his Democratic primary challengers, according to a new Washington Post poll. CONT. Mike DeBonis & Scott Clement, Washington Post Read more »
A National Strategy Funds State Political Monopolies
… Twenty-three states are now solely controlled by Republicans, and 13 solely by Democrats. In two others — New York and Washington — one chamber is jointly controlled. … Both sides rely on interlocking networks of political action committees, party organizations and nonprofit groups, often based in states with forgiving […] Read more »
Revolt Against Washington and Corrupted Politics
Partisanship drives most issues these days, but concern over the influence of money-in-politics is one of the few areas with the power to breakthrough the otherwise divisive national conversation in top battleground districts, according to new polling released today by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner and Public Campaign Action Fund. CONT. Stan […] Read more »