A set of New York Times/Kaiser Family Foundation polls on Southern Senate races and ObamaCare created quite a brouhaha last week, eliciting a level of vitriol not seen since the “unskewers” rose up in reckless disregard of reality during the presidential race. At some level, the invective is hard to […] Read more »
Close Races in 4 Southern States Could Tip Senate Power Balance
Four Senate races in the South that will most likely determine control of Congress appear very close, with Republicans benefiting from more partisan intensity but a Democratic incumbent, seen as highly vulnerable, holding a surprising edge, according to a New York Times Upshot/Kaiser Family Foundation poll. The survey underscores a […] Read more »
Broad Distaste for Health Law, but Little Appetite to Repeal It, Poll Finds
Despite strong dislike of President Obama’s handling of health care, a majority of people in three Southern states – Kentucky, Louisiana and North Carolina – would rather that Congress improve his signature health care law than repeal and replace it, according to a New York Times Upshot/Kaiser Family Foundation poll. […] Read more »
McConnell Is Not as Vulnerable as He Seems
It has been a dreadful winter for Democrats as red state incumbents struggle to overcome President Obama’s sagging popularity. But there’s one person in particular Democrats still hope to beat: Mitch McConnell, the Senate minority leader. Polls say Mr. McConnell is locked in a dead heat for re-election in Kentucky. […] Read more »
Narrow tea party losses are wake-up call for Republicans
The Republican establishment went into last week’s off-year elections believing that the tea party insurrectionists who have ripped apart the GOP in recent years would suffer enough damage to force them into some kind of retreat. But no one thinks that happened. The expectation now is that the long-running internal […] Read more »
Republican senators Graham and McConnell should win their primaries
Many pundits like to think of the Republican primary voter as one who craves orthodoxy. Any Republican politician who doesn’t toe the conservative line can be eliminated in a primary quicker than a dog will bury a bone. Thus come the obvious primary challenges to senators Mitch McConnell of Kentucky […] Read more »