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 »
Are Some Senate Democrats Too Likable to Vote Out?
Republicans are counting on a favorable environment and target-rich map to carry them to a Senate majority in 2015. But standing between them and victory are a slew of Democratic incumbents who, while vulnerable, have one important advantage: People like them. There’s no better example than in New Hampshire, home […] 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 »
The End of the Pragmatic Governor
NGA, RIP. That’s the unavoidable conclusion after the outburst outside the White House this week from Louisiana’s Republican governor, Bobby Jindal—and the counterpunch it provoked from Connecticut’s Democratic governor, Dannel Malloy. … Yet this week’s altercation carried an inevitability that reflects long-gestating changes in the way governors operate in Washington, […] Read more »
Three Senators Try to Hold Off G.O.P. in South
Things traditionally get started a little late down here, an inclination that runs from mealtimes to political races. But with nearly a year to go before the 2014 election, it is already open season on Senator Mary L. Landrieu, Democrat of Louisiana. … Republicans are so giddy about the prospect […] Read more »