I’ve been covering anonymous campaign spending and concerns about the possibility of voter fraud or vote suppression in the lead-up to the midterm elections for quite some time, but what percentage of Americans have been listening? It turns out the number, according to a new Pew Research Center Poll, More…
Republican Governors Association chair and Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour spoke Friday to The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg at the Washington Ideas Forum — essentially a two-day long episode of the Charlie Rose Show, with interviews of politicians, CEOs and other leaders — where he made a point that is More…
“Don’t let them put you in the back of the bus,” former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum (R) said to a full ballroom at the Values Voters Summit — organized by the Family Research Council — in Washington Friday.
[Congress1] He expounded on that idea to the crowd of about 2,000 More…
Rick Scott won the Republican primary for Florida governor last night, edging out party favorite Bill McCollum. Before the primary, the candidates competed for Tea Party voters by jockeying for the hardest line on illegal immigration. Scott called McCollum soft on immigration and pushed More…
Two of the most negative and expensive primary battles this cycle are coming to an end tonight in Florida, and our sister site, The Florida Independent, will be covering the results live. This page will be updating throughout the night (so bookmark it!) with results and dispatches from our More…
A House investigative panel has charged Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) with multiple ethics violations, reports The Associated Press. The case will now be sent to another ethics panel that will try the violations. The AP adds:
Sources said the committee and Rangel’s attorney attempted unsuccessfully to negotiate a settlement
Latinos are the fastest-growing minority group in the U.S., and their votes could hinge on how the government addresses immigration: A poll released today by the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials Educational Fund finds that immigration has overtaken economic issues, education and health care as More…
As Obama’s favorability drops, critics are questioning the usefulness of his pledge of support for immigration reform. One Democratic aide told Time that immigration talk by the White House is a “lose-lose” for Democrats — it angers voters on both sides of the issue and will hurt re-election More…
Even as tar balls wash up on Florida Panhandle shores from the April 19 oil spill, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio stands consistently behind offshore drilling.
“The bottom line is that there is going to be drilling off the coast of Florida. There is right now. Other countries are More…
The Latino community could have a disproportionate impact on this year’s midterm elections, according to a new poll by America’s Voice, a pro-immigration reform organization. The study found that 73 percent of respondents are very likely to vote in November, and 20 percent said they were More…
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