Former Rep. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) is at it again, running an ad spot that will air through election day in Pennsylvania that’s so nice and upbeat that it doesn’t even mention his opponent Rep. Joe Sestak (D-Pa.). Instead, Toomey focuses mainly on the birth of his third child, telling viewers, More…
On the heels of my piece today about former Rep. Pat Toomey (R) and his remarkable ability to project moderation when the facts say otherwise, both he and Rep. Joe Sestak (D) have new ads up on the airwaves today claiming they represent the middle of Pennsylvania politics, while More…
As in many close elections, Pennsylvania’s Senate race has largely become a contest about defining and capturing the elusive middle. Democrats might enjoy a substantial registration advantage in the state, courtesy of the 2008 elections, but the state’s swing voters — mostly middle-class suburbanites with tolerant social views and moderate More…
Bad polling news for a number of Democratic Senate hopefuls is coming out all at once.
The first — and most surprising — item concerns Gov. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), who a new Public Policy Polling survey shows trailing his GOP opponent John Raese 46 percent to 43 percent in More…
Just when journalists were busy writing the obituaries for Sarah Palin’s ability to play kingmaker, an obscure Palin-backed GOP challenger named Joe Miller looks on track to usurp Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R) in Alaska. Unofficial returns as of this morning showed Miller up by a little less than More…
Looks like selling his house paid off. Colorado Democratic Senate candidate and former Colorado House Speaker Andrew Romanoff has surged into a dead heat with appointed Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) with just over a week until the state’s August 10 primary, according to the latest polling numbers.
The Senate Judiciary Committee just voted 13-6 to endorse Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan’s confirmation, sending her on to the full Senate for further consideration.
The vote broke largely on partisan lines — all 12 Democrats on the committee voted for Kagan while six of the seven Republicans voted against More…
Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) tepidly endorsed Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan in an op-ed released late yesterday, noting that she did “just enough to win my vote.”
Specter damned Kagan with faint praise in the USA Today op-ed, saying that while he believes she has “an impressive legal More…
Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) announced a little while ago that he will vote against Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan’s confirmation when the Senate Judiciary Committee convenes after the recess, citing his belief that her legal views are based on personal politics.
Obviously this is not totally unexpected, as More…
During what will almost certainly be his last opening statement for a Supreme Court confirmation hearing, Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) pressed court nominee Elena Kagan to be talkative during her hearings.
Specter referenced a 1995 University of Chicago Law Review article in which Kagan criticized the tone of More…
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