It’s become conventional wisdom in Washington that beards are a detriment for most politicians on the campaign trail. In 2006, The Hill put it this way:
[P]olitical consultants, image consultants and etiquette experts say research shows that politicians who wear mustaches and beards don’t poll well. Voters don’t trust a
The war in Afghanistan has produced divisions among Democrats in Congress from the start, but a series of votes on Thursday night revealed a rising tide of Democratic discontentment that could alter the trajectory of the Obama administration’s approach to the conflict.
[Security1] A measure to fund the administration’s 30,000-troop More…
The Washington Post editorial page is a perennial bugaboo for progressive blogs and think tanks — with editor Fred Hiatt taking fire for, among many choices, his selection of Sarah Palin to opine on climate change, his defense of George W. Bush’s handling of prewar intelligence and his More…
One day after longtime Democratic Rep. David Obey made his surprise retirement announcement, the National Republican Congressional Committee is targeting potential Obey successor Sean Duffy to receive additional aid and support from the committee.
Duffy, the District Attorney for Ashland County in Wisconsin (and a former cast member of More…
House Appropriations Chairman David Obey made it official at a press conference this afternoon: He will not run for re-election in November, choosing to retire after more than 40 years representing his Wisconsin district.
“I’m ready to turn the page,” he said. “Frankly, I am bone tired.”
As we noted More…
House Appropriations Chairman David Obey (D-Wis.) will announce as early as today that he will not be running for re-election.
Obey faced the prospect of a tough battle in his home district against Republican Sean Duffy, a former star of “The Real World: Boston” and current district attorney for More…
Economic realities like the widening wealth gap and growing income inequality aren’t terribly popular topics on Capitol Hill, where most lawmakers still prefer to spout claims that merit and hard work – not family wealth and connections — are the surest dictators of success in More…
A clever campaign by Sean Duffy, the talented candidate taking on Rep. David Obey (D-Wis.), who presided over the first roll call on health care reform yesterday. Duffy attempts to do to Obey’s friendly kiss on the cheek to Nancy Pelosi what liberal activists did to George W. More…
Statements are beginning to dribble out from Capitol Hill following the death this afternoon of 18-term Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.). Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio), who in 2006 had nominated Murtha in his unsuccessful bid to become House majority leader, called the Vietnam vet “a congressional giant.”
I nominated him because
Moments after telling reporters that the country owes “so much” to the troops who have wallowed for most of the decade in Afghanistan, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) today squarely distanced herself from a proposed tax — sponsored by Rep. David Obey (D-Wis.) — to cover the costs More…
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