With all the public barbs being traded back and forth between the Chamber of Commerce and the Obama administration, it’s easy to forget that the Chamber is backing at least one Democrat this year in a pretty public way. In today’s Charleston Gazette, Chamber president Thomas Donohue explained once again More…
An article in today’s New York Times about traditional big Democratic donors drawing back their support makes an interesting point about the disparity in the fundraising efforts between liberal and conservative political groups since the Citizens United ruling:
President Obama kicked off efforts to rally the Democratic base and, especially, young people last night with a speech at the University of Wisconsin. Following musical performances by Mama Digdown’s Brass Band, Ben Harper, and The National — as well as words from local pols like Sen. Russ Feingold 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…
On Tuesday morning, Politico broke the news that Rep. Parker Griffith (Ala.) was switching from the Democratic Party to the GOP. For Les Phillip — a Tea Party activist who’d been waging a Republican campaign for Griffith’s seat since August — it was “manna from heaven.”
“This is why More…
The results of a new Gallup poll show that between 2001 and 2009, the percentage of Americans who identify as “Republican” or “lean Republican” has declined in every measured demographic group, except those who identified as frequent church-goers.
The survey found the most dramatic drops in party More…
Confirming what many have been saying for years, a new survey finds that teenagers who pledge to forgo sexual activity until marriage were just as likely to engage in premarital sex as those who do not. Adolescents who take the pledge are also less likely than their More…
Another good point made by TWI’s Daphne Eviatar and Josh Marshall, who sums it up well. From TPM:
Senate Republicans are following this course for three key reasons — first is payback against a major industrial union; second is payback against states like Michigan
I appear as a guest on Peter B. Collins‘ radio show — which is fun because it has live callers. It’s like talking to blog commenters, if commenters were more supportive. (Kidding! Sort of.)
Anyway, in a segment on Friday, a caller raised big questions about how Republicans More…
CHICAGO, IL — On the first official day of the general election homestretch, Sen. Barack Obama is rushing to address the latest economic news, as the government bails out the mortgage giants. He is probably also looking to counter The St. Paul Bounce — which is powering the Republican ticket’s More…
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