Latinos for Reform released two ads today with a very different message from many of the ads aimed at Latino voters this political season: Its ads urge Latinos to vote for local and state candidates but to stop short of casting a ballot for Congress. The idea is More…
For much of the year, both Democrats and Republicans have tried to avoid looking like big spenders, disavowing earmarks and trying to outflank one another on the issue of fiscal discipline — because that’s what they believe voters want to hear. A comprehensive new study of voter preferences, More…
After a spate of requests by Democrats and campaign finance groups for an IRS investigation of a number of section 501(c) organizations accused of abusing their status by engaging primarily in political advocacy, some Senate Republicans are pushing back:
Such a review threatens to “chill the legitimate exercise of
Compounding reports from the weekend that Democrats, one month out from election day, are experiencing a miniature resurgence of sorts is the news that the Democratic National Committee hauled in $16 million in September. The total represents the biggest month of the 2010 election cycle (or, for that More…
Democrats are launching fierce negative advertising campaigns against Republicans across the country, noted Sunday’s New York Times, but not all party officials are convinced about the wisdom of taking the low road. And because a number of GOP candidates have entered from fields outside politics, opposition research outfits are More…
Barry Ritholtz posts an anonymous critique of Mark Zandi, one of the most frequently cited economists in Washington. The nameless investment banking analyst writes:
Perhaps not as ironic as Politico’s Ben Smith makes it out to be, but Senate Democrats will vote Thursday on the DISCLOSE Act because a number of them will be busy at a big fundraiser in New York today:
In an election cycle that looks increasingly like it might be a Republican “wave” year, Texas would seem like an unlikely place for Democrats to go looking for a silver lining. But as Mother Jones’ Suzy Khimm reports, Democrats might just be on the verge of taking back the More…
If Republicans are too harsh on their members (like Delaware’s Rep. Mike Castle) for occasionally voting out of step with their party, are Democrats too lenient? In the wake of Republican soul searching today over the loss of yet another stalwart GOP moderate, Politico notes that on the More…
The Associated Press reports that two additional nonprofits that support conservative causes — Americans for Job Security and The 60 Plus Association — have joined the election spending fray in a big way, buying $5 million in advertisements attacking Democrats in House races in swing districts across the country:
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