For Democrats left dumbfounded over Republican Scott Brown’s shocking Senate win in Massachusetts yesterday, the short response statement from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) probably won’t offer much solace.
“Regardless of the size of their minority caucus, Senate Republicans have always had an obligation to join us More…
Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), who’s done plenty in recent months to alienate Democrats, won’t improve his standing with his comments today to Fox News. Asked by Neil Cavuto if he would switch to the Republican Party if the GOP somehow took over the Senate in this year’s elections, More…
This morning we ran a piece anticipating the difficulties facing Democratic leaders as they try to make good on their progressive campaign promises during a tough election year, when rallying the support of party moderates is certain to be a chore. And no bill will be tougher to More…
Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal (D) just announced his candidacy to replace outgoing Sen. Chris Dodd (D) — and already, a new poll by Public Policy Polling, a Democratic firm, has him up by at least 30 points on his potential Republican challengers.
Blumenthal leads Rob Simmons
At noon today, Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.), from his home on Main Street in East Haddam, officially announced his retirement from Congress at the end of the year. For the five-term senator, it wasn’t supposed to end this way.
Though his father was a prominent U.S. senator, Dodd More…
Why’s that? Because Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut’s popular attorney general, has already announced that he’ll be entering the race for the seat soon to be vacated by retiring Sen. Chris Dodd (D).
The Hill’s Aaron Blake explains that the shake-up might also spell good news for Sen. More…
After three terms representing North Dakota in the upper chamber, Democratic Sen. Byron Dorgan, facing a potentially* tough reelection this year, announced today that he won’t be going for four. Instead, the moderate Democrat said he has “other things I would like to pursue outside of public life,” including teaching. More…
It’s no news that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is facing a difficult reelection bid next year. Still, as recently as Sept. 3, the Cook Political Report, a well-respected election handicapper, had the seat nestled snugly in the “likely Democrat” column.
But that was a week ago. More…
In an interview with Pennsylvania’s Wayne Independent this morning, second-term Rep. Joe Sestak (D-Penn.) officially threw his name in the ring to take on Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Penn.) in next year’s Democratic primary.
Sestak had been hinting at the run for months. The Hill describes the final hurdle More…
As the Senate today continues debate on Sen. Chris Dodd’s (D-Conn.) credit card reform proposal, Dodd’s 2010 GOP opponent, former Connecticut Rep. Rob Simmons, just issued a statement asking the Banking Committee chairman a biting question: What took you so long?
Credit card reform is long overdue and if Sen.
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