Former Rep. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) is getting some help from his old friends today. The Club for Growth, a conservative anti-tax organization founded by Wall Street investors, announced a new 30-second ad today that will air statewide in Pennsylvania and attack Toomey’s opponent, Rep. Joe Sestak (D-Pa.) as “very liberal.” More…
Rep. Joe Sestak (D-Pa.) has always been a strong advocate for health care reform, but he’s getting some outsize credit from conservative groups for his role in crafting the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Crossroads GPS, the conservative 501(c)4 group tied to Karl Rove and Ed Gillespie, is up More…
Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) will endorse Rep. Joe Sestak (D-Pa.) today in his Senate bid against former Rep. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.). Hagel told the Associated Press yesterday that Sestak, a fellow veteran, will put the interests of the nation ahead of his party:
If you’re going to make big independent expenditures on behalf of Republicans in this election cycle, it’s pretty much imperative that you place the word “American” in your group’s name somewhere. So far this week, Americans for Prosperity, American Crossroads, and Americans for Job Security have all More…
In case you haven’t read it already, Patrick Caldwell’s profile of the post-Citizens United landscape for campaign spending gets at a number of important trends. First, while 527 groups like MoveOn.org and Swift Boat Veterans for Truth told much of the story of spending during the last few election 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.
Last week, TWI’s video team brought you 90 seconds of insight into the 2010 campaign season. If you’re ready for more, check out, below the jump, this more extensive look at races to watch in the coming months.
Most Democrats aren’t calling for Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) to resign, but they’re continuing to donate the campaign contributions they received from him to charity. Yesterday, after Rangel had been charged with 13 counts of rules violations, it was Rep. Joe Sestak (D-Pa.), engaged in a tight Senate race with former More…
The White House wants to see your Facebook friend requests.
Michele Bachmann can’t stop talking about impeaching Obama.
Crack sentencing will soon be more fair.
Rand Paul says mountaintop removal just needs a better name.
Shirley Sherrod plans to sue More…
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) has been receiving a lot of media attention for his gadfly role as ranking member on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. Since the Obama administration took office, he’s aggressively pursued investigations against favorite GOP targets like ACORN and alleged wrongdoing by the administration More…
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