A lot of pundits have drawn comparisons between the current midterm election cycle and the GOP wave year of 1994, but the University of Minnesota’s politics blog argues that an equally apt comparison could be made with the year 1934:
While self-identified Republicans may enjoy an enthusiasm gap over
If you haven’t been following the latest speculation about the potential musical chairs on various energy committees in Congress as a result of the midterms, shame on you allow me to update you.
If Republicans take over the House, it seems likely that Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) will More…
Following midterm elections, what kind of mandate can the Republican Party claim? A new Bloomberg National Poll indicates that while voters are ready to elect Republicans, they’re not especially keen on the GOP itself or a majority of its proposals:
The poll finds Republicans in an unusual position: on
In the wake of the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision, many groups, from independent political action committees to the Republican National Committee, decided to test the waters and file cases against the Federal Elections Commission arguing that they, too, should enjoy the ability to solicit unlimited donations for spending on More…
All politics is local, especially when it comes to energy politics. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) proved that today in Fairbanks when she outlined a plan to lower energy costs in the city.
But the plan also has a number of potential national implications. In order to convince voters that it’s More…
Speaking of border security, Alaska Senate candidate Joe Miller, a Tea Partier who ousted Sen. Lisa Murkowski in the state’s Republican primary, has a proposal for how to make the borders safer: Emulate East Germany.
“The first thing that has to be done is secure the More…
The Club For Growth, which is backing GOP candidate Joe Miller in his Alaska Senate bid, released the results of a new survey it commissioned yesterday that show an incredibly tight three-way race has taken shape:
Our recent survey in Alaska uncovered a VERY close race in the Senate
More data are in concerning the new Super PAC, Alaskans Standing Together, formed to back Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) in her write-in re-election bid for Senate. The group’s FEC filings reveal that all nine of its contributors are Alaska Native corporations that have previously secured business through federal contracts. More…
A new committee called Alaskans Standing Together is providing some major help to Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) in her longshot write-in bid for re-election. The group filed last month with the FEC as a ”Super PAC” — the new name for political action committees that have declared their intention to More…
Tea Party Express, the California-based organization famous for propelling Nevada’s Sharron Angle — and later Alaska’s Joe Miller and Delaware’s Christine O’Donnell — over entrenched Republicans to capture the GOP Senate nominations in their respective states, has announced another cross-country bus tour and series of campaign rallies that will More…
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