If Florida Gov. Charlie Crist wants a glimpse into the life of a newly declared Independent candidate, he need look no further than Massachusetts’ Tim Cahill.
Cahill, the sitting Democratic state treasurer, had been eyeing a gubernatorial bid, but Cahill and the Democratic Party had been drifting apart. The party More…
Ben Wetmore, the 28-year-old conservative activist whom James O’Keefe called a “mentor,” has stayed out of the headlines since it was revealed that he housed O’Keefe and the other participants in the bungled sting of Sen. Mary Landrieu’s (D-La.) office. When I reached Wetmore by phone yesterday, he politely declined More…
From The Associated Press:
Scott Brown says he has already told Senate Republican leaders they won’t always be able to count on his vote. [...]
“I already told them, you know, ‘I got here with the help of a close group of friends and very little help from
Mixed messages coming today from Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio), the House minority leader who is spinning last week’s GOP Senate win in Massachusetts as a repudiation of the Democratic majority, while at the same time conceding that voters don’t really trust anyone in Congress at the moment.
“I do think More…
The members of Congress addressing the annual March for Life are hitting a common theme — that the election in Massachusetts represented a watershed moment in anti-abortion politics, and that the health care bill is dead as a result.
“We have won a battle by defeating Obamacare with the help More…
Scott Brown, the Republican newly elected to replace the late Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.), has been surprisingly forthcoming about his vote in favor of the health reforms adopted by Massachusetts a few years back — reforms that include the same individual coverage mandate that many Republicans More…
In the wake of Scott Brown’s astonishing Senate win in Massachusetts Tuesday, it seems that everyone has a theory about what message the voters in the Bay State have sent. Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) this week declared that the message is clear: Congress, he said, needs More…
In 2008, the Obama-Biden ticket carried Rep. Bill Delahunt’s (D-Mass.) district–which lopes down from Boston across the South Shore of Massachusetts Bay–by 12 points. On Tuesday, Republican Scott Brown carried the district by 20 points. It’s no surprise that Joe Malone, the last Republican to be elected to a More…
Shira Toeplitz reports on the ego boost that Scott Brown’s victory in Massachusetts has given to Republican candidates and strategists. So far it’s been enough to nudge businessman Richard Hanna into a rematch with Rep. Michael Arcuri (D-N.Y.); from there, it’s giving a second wind to recruiters who are More…
Brian Brown of the National Organization for Marriage has perfected the art of the salt-in-the-wound press release. His message to supporters on Scott Brown: NOM, like every conservative group, is taking credit for the win.
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