A new independent Morning Call/Muhlenberg College Tracker poll has confirmed that Rep. Joe Sestak (D-Pa.) is now leading former Rep. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) by a razor-thin margin in Pennsylvania’s Senate race. The news that the Pennsylvania Senate race is tightening comes at the same time as reports from Colorado and More…
In the best-case scenario, Texas state Rep. Leo Berman hopes his state will be sued. The representative for Texas’ 6th District, along with more than a dozen other Republican state legislators across the country, plans to introduce a bill in the next session calling for his state to discontinue
An hour ago I mused about what the Club for Growth, which has spent over a million dollars opposing Rep. Joe Sestak (D-Pa.), might do about the latest poll numbers to come out of the Pennsylvania Senate race that show him virtually tied with former Rep. Pat Toomey More…
Fresh off some heartening poll numbers for Rep. Joe Sestak (D-Pa.) in his Senate race, the Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) had announced that it will launch a major ad campaign tomorrow in the Philadelphia area, spending over $1 million attacking the congressman over his record on Israel.
The RJC More…
Can Rep. Joe Sestak (D-Pa.) make two improbable comebacks in one election season? Some internal polls released last week indicated that he was closing the gap considerably in his race to catch former Rep. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.), but they were quickly dismissed by pundits who pointed to a More…
Finally, a company with the temerity to go out and make a direct corporate expenditure on behalf of a candidate, or three. The Penneco Oil Company, an oil and gas exploration company in Western Pennsylvania, has bypassed the shell game of giving to PACs and 501(c) organizations and More…
On the heels of my piece today about former Rep. Pat Toomey (R) and his remarkable ability to project moderation when the facts say otherwise, both he and Rep. Joe Sestak (D) have new ads up on the airwaves today claiming they represent the middle of Pennsylvania politics, while More…
As in many close elections, Pennsylvania’s Senate race has largely become a contest about defining and capturing the elusive middle. Democrats might enjoy a substantial registration advantage in the state, courtesy of the 2008 elections, but the state’s swing voters — mostly middle-class suburbanites with tolerant social views and moderate More…
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer is protesting a federal court’s decision to allow foreign governments to file “friend-of-the-court” briefs in the Justice Department’s lawsuit against Arizona’s SB 1070 immigration law. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, which will hear the case in November, ruled Monday that Mexico, Argentina, Bolivia, More…
With midterms fast approaching, most eyes are trained towards Congress and the question of which party will grab a majority of seats. But, as the New York Times points out today, the battle for statehouses around the country may have a far greater lasting effect.
That’s because Republicans, if More…
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