Category: Elections

Just when you thought Illinois politics couldn't get any crazier. Politico informs us that Representative Jesse Jackson Jr. has found some sudden respect for Republican Senatorial nominee Mark Kirk …

Clarice at Tom Maguire's blog may have saved some lives tonight with the following advice: Whatever...Let's follow Rush's advice--Don't drink every time an announcer says, "This is not a …

The primary elections in Kentucky, Arkansas, Pennsylvania and Oregon will be fascinating to watch. A few thoughts on the races I find most interesting: Pennsylvania Democratic Senate Primary: Sestak …

Liberal blogger Greg Sargent has an interesting piece out today about Jonathan Alter's new book "The Promise". I haven't read the book but Sargent offers some interesting teasers from …

In my early days of blogging and column writing one of my most frequent topics was the war in Iraq. I was appalled by much of the media coverage …

The world's largest entity in terms of gross revenue had a bad month in April. The IRS collected only $245 billion dollars in April 2010 compared with collections of …

Utah Republican Senator Robert Bennett was denied a fourth term in the United States Senate today when he failed to overcome objections to his nomination from Tea Party activists, …

In the primary elections yesterday held in Indiana, North Carolina and Ohio (all states carried by President Obama in 2008) there was one defining characteristic. Turnout. Democratic turnout was …

There's a new sheriff in town. And he means business. If you don't like him, tough nuts. New Jersey Republican Governor Chris Christie has made it his priority to …

Poor Bob Herbert. He just can't quit wailing about racism. Today he is still fulminating about the mean Tea Party crowd in Washington that allegedly taunted Congressmen John Lewis …