Not long ago, Democrats had it all: the first African-American president sitting in the Oval Office, the first female Speaker of the House and even a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate. Four years later, the only remaining piece - the presidency - might be taken away from them.
"The road…
Did last week's Republican Convention spell the beginning of the end for national political conventions, at least in their current form? I'm not certain, but it should.
Like the GOP's Ames straw poll, which gets a huge build-up in the media but tells us almost nothing about who will be the…
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- North Carolina Democrats here in the Queen City have a common enemy-- their new congressional redistricting map that’s imperiled at least four Democratic-held districts this fall.
Democrats’ ire against the new lines was on full display at a delegation breakfast on Tuesday…
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Democratic strategists are cautiously optimistic that they will maintain their Senate majority, but, absent an unforeseen political wave, the party will do battle in a series of local contests where an asset in one state might be a hurdle in another.
“Voters of Wisconsin…
In the wake of GOP nominee Todd Akin’s media meltdown, it’s not just Missouri that appears to be trending away from Republicans lately.
After moving the Show-Me State to Pure Toss-Up last week, we are moving it again, to Lean Democrat. Akin, who held a double-digit lead before he made his…
TAMPA, Fla. -- Sen. Scott Brown (R) may need a half a million Obama voters to get re-elected in Massachusetts, but that’s not keeping him away from appearing at the Republican Party’s biggest event.
“Mitt Romney is his friend,” said Eric Fehrnstrom, a senior advisor to both Brown and the former…
TAMPA, Fla. -- In the modern era of campaigns, candidates in competitive races can’t go anywhere without someone from the other party following them with a video camera-- and the party conventions are no different.
Fewer GOP House and Senate candidates have made the trek to the Republican…
Eight years ago, right before Republicans gathered in New York City from Aug. 30 to Sept. 2 to renominate President George W. Bush for a second term, a newly released NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll showed Bush vulnerable and in a dogfight against his challenger, a Massachusetts Democrat.
In…
Tuesday’s primaries in Arizona offered a little bit of everything, including a Member vs. Member race and what GOP strategists are calling “a gift.”
The 9th District is brand new, after the Grand Canyon State was awarded another seat in Congress through reapportionment, and its first general…
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