Rodney Alexander doesn’t do anything with a lot of advance notice.
In 2004, the Democratic congressman from Louisiana switched parties just before the filing deadline to ensure that angry Democrats wouldn’t have enough time to field a candidate against him.
This year, the ink was hardly dry…
I shouldn’t be disappointed with MSNBC’s “Daily Rundown,” one of the few reasonable political shows not airing on Sunday morning. But the show did a segment with Indiana University sociologist Fabio Rojas, who recently wrote a Washington Post opinion piece on how Twitter can predict an election.
Instead…
The folks over at the Washington Post must have needed copy desperately for Monday’s opinion page if they were willing to publish a piece titled, “How Twitter can help predict an election.”
In the column, Indiana University Sociologist Fabio Rojas asserts: “Twitter discussions are an unusually good…
Is “brown people” an offensive term for Latinos?
Rep. Alan Grayson is no stranger to controversial statements, but it’s unclear whether the Florida Democratic congressman’s mouth has gotten him into trouble once again.
“I think that would be a shame, but what really pushes immigration to the…
In politics, it’s often damned if you do, damned if you don’t, and Republicans and August recess is no different.
Last week, some Democrats criticized Republicans for taking the traditional August break.
“House Republicans just fled the scene of their crime, skipping out on the American people…
Ohio may not be a wasteland for competitive congressional races after all.
Prior to the 2012 elections, Republicans did a masterful job redrawing the Buckeye State’s congressional lines in order to minimize takeover opportunities for either party.
But in Ohio’s 6th District, former state Rep. Jennifer Garrison…
The 2014 primary season has begun with high-profile Democratic Senate primaries in Massachusetts and New Jersey. But they’re the tip of the iceberg in what promises to be a cycle of competitive, and possibly nasty, primaries in both parties.
Republicans face plenty of intraparty fights, including one in…
Republican state Sen. Mimi Walters has a 94 percent lifetime rating with California’s anti-tax group, but that might not be enough for her to avoid a anti-tax primary challenger as she runs for Congress.
Walters is the early front-runner to replace retiring Rep. John Campbell (click here…
Massachusetts Republican Richard Tisei married his longtime partner earlier this month in the aftermath of losing one of the closest congressional races in the country — and probably just a few months before he begins another House campaign.
In 2012, Tisei came oh-so-close to defeating Democratic Rep. John…
Open congressional seats in Massachusetts tend to come around every few decades, so it’s no surprise that Democrats are looking at a crowded and competitive race to replace new-Sen. Ed Markey (D).
Markey was first elected to Congress in 1976 and became the the longest serving House member…
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