August 11, 2014 – 8:31 am
You don’t say. Democrats don’t want to run on who they really are? (Politico) It’s one thing for Democrats running in red parts of the country to sound like Republicans on the campaign trail. It’s another when Democrats running in purple or even blue territory try to do so. Yet that’s what’s happening in race […]
May 19, 2014 – 8:10 am
It’s apparently Monday Poll day at Politico. They have one saying that most people favor legislation that tightens background checks for gun purchases. That’s rather common sense. It’s when Democrats start adding all the restrictions on legal purchases by law abiding citizens that we run into trouble. Then there’s a poll that shows Democrats are […]
May 5, 2014 – 4:41 pm
Yay, Year Of Action!(?) (via Jim Geraghty) (USA Today) By more than 2-1, 65%-30%, Americans say they want the president elected in 2016 to pursue different policies and programs than the Obama administration, rather than similar ones. (snip) By more than 2-1, Americans are dissatisfied with the direction of the country. They remain downbeat about […]
April 23, 2014 – 12:01 pm
North Carolina Senator Kay Hagan has found herself in deep trouble for her re-election chances, primarily due to her continued support of, and vote for, Obamacare, ie the “Affordable” Care Act. Tom Tillis is, with all due respect to the other Republicans fighting for the GOP nomination, the strongest in the field. So, what else […]
April 23, 2014 – 7:40 am
This was a strategy used effectively during the 2010 mid-terms against Nancy Pelosi. Will it work against Reid? (Boston Herald) To hear party operatives describe the fight for the Senate, it’s the boogeyman billionaires against the shifty septuagenarian. For months, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has been pushing an unrelenting string of criticism against Charles […]
April 10, 2014 – 8:38 am
And the news continues to be bad for Democrats (USA Today) The Affordable Care Act looms as a powerful issue in this year’s congressional elections, a USA TODAY/Pew Research Center Poll finds, and one that is reverberating in ways likely to boost the GOP. In the survey, taken after President Obama announced a surprising 7.1 […]
April 9, 2014 – 7:05 am
Good question, if I don’t say so myself (IBD) About 7 million Afghans turned out to vote in Saturday’s presidential election, many proudly brandishing a photo ID that our Department of Justice claims is a symbol of racism and voter intimidation. In perhaps the most ironic tweet of all time, former Obama adviser David Axelrod […]
March 27, 2014 – 1:29 pm
Senate Democrats, especially those up for tough re-election fights, are getting a bit antsy regarding how Ocare affects those chances (Fox News) Several Democratic senators reportedly plan to introduce as soon as Thursday a set of principles and legislation aimed at fixing parts of ObamaCare amid concerns the law could cost Democrats House seats and […]
March 16, 2014 – 8:59 am
Alternate headline: NY Times, Democrats whine like 4 year olds over Republican groups daring to spend money against them. This article, which appears on page A1 of the New York edition is highlights three things, namely that Democrats are concerned about Obama’s falling poll numbers, that Conservative groups are outspending Democrats (the nerve!!!!!), and that […]
March 12, 2014 – 2:41 pm
Well, I’m sure by now you know that Nancy Pelosi compatriot Alex Sink lost (Forbes) The national media this morning are calling Democrat Alex Sink’s surprise defeat in a bellwether special Congressional election yesterday a foreboding referendum on Obamacare. Perhaps this is so, but only slightly less noteworthy is Sink supporters’ failed attempt to turn […]
