Ezra asks a question I think of a lot of Democrats are asking now and were asking in early 2009--Does Barack Obama want Mitch McConnell to be Majority Leader? Obama has always had a political blind spot when it comes to cabinet appointments. He has...
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I know pretty much nothing about Crist's choice, but give him this: he has a great name.
Loomis has a list.
Hard left now filibuster-proof....[update by Rob] in an article filed last night, Alexander Bolton argued that Specter was moving right and cutting into Toomey's base. FAIL!
When the final list of "Chuck Schumer's Biggest Sell-Outs" is released, this will have to rank near the top. At least when he does stuff like vote to make the.
This would be awesome, but there's just no way... Already in conflict with his party’s leaders, Sen. Jim Bunning has reportedly said privately that if he is hindered in raising.
Looks like Jim Bunning may be getting the hook:Some Republicans are privately urging Sen. Jim Bunning (R-Ky.) to step down at the end of his term amid growing concerns that he can’t win reelection in 2010.According to two GOP sources, leading Republican fundraisers in Kentucky...
As someone who could very much do without Kennedy worship in general and JFK worship in particular, I suppose that I'm happy, on balance, that Caroline Kennedy has removed herself.
While this point is well taken, I suspect that if the New York and Delaware Senate succession rules mandated special elections, then we wouldn't have either Secretary of State Clinton.