rasmussen poll reid takes two point lead over angle tpmdc
In yet another sign that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has recovered in his re-election race -- thanks to the many gaffes and right-wing positions of Republican former state Rep. Sharron Angle -- the new This is a race between a spineless jackass and a fringe extremist. While they will be equally effective in the next Congress, Reid at least occasionally shows that he cares about issues that matter to the Democratic base. The mere fact that Reid is leading - Read more...
tpmdc morning roundup tpmdc
He will meet at 11 a.m. ET with the Congressional leadership from both parties, will deliver a statement to the press at 12 p.m. ET, and will have lunch with House members at 12:20 p.m. ET. This has left some House Democrats feeling badly served by their leaders. Although lawmakers are reluctant to say so publicly, their aides and campaign advisers privately complain that the speaker and the president left Democrats exposed on an unpopular issue that has little hope - Read more...
kendrick meek woos senate dems after crist goes left tpmdc
Kendrick Meek is brushing off Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's talks with Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, saying this afternoon that he's not worried in the slightest about losing support from Senate Democrats in his bid to become Florida's next I live in Central Florida and I have seen one commercial with Meek in it, and it was a commercial for Jeff Greene. Many people don't know who Meek is. He needs to step it up soon. Reply | Flag Abuse - Read more...
paul ryan on gop 39 we have a decentralized party from a leadership
"They're talking to their pollsters and their pollsters are saying, 'Stay away from this. We're going to win an election,'" Ryan said. He also said: "Unfortunately, you know, when I jumped in the pool and encouraged other people to jump in the . Rush Limbaugh is the leader. No GOP congress person dares to take issue with what Rush says. He supports Half-Governess Palin, so she is the front-runner for the 2012 race. Congratulations to the GOP -- their leader is. a liar, - Read more...
dem strategy attack gop as tea party tools and extremists raw
The tea party is just another extension of the GOP--they're willing GOP tools that spew GOP talking points constantly--plain and simple. So I think the dems are right--part of their strategy should be to point this out. There is no difference between a teabagger and a . It was the Dem congress that caved to Paulson's breathless Chicken-Little act, and forked over 3/4 of a trillion dollars on the basis of a two page request and only one or two days of "debate". - Read more...
coloradopols com election predictions
I think in the end, given a lack of clear choice, enough Dems will remember Romanoff's time as Speaker (prodded on by the immense number of yard signs and talking to their more involved Dem friends) and fill in the bubble for Andrew. . It is in that matrix that my belief regarding election reform is rooted. If we, the voters, don't clean up the process of electing our leaders, the ones we have will not do it. I have said before that my observation of business in - Read more...
dem poll gives reid 4 point lead over angle tpmdc
We now have something we haven't had in awhile: A poll, albeit a partisan poll, showing Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) ahead of his Republican opponent, Sharron Angle. Also, the data looks a bit old. - Read more...
rough road ahead november looms as progressives question
The leadership of the Democratic party gave $500000 in adds to Ben Nelson, the Democrat that votes like a Republican, even though he isn't up for re-election this year. The Democratic party took sides in the primary for Lincoln and against Bill Halter, "Most of the Tea Party activists don't see a difference between most of the Republicans and the Democrats." http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/11/tea_party_leader_launches_pac_to_back_small-govern.php - Read more...