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Sarah Palin's Endorsement: Curse or Blessing?
By Sandra Fish - Politics DailyTuesday could be a big day in determining how far Sarah Palin's endorsement star power goes. Two of Palin's most high profile and perhaps most controversial "mama grizzlies" face Republican primaries June 8. In South Carolina, beleaguered state Rep. Nikki Haley is considered the front-runner in a four-way primary for governor. In the two weeks before the election, however, two men have said they've had affairs with the state lawmaker. Haley has denied the accusations and Palin is sticking by her candidate. In California, two recent polls show Carly Fiorina in the lead against two men in ...
Bill Clinton Back in Arkansas, Campaigning for Sen. Blanche Lincoln
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyThe Man from Hope is going home -- again. Former President Bill Clinton headed to Arkansas Friday to campaign for Sen. Blanche Lincoln, who is in a tough runoff for the Democratic nomination for her own seat against Lt. Gov. Bill Halter. Clinton, appearing on behalf of Lincoln at an event in Little Rock, has chosen to support the incumbent in the Democratic Party squabble -- and also the moderate candidate against the more liberal Halter. "She has written the toughest Wall Street reform proposal to help Main Street businesses," Clinton said in an e-mail released by Lincoln's campaign. "She ...
Rand Paul, Michael Steele: Fighting to Keep the Liberty in Libertarianism
By Mary C. Curtis - Politics DailyIt was fascinating to watch the talking heads on weekend round-table discussions try to talk Rand Paul out of the hole he dug for himself. In particular, Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele's defense of the Kentucky Senate candidate seemed ambivalent and a bit painful. Paul's trouble came with his musings that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 may have overreached when it forbade private businesses from discriminating, that the federal government's condemnation of BP's oil-drenched transgressions is too harsh and that, when it comes to Gulf spills and fatal mining disasters, ...
McCain, Brewer Leading Their GOP Primary Opponents in Arizona
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyIn Arizona's pair of GOP primary races, Sen. John McCain still has a double-digit lead over former conservative talk show host J.D. Hayworth although he's slipped under 50 percent support, while Gov. Jan Brewer leads the field of fellow Republicans who want her job, according to a Daily Kos/Research 2000 poll conducted May 3-5. McCain is leading Hayworth 48 percent to 36 percent with 6 percent preferring someone else and 10 percent undecided. He had led 52 percent to 37 percent in Research 2000's last poll in late March. In the gubernatorial primary race, Brewer, who made national news when ...
Republican Hopefuls Lose Ground in Kentucky Senate Race
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyThe two Democrats running for the seat of retiring GOP Sen. Jim Bunning in Kentucky have gained on the Republicans seeking the job, although they still trail in general election match-ups, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted April 28. Last month, both Secretary of State Trey Grayson and eye doctor Rand Paul, a favorite of Tea Party activists, were above the 50 percent mark against Attorney General Jack Conway and Lt. Gov. Daniel Mongiardo. But now they have dipped below that mark and their leads have lessened, particularly in the match-ups with Conway. Grayson leads Conway, 43 ...
Jim Bunning Blames Mitch McConnell for His Own Impending Defeat
By Dylan and Ethan Ris - Politics DailyAs Politics Daily's own David Stacey is reporting, Sen. Jim Bunning spent yesterday trashing his fellow Kentucky Republican Mitch McConnell, using derogatory terms he normally reserves for the news media.Bunning called McConnell "selfish" and blamed the minority leader not only for losing 15 GOP Senate seats over the past two elections but also for losing 4 additional seats in the 2010 election, which-- unless Bunning knows something that we don't-- hasn't happened yet.Quoth the sage of Cooperstown...Do you realize that under our dynamic leadership of our leader, we have gone from 55 and ...
Sebelius Tapped for Health Secretary
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyKansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius (D) has reportedly been selected by President Barack Obama to be Secretary of Health and Human Development. Sebelius, two term popular governor, will oversee the Obama Administration's plans for nationalizing the nation's health care system. The president will make the formal announcement on Monday.Sebelius is Obama's second stab at finding a nominee for the department, and a steward to guide his health care plans through Congress. The first nominee, former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-SD), withdrew his nomination earlier this month after becoming ...
Chris Matthews in Talks for Senate Run
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyChris Matthews, MSNBC's cantankerous host of Hardball, is reportedly speaking to party officials in Pennsylvania about a possible run for Senate. Not surprisingly, were Matthews to run, he would do so as a Democrat, challenging Republican Arlen Specter in 2010. Matthews has been thought to be eying a run for months although he has consistently denied it in public. This report is the first confirmation that he is at least preparing the ground for the possibility of taking on the five-term incumbent.A Senate campaign would be Matthews' second foray into elective politics. After serving on the ...
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