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The Problem With Rand Paul's Senate Tea Party Caucus Plan
By Byron Tau - AOL News(July 19) -- Kentucky GOP Senate candidate and tea party darling Rand Paul has said that he wants to form a tea party caucus of like-minded senators if he's elected in November. There's just one potential problem: Caucuses are administered under House of Representatives rules and must have a member of the House as an officer. Only one Senate caucus exists at all -- and it was formerly a Senate commission that became a caucus under a special rule in 1985. Congressional caucuses, also known as congressional member organizations (CMOs), are groups of like-minded members of Congress united by a ...
New Poll Has Harry Reid Leading Sharron Angle in Nevada Senate Race
By Paul Wachter - AOL News(July 16) -- According to the latest polls, embattled Nevada incumbent Democratic Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid is now leading Republican challenger Sharron Angle, 44 to 37 percent. In last month's poll, Angle was ahead three percentage points. Reid's seat has long looked vulnerable in this purple state, which has the country's highest unemployment rate -- 14 percent. The majority leader is the local face of the Obama administration, and even though Obama took Nevada in the 2008 presidential election, his popularity there has declined. For Republican's eyeing big wins in the mid-term ...
California Senate Race: Carly Fiorina, Climate Change and an Idiotic Ad
By David Corn - Politics DailyThere's an old cliché: Character is how you behave when no one is looking. And there's another way of testing character for a politician: what he or she is willing to say to get elected. Carly Fiorina failed that test this week -- when she released perhaps the most idiotic and juvenile campaign ad of the election year. Fiorina, the former CEO of Hewlett-Packard, is the leading candidate in the California Republican Senate primary and is expected to beat former Rep. Tom Campbell and state Assemblyman Chuck DeVore in next week's election. (This week, Campbell pulled his television ads.) So ...
Feingold Ahead in Wisconsin Re-Election Bid, but not if Thompson Runs
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyWisconsin Sen. Russ Feingold leads the two declared GOP challengers for his job but would be running behind if former Gov. Tommy Thompson got into the race, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted Feb. 17. Feingold leads businessman David Westlake by 47 percent to 37 percent with 6 percent preferring another candidate and 10 percent undecided. He leads real estate developer Terrence Wall 47 percent to 39 percent with 6 percent preferring someone else and 7 percent undecided. Thompson leads Feingold 48 percent to 43 percent with 6 percent preferring someone else and 4 percent ...
Brad Ellsworth, Top Pick for Democrats, Will Run for Evan Bayh's Senate Seat
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyU.S. Rep. Brad Ellsworth, a second-term Democrat, will announce Friday that he will run for the Indiana Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Evan Bayh, according to a report by Chris Cillizza at The Washington Post. Ellsworth, a native of Evansville, serves a district in south central Indiana. A former longtime county sheriff, he was elected to the House in 2006 as a part of Democratic efforts to recruit very moderate candidates for seats in conservative states, including Indiana. He has been a part of the fiscally conservative Blue Dog Coalition and has occasionally strayed from the Democratic ...
John Mellencamp: Will He Rock the Senate in Indiana?
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailySay what you want about Evan Bayh, Indiana's popular, moderate, retiring senator: He's no rock star. Now, some Indiana Democrats, facing a formidable challenge to protect Bayh's open seat in November, may be looking to the rock world for help, The Washington Post says. An online effort is under way in Hoosier country to draft John Mellencamp as a Democratic Senate candidate. Mellencamp, known for his blue-collar, social-themed lyrics, lives in Indiana and is a co-founder with Willie Nelson of Farm Aid. He supported Barack Obama in the 2008 campaign, performed at his inauguration, and asked ...
Oregon's Wyden Holds Early Lead Over Potential GOP Senate Rival
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyOregon's two-term Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden has a 49-percent-to-35-percent lead over law professor Jim Huffman, a political newcomer said to be considering a run, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted Feb. 16. Seven percent prefer another choice while 9 percent are undecided. Rasmussen raises the prospect that Wyden is potentially vulnerable because his support is under 50 percent against a candidate about whom 43 percent do not know enough to express a favorable or unfavorable opinion. Wyden won his last election with 63 percent of the vote. "Given Oregon's political leanings, ...
GOP's Blunt Maintains Lead Over Democrat Carnahan in Missouri Senate Race
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyFormer Republican Rep. Roy Blunt continues to maintain his lead over Democratic Secretary of State Robin Carnahan in the race to succeed GOP Sen. Kit Bond of Missouri, with Blunt leading 49 percent to 42 percent with 3 percent preferring someone else and 6 percent undecided, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted Feb. 10. The margin of error is 4.5 points. Last month, Blunt had a 49 percent to 43 percent lead. In the current poll, Blunt has a 69 percent to 31 percent advantage among voters who are not enrolled in either party. Follow Poll Watch on Twitter ...
Hodes Can't Gain Ground on Ayotte in New Hampshire Senate Race
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyNew Hampshire's Republican Attorney General Kelly Ayotte continues to be the strongest GOP candidate against Democratic Rep. Paul Hodes, leading him 41 percent to 33 percent with 25 percent undecided, according to a WMUR/University of New Hampshire Granite State poll conducted Jan. 27 - Feb. 3. The margin of error is 4.4 points. That's about the same margin Ayotte has enjoyed since October. Hodes leads the three other GOP hopefuls. He's ahead of lawyer Ovide Lamontagne 38 percent to 29 percent with 25 percent undecided. He leads businessman William Binnie 34 percent to 30 percent with 33 ...
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