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Murkowski Loss Underscores Trend: Appropriators Are Biting the Dust
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailyNow that Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski has conceded, she has become the latest victim of a growing trend: Appropriations Committee members who have lost this year. Once thought of as a powerful committee for members wanting to "bring home the bacon," in today's political environment sitting on an appropriations panel seems to be an albatross. "Earmarking is a corrupt practice, plain and simple," says Andy Roth, a vice president at the conservative Club for Growth. "Voters understand that, but insecure politicians do not. And that's why the old adage that pork buys you votes doesn't work. It ...
Election Scorecard: Women and Big Money Win; Labor Takes Huge Hit
By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailyThe primary nicknamed Super Duper Tuesday, with elections in 12 states, produced some unexpected winners and losers. Biggest Winners: Women under siege. The night was a triumph for Arkansas Democrat Blanche Lincoln, chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, and Nikki Haley, the South Carolina lawmaker of Indian descent who fell just short of avoiding a runoff for the Republican governor's nomination. Lincoln was practically written off after she failed to win 50 percent of the vote in a May 18 primary and was forced into a runoff with Lt. Gov. Bill Halter. "We sure surprised a lot of ...
Parker Griffith, Party Switcher, Loses Republican Primary in Alabama
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyRep. Parker Griffith, the Alabama Democrat who famously switched parties to become a Republican in 2009, was trounced in his first GOP primary Tuesday night by an 18-point margin. Griffith is the second House member to be ousted in a primary this year, along with scandal-plagued Rep. Alan Mollohan (D-W.VA.), and joins Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) as a cautionary tale for anyone thinking of switching parties to save their political hide in the next election. Both lost in their new parties' primaries by wide margins. With 100 percent of the precincts reporting, Madison County Commissioner Mo ...
West Virginia Democrat Alan Mollohan Ousted in Anti-Incumbent Vote
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyAnother incumbent member of Congress has been ousted as West Virginia voters denied Rep. Alan Mollohan a 15th term in Tuesday's primary and chose state Sen. Mike Oliverio, who made issues of Mollohan's entrenched status and ethics charges that dogged him in recent years. On Saturday, Utah Republicans rejected Sen. Bob Bennett at a state convention fueled by anti-incumbent fervor among Tea Party activists. It wasn't close in West Virginia. Oliverio held a 12-point lead as returns were counted Tuesday night and in November will face former state Del. David McKinley, the Republican primary ...
West Virginia Just Can't Let Go
By John Radcliff - AOL NewsJust when you thought it was safe to say the word football in West Virginia without attaching Rich Rodriguez to the conversation, "Shred Rich Rodriguez Night" is announced. The Wheeling Nailers, the AA minor league hockey team in Wheeling, WV, will offer fans discounts for bringing a picture or newspaper article of the former West Virginia coach to shred. The Nailers are offering discounted tickets to any fan that brings in a newspaper article or picture of the former West Virginia University football coach to contribute to the industrial sized paper shredder that will be stationed in the ...
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