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Washington in 60 Seconds: Mark Sanford Missing Again?
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyGood morning, Capitolists! It's a busy day in Washington, but you can get up to speed on it all in the next 60 seconds. - Huge Day in South Carolina -- No Lie! It's Election Day in the Palmetto State and there is an embarrassment of riches for political junkies to sink their brains into. On the ballot for the state's run-offs today: Nikki Haley trying to become the first female governor of the state; Tim Scott trying to become the first black Republican in Congress since J.C. Watts; Rep. Joe "You Lie!" Wilson's stepson running for attorney general; and the son of the late (and former ...
Harry Reid vs. Sharron Angle: Each Is Vulnerable to Attack -- and Ridicule
By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailyThe general election race for the Senate in Nevada began about a half-second after Sharron Angle won the Republican nomination, and one thing was immediately clear: This would be a national spectacle even if Harry Reid were not the majority leader of the U.S. Senate. Get ready to re-experience every ill-advised remark Reid has ever made, and get familiar with every odd position Angle has ever taken. Trust me, there is no shortage of either. This is a choice between someone who has said Capitol tourists smell and President Obama has "no Negro dialect," and someone who laments that alcohol is ...
Jim DeMint: Conservative 'Kingmaker' or Inside-the-Beltway Interloper?
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailyThanks to his aggressive involvement in a number of primary campaigns, Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) has been dubbed by some in the media as the conservative "kingmaker." But now, even some conservatives are quietly questioning whether that's an apt title. In recent months, DeMint has pulled a power play of sorts with his Senate Conservatives Fund, which essentially serves as a shadow National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC). The PAC is run by Matt Hoskins, who also serves as DeMint's spokesman and who, according to one conservative who asked not to be named, "tries to be DeMint's 'big ...
What's Wrong With Big Government?
By David Corn - Politics DailyOn Saturday, Sen. Bob Bennett's senatorial career came to what seems to be a rather ignominious end, when the conservative Utah Republican placed third at the GOP state convention picking the party's Senate nominee. A businessman named Tim Bridgewater and Tea Party favorite Mike Lee finished, respectively, first and second, and they will subsequently slug it out in a primary on June 22. (Under state law, Bennett, who has been in the Senate for almost 18 years, can run in the November election as a write-in, but not as an independent.) Bennett's ouster is a shocker for the politerati, a punch ...
So Which Senators Didn't Want Credit Card Reform?
By Dylan and Ethan Ris - Politics DailyYou've probably read that the both the House and Senate passed credit card reform legislation this week -- and by sweeping margins. The House vote was 361-64, which was impressive enough, until you compare it to the Senate, which voted 90-5.In fact the margin was so wide in the Senate, it had a lot of folks wondering who out there didn't think it was a good idea to eliminate double-cycle billing and predatory rate hikes on the most vulnerable Americans. Heck, even Sen. Tom Coburn (R-NRA) voted in favor of the bill-- albeit only after amending it to usher handguns into national parks.Well here ...
The 1st Annual Veepstakes Hypothetical Awards
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyThe Hill newspaper asked 97 Senators this question: "If you were asked, would you accept an offer to be the VP nominee?" This sounds like a pretty simple question. Vice POTUS is probably the best job you can get without having to do anything to earn it. But these Senators act like they've been posed some mystical Zen koan, along the lines of the job interview trump card, "What's your biggest weakness?" (I care too much) I'm not going to list all 97, but I encourage you to, and pick out your own favorites. Instead, I am going to hand out hypothetical trophies to a few of the most deserving ...
McCain Scandal Brewing?
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyThe New York Times has posted an article, being hotly reported on MSNBC, that might have Republican presidential candidate John McCain in hot water: Early in Senator John McCain's first run for the White House eight years ago, waves of anxiety swept through his small circle of advisers. A female lobbyist had been turning up with him at fund-raisers, in his offices and aboard a client's corporate jet. Convinced the relationship had become romantic, some of his top advisers intervened to protect the candidate from himself - instructing staff members to block the woman's access, privately warning ...
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