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Congress Delays Vote on Bush Tax Cuts Until After Elections
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyWith a potentially bruising election less than six weeks away, Democrats on Capitol Hill came to an impasse Thursday over what to do about the Bush tax cuts. The result was a decision to do nothing, at least until after the elections, when Congress comes back to Washington for a lame duck session. For weeks, Republicans have happily watched from the sidelines as liberal and moderate Democrats have struggled to agree on the best course of action, both politically and on policy grounds, with the Bush-era tax policy that Democrats describe as a "time bomb." All of the tax cuts -- including those ...
Indiana's Hidden-Party Election Campaign: A Partisan Puzzle
By Robert Schmuhl - Politics DailySOUTH BEND, IND. -- With Indiana's primary coming up May 4, political ads crowd broadcast airwaves and yard signs decorate the Hoosier landscape. Except in rare instances, though, these messages refrain from identifying the party of the candidate seeking nomination to run in the fall's general election. This state isn't alone in trying to solve today's partisan puzzle. At a time when we read and hear about hyper-partisanship leading to more pronounced polarization, politicians seem reluctant to inform the electorate what party they represent. ...
Senators Lindsey Graham and Evan Bayh on CBS' 'Face the Nation'
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyCBS'S "FACE THE NATION" MARCH 7, 2010 SPEAKERS: BOB SCHIEFFER, HOST SEN. EVAN BAYH, D-IND. SEN. LINDSEY GRAHAM, R-S.C. ...
Evan Bayh Is Most Conservative Senate Democrat, Ratings Say
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyThe most conservative Senate Democrat? The most liberal Republican? Read all about it in National Journal's vote ratings, drawn up to measure the ideological range of this fightin' and feudin' 111th Congress. National Journal, an influential and deeply reported magazine and Web site, used its own editors and reporters to compile more than 90 roll-call votes on economic, social and foreign policy legislation in the Senate and the House of Representatives. They then graded lawmakers as liberal or conservative based on those votes. They've been doing it since 1981 and, as always, there were ...
Opinion: Has America Already Had 'O-nough'?
By not in system - AOL News(Feb. 24) -- In 1946, Republicans ran on a campaign slogan of "Had Enough?" to mobilize voters who had grown tired of 16 years of Democratic control of Congress. Yet only one year after electing him to office, voters have grown tired of President Barack Obama, or more precisely, his agenda to "transform" the United States. So much so, in fact, that the 1946 slogan is again finding traction. With a nod to the ubiquitous Obama campaign logo, the simple question that frustrated Republicans, Democrats and Independents are asking family and friends is now: "Had O-nough?" There's a joke going ...
Obama, Republicans Get Advice and Criticism About Political Gridlock
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyPresident Obama and congressional Republicans got advice and criticism Sunday -- sometimes from members of their own parties -- for the partisan gridlock that has stalled action on health care, the economy and other key issues. The discussion of gridlock and partisanship coincided with release of a CNN/Opinion Research poll that said 81 percent of Americans believe the U.S. system of government is broken, but can be fixed. Fourteen percent said it was not broken and 5 percent said it was broken and could not be fixed. California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who often finds himself at ...
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 ...
Evan Bayh and the Legends of The Fall
By Peter Wehner - Politics DailyThe resignation of Democratic Sen. Evan Bayh of Indiana has sparked a debate about bipartisanship, ideology, and the institution of Congress. According to Bayh, "There is much too much partisanship and not enough progress, too much narrow ideology and not enough practical problem-solving. Even at a time of enormous national challenge, the people's business is not getting done." This critique is like catnip to the media and has unleashed a predictable wave of sympathetic coverage. Let's examine these arguments, however, beginning with the assertion that "the people's business is not being ...
Poll Gives GOP Big Edge in Indiana Senate Race With Bayh Gone
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyDemocratic Sen. Evan Bayh's decision not to seek re-election has given Republican hopefuls a decided advantage in the race for his Indiana seat, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted Feb. 16-17. In the first survey since Bayh's announcement, three potential Republican standard-bearers all lead the Democrats mentioned as possible candidates. Former Sen. Dan Coats, who is seeking a return to Washington, leads Democratic Rep. Baron Hill, 48 percent to 32 percent, with 6 percent preferring another candidate and 14 percent undecided. He leads Rep. Brad Ellsworth by 46 percent to 32 ...
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