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Christine O'Donnell's LinkedIn Says She Studied at Oxford
By not in system - AOL News(Sept. 15) -- Did Sarah Palin-backed tea party heroine Christine O'Donnell really study at Oxford? A public LinkedIn profile under her name appears to claim as much. Under the education heading, it lists "Post Modernism in the New Millennium" at the University of Oxford. Have a look: O'Donnell, who swept to an upset defeat of nine-term Congressman Mike Castle in Tuesday's GOP primary, hasn't yet mentioned an Oxford connection on the campaign trail. So what was the course, and how long ago did she take it? Surge Desk searched Oxford's course library and did not come across any current ...
Bill Haslam Wins GOP Gubernatorial Nod in Tennessee
By not in system - AOL News(Aug. 6) -- Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam handily won the Republican nomination for governor of Tennessee on Thursday, beating two more conservative opponents in a primary that also decided the candidates for three U.S. House seats that the GOP believes it is poised to win. ...
Women Win Big in Primary Races for Senate, Governor
By not in system - AOL News(June 9) -- From South Carolina to California on Tuesday, women candidates won high-profile congressional and gubernatorial primary races that will help shape the November election ballot. Arkansas Sen. Blanche Lincoln gave hope to incumbents and the political establishment, winning a runoff against progressive favorite Lt. Gov. Bill Halter for the Democratic Senate nomination. ...
Rick Perry Wins Texas Gubernatorial Primary
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyIncumbent Gov. Rick Perry of Texas won a hard-fought and expensive Republican primary Tuesday night, avoiding a runoff in his defeat of Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, while former Houston mayor Bill White easily locked up the Democratic nomination. Hutchison conceded just before 9:30 p.m. central time, urging her supporters to back Perry. "Our party must come together, we must put aside our differences," the three-term senator told a cheering crowd in Dallas. Perry, who is seeking a third full term, won by a margin of about 52 percent to Hutchison's 31 percent, The Houston Chronicle ...
'Washington Post' Endorses Against 'Huckster' Terry McAuliffe
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyToday the Washington Post endorsed the lesser-known Creigh Deeds over longtime Democratic fundraiser, alligator wrestler, and FOHB, (friend of Hillary and Bill Clinton) Terry McAuliffe in the David-and-Goliath Democratic primary for Virginia governor. The paper's nod is a prized endorsement for state-wide Democrats, who rely heavily on the population-rich Northern Virginia region that the Post covers. ...
Bunning Cuts Loose on McConnell
By Dave - Politics Dailyvia NRO, The Courier-Journal has the latest from Senator Bunning, likely the most vulnerable Republican in the senate."Do you know Arlen Specter will be 80, has had four bouts with cancer and he still wants to run for the U.S. Senate?" Bunning continued. "And I'm being criticized at 77 and healthy for wanting to run for the U.S. Senate by certain leadership people in my party. Give me a break."Asked if the leadership he was referring to was McConnell, Bunning answered: "Obviously. Do you want me to spell it out for you?"He said: "Do you realize that under our dynamic leadership of our leader, ...
PA Senate Update
By Dave - Politics DailyCourtesy of Cilizza at the washingtonpost.com, three good paragraphs. First, in response to the polling reported by DK yesterday."This is a statement of the obvious fact that Pat Toomey is not yet well known by statewide general-election voters," Toomey communications director Nachama Soloveichik said about the Quinnipiac numbers. "Where he is well known, by general-election voters in the swing 15th District and by statewide Republicans, he is overwhelmingly popular."I think that's the right take on it, but unfortunately it's going to be hard selling that to keep another big name from coming ...
Porn Star Stormy Daniels Launches Senate Campaign Listening Tour
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyThe writers of Politics Daily have followed the burgeoning Senate bid of adult film star Stormy Daniels since the beginning, and this observer is pleased to report another development in Daniels' bid to unseat David Vitter. The Libertarian-leaning Louisianan is embarking on a listening tour of the state:Today, the DraftStormy Campaign entered the next phase when it announced the event schedule for the initial listening tour of prospective candidate for Senate, Stormy Daniels. Stormy will kick off her listening tour of Louisiana with a stop for lunch at The Roux House in Baton Rouge, Tuesday, ...
VA: McAuliffe's Mounting Youth Vote Problem
By Tony Romm - Politics DailyAll eyes this week are appropriately affixed on Pennsylvania, the site of Sen. Arlen Specter's (R, D) forthcoming party defection. Yet, an arguably more contentious primary contest simmers hours south in the ever-purpling state of Virginia. ...
Seat All the Delegates
By Mark Impomeni - Politics Daily"Count all the votes!" "Selected, not elected!" "Illegitimate president!" These were the calls echoing from liberals and Democrats in the wake of the 2000 presidential election in Florida. Yet this Saturday, at a meeting of the Democratic National Convention Rules and Bylaws Committee, the Democratic Party is set to commit the very sin it decried eight years ago and limit the delegations from the important swing states of Michigan and Florida, scene of the crime in 2000, to half or perhaps none of their allotted delegate total. Millions of Democratic voters in the two states would see their ...
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