Oct 24, 2014 – A new Boston Globe poll has Republican Charlie Baker up nine percentage points over his Democratic opponent Martha Coakley. … You don’t need me to tell you that Massachusetts is as liberal a state as they come, as evidenced by the last presidential election … estimates from Kantar Media/CMAG, a firm that tracks political television commercials, $2.2 million in ads paid for by gubernatorial candidates…

Oct 24, 2014 – Democratic candidates were probably mortified that Obama had given them a shoutout and hoped it had been an accident. … As if he were talking in the privacy of his living room, Obama said, referring to Democratic candidates: "It is difficult for them … That is, he just can't help himself from loving on Democratic House and Senate candidates even for a short while.…

Oct 24, 2014 – Democratic candidates are distancing themselves from him or giving him the cold shoulder, while others refuse to admit they even voted … "Vulnerable Democratic candidates don't want to be seen with him. … In Georgia, Democratic Senate candidate Michelle Nunn also dodged the question of who she voted for in the last presidential election…

Oct 23, 2014 – The real genesis of this "nationalization" of Florida politics can be found in the 2000 presidential electoral deadlock that held the … National media reported on Jeb Bush's reelection race for governor in 2002 against a hapless and weak Democratic nominee as if it were … What troubles many who have followed Florida politics for years is the unspoken belief that neither of these two candidates seems to…

Oct 22, 2014 – In last month's AP-GfK poll, 47 percent of female likely voters said they favored a Democratic-controlled Congress while 40 percent … First, young liberal and single women tend to show up for Presidential elections while sitting out midterms. … Third, extreme pro-abortion stances by Democrat candidates like Mark Udall in Colorado could be backfiring as the country, and women…

Oct 20, 2014 – You’ve got to admire the sheer audacity: Democratic Senator Mark Begich telling Alaska voters that he stood up to President Obama … The tally for other Democratic Senators running for reelection is revealing: Hagan (NC) 96% for the Obama agenda, policies and fiats … The four Democratic House and Senate candidates in Northern Virginia are all well-off, middle-age white guys.…

Oct 18, 2014 – Candidates win elections all the time without winning a majority of women. Even Republican candidates. … At the presidential level, Democratic candidates have attracted more women's votes than their GOP opponents in each election since … Plenty of women vote Republican; plenty of men vote Democratic.…

Nov 6, 2014 – Could Democratic candidates have pointed to the Middle East -- the Iranian bomb-making efforts, the civil war in Syria, the collapse … On the home front, why didn't Democratic candidates run on their own prior overwhelming support for the Affordable Care Act, which … Why didn't Democratic candidates vow that they would see it through in 2015?…

Nov 5, 2014 – (2) The last time Republicans defeated more than two incumbent Democratic Senators in one election cycle was 1980.   … has been rewarded by voters for his courageous and successful governance in a state that hasn't been carried by a Republican presidential … Obama campaigned for the losing candidates in the latter two states.  …

Nov 5, 2014 – Special interests are purchasing candidates right and left and spending money at a dizzying pace. … Still, wouldn't it be fun to throw back in his face the idea that candidates are buying more and more TV ads in part because there's … That somehow did not make Schieffer's sermon on the abuse of the democratic process.…

Oct 31, 2014 – The man who began his meteoric rise as the Democratic presidential nominee in Denver's stadium in 2008 has lost much of his luster … Polls show Republican Cory Gardner ahead by seven points in his race to unseat incumbent Democratic Sen. … If mail ballots boost Hispanic voter participation by a few percentage points this year, it will likely redound to Democratic candidates…

Oct 31, 2014 – original candidates and that Hillary Clinton has no credible opposition. … And Jeb's timing in presidential politics proved to be no more fortuitous than Hillary's. … Clinton brings to Democratic effort to retain the White House is fairly obvious.…

Oct 29, 2014 – Bush, told ABC News, the other day that his father will "more than likely" run for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016. … In every presidential election from 1980 to 2004, a Bush or Clinton was on a national ticket. … A slew of candidates running for office this year are trading on their family name.…

Oct 29, 2014 – But they are unsurprisingly quiet about recent polls that show the Democratic Party's approval scores plunging to their lowest rating … So Obama has been relegated to campaigning only in dyed-in-the-wool Democratic states where his party's candidates are not in trouble … Indeed, even in some heavily Democratic states, where he won big in 2012, he is being asked to stay out.…

Oct 28, 2014 – At the same time, in 2012, the “war on women” was effective in mobilizing the Democratic base. … And, they recruited some great female candidates to run for offices across board. … This time around, there aren't any candidates talking about "legitimate rape" or "binders full of women."…

Oct 28, 2014 – poor voters are more likely than others to lack a valid ID and c) that Republicans are attempting to "suppress" the votes of Democratic … Studying survey responses, the authors judge that non-citizen voters tend to favor Democratic candidates by large margins. … True, but remember the presidential race in 2000? Remember "hanging chad" Florida?…

Oct 28, 2014 – However the upcoming elections turn out, we may expect to hear more in the same vein in 2016 from Democratic presidential candidates … and their respective claques because, frankly, this is what we have come to expect of Democratic presidential candidates. … And of some Republican candidates, catching the carnival spirit from so many around them.…

Nov 16, 2014 – He flopped giving the keynote address at the 1988 Democratic National Convention, but returned four years later as the nominee and … This drama will nicely set the stage for the 2016 presidential election as Hillary Clinton will try to distance herself from an unpopular … President Obama and Republican candidates will run against his disastrous record.…

Nov 13, 2014 – His legacy built and stocked a bench of viable candidates. Bush didn’t have that, didn’t focus on that. … Electorally, she has won one gimme race against the hapless Rick Lazio and coughed up a 20-point lead in the presidential primaries … In the last six years the Democratic Party has disintegrated. Republicans couldn’t have scripted it better.…

Nov 13, 2014 – Every voter should be looking at the Democratic presidential candidates for 2016 and current Democratic Party leadership and consider … Which Democratic presidential nominee is going to inspire young voters? … And Republican leadership and presidential candidates are more diverse in age, gender and race.…

Nov 12, 2014 – Pat Toomey is unpopular–and in a presidential year; Democratic turnout in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh could–like most GOP candidates … His 2010 rival, former Democratic Congressman Joe Sestak, has signaled his intentions to run against Toomey again. … The Democrats would need to flip 32 seats to reclaim the chamber, but just 10 Republicans hail from districts with a Democratic Cook…

Nov 12, 2014 – Whoever runs on the Democratic ticket will need to explain why he or she should be trusted to restore competence after two embarrassing … While conservatives rightly point to our “deep bench” of compelling would-be presidential candidates, it’s worrisome that in six years … But it’s time for one or two would-be candidates to emerge as clear front-runners.…

Nov 11, 2014 – Yet most didn't (more vote in presidential elections, but still less than half the population). … That sounds cynical, but it's not just cynics who have doubts about the democratic process. … doesn't stop them from complaining that evil Republican tycoons used money to manipulate voters who would otherwise have chosen the candidates…

Nov 11, 2014 – This, coupled with poor Republican candidates, had enabled him to survive 10 years in the South. … Case in point, Democratic Rep. … The destruction of West Virginia's conservative Democratic consensus is something else.…

Nov 11, 2014 – But multiple Democratic pollsters involved in these races identify another problem: The failure of the Democrats’ economic message … Democratic incumbents and candidates faced. … “Taxes for high-earning Americans are too low,” argues Roger Altman, the Wall Street executive and Democratic adviser.…