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.…

Nov 8, 2014 – Confident that history was on his side, Obama ran Washington on a partisan basis, using solid Democratic majorities in the House and … According to a lengthy report in the Washington Post, Senate Democratic operatives were exasperated with the president's reluctance … to help his party's candidates get elected in this week's midterms.…

Nov 7, 2014 – If people weren't voting for Republican candidates then they must have been voting against Democratic candidates. … If they weren't voting against Democratic candidates they must have been voting against Barack Obama. … when, they believe, the Earth will again spin correctly on its axis and the power of a strong Democratic Presidential candidate - read…

Nov 7, 2014 – The Republican establishment in D.C. drafted and funded better Senate candidates (and defeated riskier Tea Party candidates) who stuck … The Republican effort was made easier by six years of rank Democratic incompetence. … For the third time, he handily beat the national Democratic/labor union machine.…

Nov 7, 2014 – Republican candidates received a whopping 64 percent of white male votes in 2014. … In 2010, GOP candidates overall won 51 percent of the female vote, which slipped to 47 percent in 2014. … presidential hopefuls did in 2012.…

Nov 24, 2014 – No one should be surprised that large majorities voted for Republican congressional candidates in November and Governor Romney in 2012 … African-Americans in New York, California and several swing states like Virginia, the Democrats have a good shot at winning most presidential … Whites face a government that is explicitly working against their interests, the economic prospects of their children, and democratic…

Nov 23, 2014 – times (2010, 2012, and 2014), humiliating labor unions, accruing the support of conservatives, and increasing the odds of a presidential … Chris Christie, who faces a hostile Democratic Legislature and has fewer legislative accomplishments to point to. … … But Walker lacks the charisma that other likely candidates, such as Christie or Sen.…

Nov 23, 2014 – “Bean has been one of the state’s biggest Democratic donors and an influential figure in gay rights circles in the state,” reports … political groups, the Human Rights Campaign and the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund, and has been a major contributor for several Democratic … presidential candidates, including Barack Obama.…

Nov 18, 2014 – These can be threshed out in the upcoming presidential cycle. The GOP could, of course, stumble. … Meanwhile, the Democratic Party’s fanatics have Occupied their Party. … This bodes well for the 2016 presidential race, and for America and the world, although not for a Democratic Party which grows more…

Nov 18, 2014 – See any likelihood that government-controlled health care will be a rallying point for Democratic presidential candidates? … Democratic senatorial candidates during the last political cycle scampered away from a president the public had come to distrust -- … The opportunity holds more promise yet -- that of figuring out which presidential candidates, Democratic or Republican, seem likeliest…

Nov 17, 2014 – (via National Journal): A handful of Democratic candidates, both incumbents who were defeated and challengers who fell short, … Richard Burr, as the Democratic bench isn’t really that deep against the Republican incumbent. … "He comes across very measured," said Larry Ceisler, a Democratic analyst.…

Nov 17, 2014 – The 2014 midterms brought an end to the Democratic majority in the U.S. … If Democratic candidates like Ms. Hagan, Ms. Nunn, Mr. Braley and Mr. … an Obama surge, not a Democratic one: Thinking that the Democratic Party could simply absorb Obama's appeal among new voters…

Nov 17, 2014 – We must ask, however, whether the plot to grant amnesty by presidential fiat is really “good”, or not? … Politically speaking the New Immigration was a dream come true for the Democratic Party. … So, we see here a Democratic game plan for the future based on the 1920s model.…

Nov 17, 2014 – chambers so the White House message team can simply point up Pennsylvania Avenue and blame "The Congress" for whatever ills need Presidential … Both of those statements cause wails of political pain among Democratic candidates from Florida to Alaska.…

Dec 9, 2016 – Harry Reid’s (D-NV) portrait was unveiled yesterday on Capitol Hill, with former 2016 Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, and now … two-time presidential loser, delivering some remarks at the ceremony. … It was because she was one of the most flawed candidates to run for the presidency.…

Dec 9, 2016 – to the apportionment of Senate seats, and undemocratic disconnects between the popular vote and electoral college winners in presidential … Just ask any Republican alumni of the 2006 and 2008 cycles, or their Democratic counterparts from 2010 and 2014.   … Only 16 of 50 states will have a Democratic chief executive.  …