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.  …

Dec 9, 2016 – The Dow Jones industrial average and Standard & Poor's 500 index shot up Wednesday to their strongest gains since the presidential … I will never forget a political gathering sponsored by the Democratic National Committee in Washington during the 2008 presidential … campaign where the party's candidates pitched their agendas to the party faithful.…

Dec 8, 2016 – Even Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton came out against this failed initiative. … The 2016 presidential campaign was among the nastiest on record. … Riots followed the recent presidential election.…

Dec 7, 2016 – He would be approaching 78 years of age by the time the next presidential race comes around; a stinging reminder that the Democratic … Bernie Sanders (I-VT) are probably the only candidates with wide name recognition who could successfully reach into the working class…

Dec 7, 2016 – re-election bid), with the president's sellout, Republicans gave up "a political weapon so fearsome that it had destroyed three Democratic … presidential candidates in 12 years.” … (It is an amazing fact that at the 2016 State of the Union, both the Democratic president's address, and the Republican governor's…

Dec 6, 2016 – For some, electors have to vote in accordance to how their states went in the presidential election. … They also reportedly have eight Democratic electors who are ready to bolt from Clinton. … He might want to run again and this would taint any future presidential ambitions.…

Dec 25, 2016 – The 2016 presidential election is in the rearview mirror and now Americans can focus on other distractions instead of seeing political … On top of this, Trump’s incoming nominees are leaving behind vacancies across the states for new candidates to fill. … He has pumped millions into his campaign and has been the clear frontrunner in the Democratic primary so far.…

Dec 23, 2016 – Now that the 538 electors have voted -- and, with only the most minor of exceptions, for the expected candidates -- we can marvel … And let's not start re-litigating the count in Florida in the 2000 presidential race. … And often neither party gets to 50, as with 15 of the 41 Democratic-Republican presidential contests since 1856 (and one 50 percent…

Dec 18, 2016 – Even though ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson was chosen for the position in the end, the 2012 Republican presidential nominee says that … who were not just skeptical of his presidential bid – but downright hateful during the election. … The president-elect met with Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard last month.…

Jan 2, 2017 – never saw coming, once again advanced his new cause, namely the abolition of the electoral college, and the substitution of the presidential … Most of our states have chosen to require candidates for state and county offices to stand before the voters in direct elections.   … In point of fact, the USA is not a democratic republic.  We are a constitutional republic, with democratic elements.  …

Dec 30, 2016 – After the Christmas holiday, outgoing Labor Secretary and 2016 Democratic National Committee chairman candidate Tom Perez said that … Clinton’s Democratic opponent, Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont. … It all comes down to candidates.…