May 26, 2011 – writing in today's Wall Street Journal, offers a keen take on the lessons of NY-26 (a subject we tackled yesterday):   [Democrat … Congressional Republicans—especially in the House—need a political war college that schools incumbents and challengers in the best…

May 26, 2011 – [applause]"   Breaking news from the Democrat-controlled US Senate:   By a cloture vote of 79 to 18, the Senate … overwhelming invocation of cloture all but assures final passage of the extension -- which, by the way, is vocally supported by the White House … raising questions about it. 2011: Democrats extend the PATRIOT Act for four years -- at the behest of a Democratic White House…

May 26, 2011 – . -- to a Democrat who won with the help of a third-party candidate. Presto. … On Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid called a vote on the House GOP budget bill. … While headlines focused on the GOP 57-40 loss, there was not a single Democrat who voted to take up the Obama budget. Gee.…

May 25, 2011 – number of votes -- likely all from Republicans (though a handful of GOP Senators have already announced their opposition to the House … The problem with this move, however, is that President Obama's 2012 budget is literally the only Democrat-generated plan on the table … UPDATE - Friendly reminders: It has now been 756 days since the Democrat-controlled US Senate passed a budget resolution. …

May 25, 2011 – The votes are still coming in, but Senate Democrats -- along with several Republicans -- have defeated Paul Ryan's House-passed … Paul's no vote is a result of his belief that the House budget didn't go far enough.  … Therefore, the only Democrat-crafted 2012 budget proposal on the table has been unanimously defeated in the United States Senate. …

May 25, 2011 – Liberals are exultant today, predictably pushing the deeply flawed narrative that Democrat Kathy Hochul's victory in the NY-26 … spin" the result, and besides, he doesn't care what they say anyway:   There is no way for Republicans to spin away Democrat … Democrats should be very grateful that Ryan put his plan together, and that House Speaker John Boehner forced Republicans to vote on…

May 25, 2011 – To make the point more compelling, the Post quoted a Democrat from Denver, House Speaker Terrance Carroll, calling on McInnis to drop … “Earlier Tuesday, House Speaker Terrance Carroll, D-Denver,” wrote the Post, “called on McInnis to immediately drop out of the race … Imagine that: A Democrat being quoted demanding that the leading Republican drop out of the race.…

May 25, 2011 – Michele Bachmann, the founder and head of the House Tea Party Caucus, will almost surely run and do quite well. … Except, right now no one appears equipped to defend the GOP House budget, written by Rep. … On Monday, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor called for Ryan to get in the race, saying, "Paul's about real leadership."…

May 23, 2011 – The Republican’s feet have blistered as she’s stepped up her campaigning in the homestretch of an unexpectedly competitive special House … Democrat Kathy Hochul was confident ahead of what she increasingly expects will be her upset. … “This is won on the ground,” Hochul told a group of staffers who work for House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) as they returned…

May 23, 2011 – Or actress/activist Janeane Garofalo smearing the Tea Party phenomenon as being "about hating a black man in the White House . . . … His target is the Democrat in White House, not Nancy Pelosi's House Democrats.…

May 23, 2011 – The most sweeping reform signed into law during the Newt Gingrich era as House Speaker was the 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work … As House Speaker, Newt helped lead welfare reform in 1996. … Republican Newt Gingrich of 2011 sounds like Democrat Tom Daschle of 1996 as he calls Cong.…

May 22, 2011 – Only two women have been major-party vice-presidential picks: the late Geraldine Ferraro, a New York Democrat and congresswoman, and … A special-election House race in Western New York this Tuesday is receiving much media attention. … House election since Republicans took over the House, and many in the media are looking to write about an upset in a conservative…

May 21, 2011 – Now, she's a House member, obviously, not a senator, but I wanted to ask you is Paul Ryan's Medicare reform plan, his so-called voucher … You have politics being played ahead of the good best interests of the country.I mean, this shouldn't be a Democrat/Republican thing…

May 21, 2011 – The latest Democrat bill would have repealed some $2 billion of what Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) and others call "subsidies" and … White House, congressional and eco-activist claims that repealing these deductions will generate "billions in new revenues" reflect … north-central Oregon will transfer $500 million in hard cash subsidies, plus a subsidized loan guarantee of $1.1 billion to White House…

Jun 9, 2011 – Democrats are putting that question to the test this week:   House Democratic leaders began an orchestrated effort on Wednesday … Weiner was becoming too much of a problem for his colleagues as they planned to retake the House in 2012. … Schwartz, Democrat of Pennsylvania, a Pelosi ally who is overseeing the recruitment of the party’s candidates for the 2012 election…

Jun 9, 2011 – Rothman, New Jersey Democrat, who sits on the House foreign aid panel, supports Egyptian aid, but stresses that it must be contingent…

Jun 9, 2011 – Weiner Week One started with the New York Democrat charging that he was smeared, his Twitter account was hacked and he never sent a … House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi asked the House Ethics Committee to investigate "whether the rules of the House of Representatives … Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., on the wrist for taking company-sponsored trips to the Caribbean in violation of House rules.…

Jun 8, 2011 – For example, the House Ethics Committee will have to investigate -- if only for form's sake. … (Paul Greenberg is the Pulitzer prize-winning editorial page editor of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.…

Jun 8, 2011 – , Netanyahu felt more at home in a Republican-led Congress (the GOP held both houses in 1996) than at Pennsylvania Avenue in a Democrat-inhabited … White House.…

Jun 7, 2011 – Note too how both of the racially-segregated caucuses are leftist-only/Democrat organizations. … , Common and Scott's feelings towards interracial relationships were barely mentioned during the hub-bub leading up to the White House…

Jun 7, 2011 – Anthony Weiner to resign a day after the New York Democrat admitted to having sexually charged online relationships with six women, … Democratic leaders, including House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) are pushing for an ethics investigation in the Weiner scandal…

Jun 7, 2011 – seats next year compared with 10 for Republicans, and for now, Democrats are more eager to rally opposition to the conservative House … It's been 769 days since the Democrat-held Senate passed a budget. …

Jun 7, 2011 – Post NY-26, Democrats now have to net 24 seats to win back the House next year.  … House since 2005. … His predecessor in the 2nd District seat, Democrat Brad Carson, said Tuesday that he plans to run for the seat.…

Jun 7, 2011 – Party video whose title includes the f-word, and also "Hate Begets Hate", a hateful assault on public figures who oppose the Cordoba House … Or Massachusetts Democrat Rep. … Barney Frank telling a House committee in 2004 that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were in no danger: "I don’t see anything in this report…

Jun 7, 2011 – Janet Napolitano, a Democrat, who is now director of the Department of Homeland Security. … Kobach added: "I have worked closely with Senate and House leadership to ensure that the Alabama law is drafted carefully.…