Results for: House Democrat

A New York Earthquake?
https://townhall.com/columnists/dickmorrisandeileenmcgann/2010/09/25/a_new_york_earthquake
– Senate, dethrone Nancy Pelosi and the House Democrats, and retake the state Senate. … On the House side, New York's role is no less crucial. … Eric Massa, who resigned amid charges that he was being marginalized by the House leadership for opposing Obamacare.…
2010 Race of the Day UPDATE: SC-05
https://townhall.com/columnists/brianwalsh/2010/09/24/2010_race_of_the_day_update_sc-05
– decrease the national debt, no long-term plan to create jobs – and after November, will hopefully mean no more John Spratt in the House … John Spratt, first elected to Congress in 1982 and once a moderate Democrat, has become a Pelosi lapdog, supporting every major piece…
Stephen Colbert Testifying Before Congress--In Character
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2010/09/24/stephen_colbert_testifying_before_congress--in_character
– Today, they've managed to hit a new low: Comedian Stephen Colbert is testifying before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration … And yet the Democrat-controlled Congress finds it appropriate to humor a television character by officially permitting him use the … people's House as his own personal playhouse before a national TV audience. …
GOP Pledge? Or Status Quo?
https://townhall.com/columnists/richgalen/2010/09/24/gop_pledge_or_status_quo
– Republican leader John Boehner (R-Oh) and his Republican House colleagues released their "Pledge to America" yesterday. … The media, in its zeal to help put up barriers against the continually rising anti-Democrat tide among American voters, spent the day … Republican House leader John Boehner (R-Oh) has come up with a good, solid document.…
Race to 2010: Entering the Home Stretch
https://townhall.com/columnists/brianwalsh/2010/09/24/race_to_2010_entering_the_home_stretch
– Day, political handicappers and pundits are proclaiming Nancy Pelosi’s majority is in jeopardy: ·          “We are revising our House … Democratic control of the House is in great danger.” - Rothenberg Political Report ·          “Republicans have a good chance to … Why else do you think over 40% candidates in the DCCC’s Red to Blue program are Democrats running in Democrat-held open seats?…
Big Pickups Predicted For GOP in Midterms
https://townhall.com/columnists/donaldlambro/2010/09/24/big_pickups_predicted_for_gop_in_midterms
– And in Arkansas, Democrat Sen. … Democrat Gov. … Bush back in the White House than Barack Obama.…
How Privileged Democrats Pay for Their Houses
https://townhall.com/columnists/michellemalkin/2010/09/24/how_privileged_democrats_pay_for_their_houses
– Former senior senator from Delaware and current Vice President Joe Biden has a custom-built house in Delaware's ritziest Chateau Country … North Dakota Democrat Sen. Kent Conrad and Connecticut Democrat Sen. … Politico.com noted that the Clintons secured a $1.35 million loan from Democrat pal and fundraiser Terry McAuliffe for their New York…
Obama's Policies Drag Down Democratic Governors
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelbarone/2010/09/23/obamas_policies_drag_down_democratic_governors
– In Washington, I'm often asked how many seats Republicans will pick up in the House and whether they'll win a majority in the Senate … eBay billionaire Meg Whitman has spent over $100 million, most on TV ads but also much on organization, and is up 5 points over Democrat
President Carter’s “Superiority” Complex
https://townhall.com/columnists/paulkengor/2010/09/22/president_carter’s_“superiority”_complex
– Carter has been so unique in this regard, and worse than other presidents, Democrat and Republican, that, in my latest book, we placed … Carter stood outside the Clinton White House and triumphantly assured “the [nuclear] crisis is over”—words headlined by the New York…
UPDATE: "Don't Ask Don't Tell" Tradition Upheld
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2010/09/21/update_dont_ask_dont_tell_tradition_upheld
Democrat Senators Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor crossed party lines on behalf of upholding the 17-year-old ban signed into law by … Former Democrat President Bill Clinton shortly after taking office in 1993. … lame-duck session, but the vote tally today will make it much more difficult, especially if Republicans take the majority in the House
Despicable: Florida Dems Include Col. Allen West's Private Social Security Number in Campaign Mailer
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2010/09/21/despicabl…llen_wests_private_social_security_number_in_campaign_mailer
– Didn't they just re-nominate a defiant tax cheat who for years wrote tax law on the House Ways and Means committee?  … And didn't the man at the White House charged with enforcing tax laws have a tax-related hiccup or two before winning overwhelming … confirmation from a Democrat-controlled Senate?…
2010 Race of the Day: How To Send a New York Republican to Congress
https://townhall.com/columnists/brianwalsh/2010/09/21/2010_race_of_the_day_how_to_send_a_new_york_republican_to_congress
– Bush (they voted twice to send Bush to the White House) indicate that the district is one with a red tint. … Despite its right-leaning tendencies, the area is represented by ultra-liberal Democrat John Hall - who managed to win in 2006 thanks…
Playoffs for Political Hacks
https://townhall.com/columnists/richgalen/2010/09/20/playoffs_for_political_hacks
– Washington Metro, and at the Safeway which generally keeps further conversation to an absolute minimum Bill Press is a big-time Democrat … Pence, who is the chairman of the Republican Conference in the House, got 24 percent of the vote. Mike Huckabee got 22 percent. … Because back then the Republicans had control of both Chambers of Congress and the White House. Democrats were down and out.…
GOP Primed to Take Back Pennsylvania
https://townhall.com/columnists/bencannattiandfordoconnell/2010/09/20/gop_primed_to_take_back_pennsylvania
– The House is closely split with 104 Democrats and 99 Republicans, meaning a pick-up of three seats will change the balance of power … Dave Reed, the GOP’s point man on House campaigns said, “‘We've got a menu of seats we can win from.’” … House seats. …
Democrats and the Stimulus Drug
https://townhall.com/columnists/luritadoan/2010/09/20/democrats_and_the_stimulus_drug
– The legislation also proves that Democrat leaders in congress don’t know diddly about government contracting or the challenges facing … But, Democrat leaders are oblivious. … The House still has to vote on the legislation.…
A Democrat Rebellion in West Virginia
https://townhall.com/columnists/salenazito/2010/09/19/a_democrat_rebellion_in_west_virginia
– Joe Manchin, a very popular West Virginia Democrat, faces a tough election for U.S. … As soon as he seeks to go there, he morphs in voters’ minds into an Obama Democrat. … House seats.…
To Obama's Chagrin, Young Voters Get Serious
https://townhall.com/columnists/jonahgoldberg/2010/10/07/to_obamas_chagrin,_young_voters_get_serious
– Repeatedly stabbing the air with his finger," a visibly frustrated Barack Obama complained to Rolling Stone: "It is inexcusable for any Democrat … But for those of us outside the White House bunker, it's proof that at least some of them are finally getting serious at all.…
Aloha, Margin of Error
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2010/10/06/aloha,_margin_of_error
– Republicans are competing admirably in two ultra-tight races in Hawaii, according to the latest DailyKos/PPP survey:The candidates for US House … are Democrat Colleen Hanabusa and Republican Charles Djou. … Hanabusa (D)  48%Djou (R)            47%The candidates for Governor are Democrat Neil Abercrombie and Republican Duke Aiona.…
Trouble Brewing in MA-10 House Race? UPDATE: Shoe Drops
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2010/10/06/trouble_brewing_in_ma-10_house_race_update_shoe_drops
– I've received word that a fairly significant development may be about to become public in the hotly-contested House race in Massachusetts … (The seat is open following the retirement of Democrat Bill Delahunt, who may have been unnerved by Scott Brown's dominant performance … Keating, A Democrat running for Congress in the 10th district, received two donations from attorney John McGlone in August totaling…
2010 Race of the Day UPDATE: Michigan's Seventh District
https://townhall.com/columnists/brianwalsh/2010/10/06/2010_race_of_the_day_update_michigans_seventh_district
– Original Article (8/10): Currently represented by freshman Democrat Mark Schauer, Michigan’s Seventh Congressional District leans … Unlike in 2008, the once-popular Democrat is now a political liability who won’t be there to carry Schauer across the finish line. … Mark Schauer makes an appearance on nearly every list of the most vulnerable House Democrats—and for good reason.…
The Turnout Gap
https://townhall.com/columnists/dickmorrisandeileenmcgann/2010/10/06/the_turnout_gap
– The radicalism of the Obama agenda and the mindless complicity of House and Senate Democrats who didn't even read the bills they were … Undecided voters generally go against the incumbents (usually the Democrat in the swing races of 2010), and the vast difference in … The GOP will capture the House by a goodly margin, winning upward of 60-plus seats now held by Democrats.…
GOP-led Congress a Likely Future
https://townhall.com/columnists/donaldlambro/2010/10/05/gop-led_congress_a_likely_future
– Make no mistake about it; this election is a referendum on the past two years of the Obama administration, the Democrat-run Congress … Republicans are leading in at least eight races among the more than one dozen competitive Democrat-held Senate seats that are up for … Republicans are leading in all of their Senate seats, and it doesn't look like they will lose, which means the GOP will likely take the House
2010 Race of the Day UPDATE: Taking OR-5
https://townhall.com/columnists/brianwalsh/2010/10/05/2010_race_of_the_day_update_taking_or-5
– His backing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s agenda – which he does 97 percent of the time – has only led to bloated budgets, rising deficits … how voters respond to the reckless endangerment that Schrader has promoted during his first - and preferably only – term in the House … This November, voters will have a clear choice between one of Pelosi’s puppets and a veteran businessman as freshman Democrat Kurt…
Who Rules the Tea Party?
https://townhall.com/columnists/armstrongwilliams/2010/10/05/who_rules_the_tea_party
– Is it Dick Armey, the former House majority leader who danced to his own tune and was the mastermind behind the GOP’s Contract with … Democrat operatives quickly labeled Mr. Paul and his style of politics as wholly indicative of what the GOP had become. … Like it or not, once these candidates become sworn-in members of the House or Senate, they will need to form a coalition government…
Frazier Goes for the Knock Out In Colorado’s Seventh District
https://townhall.com/columnists/guybenson/2010/10/05/frazier_goes_for_the_knock_out_in_colorado’s_seventh_district
– His goal is to focus on issues, work hard to introduce himself to voters, and to defeat incumbent Democrat Ed Perlmutter. … campaign has also been buoyed by the assistance of national figures, including former Clinton strategist Dick Morris, former Bush White House … Asked about Colorado Republican disarray in the governor’s race, Frazier coolly points out that on the 2010 state ballot, Senate and House
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