Nov 15, 2010 – is a hard mindset to change – especially given that the Republicans are totally focused on recapturing the Senate and the White House … The bottom line is – no matter whether you’re a Republican or Democrat, that this is a time of grave and unprecedented danger to our…

Nov 15, 2010 – But last week, California voters approved an initiative to require only a majority of each house for approval of the budget. … We saw what left-wing Democrat government does at the federal level, and that caused a major convulsive rejection on November 2nd.…

Nov 14, 2010 – in the House.  … The one Democrat that didn't perceive the elections as a referendum on the party in power was Former Madame Speaker Pelosi.  … They know that allowing Pelosi to retain her position as the top Democrat in the House would send a terrible message to the Republicans…

Nov 14, 2010 – I served as the staff director of the nonpartisan House Pro-Life Caucus at the time it was chaired by Rep. … Chris Smith, Republican of New Jersey, and Alan Mollohan, Democrat of West Virginia.…

Nov 12, 2010 – House of Representatives in the next congressional session, though the Senate and White House likely still would stand as roadblocks … "This will undoubtedly be the most pro-life House since the Roe v. … Dan Lipinski of Illinois the lead Democrat.…

Nov 11, 2010 – Ten Country: The 2010 Congressional map in Big Ten Country: Final 2010 Big Ten Scoreboard:Senate: GOP plus 4Governor: GOP plus 5*House … *Minnesota's Governor race remains undetermined, with the Democrat ahead.**IL-08 is also undecided, with the Republican leading.…

Nov 11, 2010 – The Republicans, however, hold the stronger hand, even in this Democrat-run, lame-duck Congress. … The day after the GOP's stunning victory, the White House sent feelers out to Republican leaders for a compromise. … Eric Cantor, the No. 2 House GOP leader, shot that idea down on "Fox News Sunday." "I am not for decoupling the rates," he said.…

Nov 11, 2010 – All the GOP member needs to say is they will at least pass legislation in the House that they know will help -- and then the  American … people will know exactly who is stonewalling these reforms (Democrat-controlled White House and Senate).There are at least 6 things … the GOP House can pass right off the bat that most Americans would be open to, that would make an impact on the economy, and that…

Nov 11, 2010 – The Democrats didn't lose six Senate seats, more than 60 House seats, eight governorships, and at least 500 seats in state legislatures … And you'll still have Democratic National Chairman Tim Kaine and, in the House, Nancy Pelosi. … He is my kind of Democrat. Governor Moonbeam? Right on. Shortly before the election, he said this: "I'm ready.…

Nov 11, 2010 – Terry Branstad reclaimed the governorship, ousting Democrat Chet Culver. … a nasty scare into Democrat Jason Altmire in (PA-04). … And they netted 20 House seats, with one race (IL-08) still undetermined.…

Nov 11, 2010 – Roman Catholics, who had voted Democrat in 2006 and 2008, broke for the GOP in 2010, with 54 percent overall and nearly 60 percent … elected a pro-life governor, Paul LePage, and gave Republicans control of the state House and Senate. … Patrick Murphy (D), who sponsored a House bill overturning the military’s ban on homosexuality, was defeated, as was Rep.…

Nov 10, 2010 – He was declared the winner in his race for Congress against one of the best-funded Democrats in the House. … All he had to do was campaign for a good Democrat like Blanche Lincoln, the two-term U.S. senator who's just lost her bid for a third…

Nov 10, 2010 – The NRCC has produced a handy guide to the eight House races that remain undecided more than a week after Election Day.  … Note that all eight unresolved disputes involve Democrat-held seats, and that Republicans currently hold slim leads in six of the eight…

Nov 10, 2010 – On the home front, it occurred to me that the battle for leadership among what remains of the teeny-tiny Democrat caucus in the U.S … House among Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Steny Hoyer (D-MD), and Jim Clyburn (D-SC) is a fight involving three people with an aggregate age … Given that plus a huge GOP majority in the House that pesky Article I of the U.S.…

Nov 10, 2010 – found 56 percent of Americans have a negative opinion of her, almost double the percentage that feels negatively toward incoming House … Rather that cede the field to a new general, without the baggage, she is lunging ahead to be re-elected as leader of the shrunken House … Now Obama, Pelosi and their troops in the media are going to turn to the proposition that the House Republicans must be defeated.…

Nov 10, 2010 – They got substantially more votes in House races, where they spent less than Democrats yet picked up more than 60 seats (and control … former eBay CEO Meg Whitman, who blew $140 million of her own money ($45 per vote) in her race for California governor against Democrat … At the other end of the spending spectrum, Slate's Dave Weigel identified five House races in which extremely thrifty Republicans beat…

Nov 10, 2010 – Alan West, an African-American Iraq War hero, trounced an incumbent white Florida Democrat. … In the new Republican House of Representatives, eight members of the GOP majority will proudly qualify for a potential “Republican…

Nov 9, 2010 – to be counted in a contest that pits Republican Steve Cooley -- who has said he would defend Prop 8 in federal court -- against Democrat … The third one has Democrat Suzi Oppenheimer up by 466 votes. … In the other race, Democrat Tod Bowman leads by 38 votes, also out of about 20,000 votes.…

Nov 9, 2010 – But Obamacare (and stimulus, and cap and trade in the House, and fin reg, and the car bailouts) did pass. … And many a "courageous" (Obama's description) Democrat suffered defeat because he/she voted for them.…

Nov 9, 2010 – Imagine if House Speaker Nancy Pelosi were a Republican. … Imagine that the Republicans, including many moderates, just lost more than 60 House seats in the worst rout a party has experienced … But then, your average San Francisco Democrat sees Pelosi not as a liberal, but as a moderate.…

Nov 8, 2010 – Pardon me as I soak in the sweet, sweet schadenfreude: A staffer for a congressional Democrat who came up short on Tuesday reports … The teams weren't sent by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office.…

Nov 8, 2010 – Two recounts are underway in New York State, where the GOP has already picked off five Democrat-controlled House seats (in Congressional … Incumbent Democrat Dan Maffei currently trails Republican challenger Ann Marie Buerkle by 684 votes.  … York Republicans' two Senate nominees and gubernatorial candidate lost by an average of 28 points on Election Night, making the House…

Nov 8, 2010 – House of Representatives? Don’t hold your breath. They certainly will not. … They want an America that is Democrat and left wing and this is what they promote today under the banner of civil rights. … In January 2010, voters of Massachusetts elected a Republican, Scott Brown, in a special election to replace long term Democrat legend…

Nov 7, 2010 – In 2006’s midterm takeover of Congress, moderate to conservative Democrats won in competitive House districts, then were led by a House … House seat pickups, plus a U.S. Senate seat, plus control of the state House, Senate and governor’s office. … Casey ran as a pro-life, pro-gun Democrat.…

Nov 26, 2010 – So Matt Yglesias warns the White House to be prepared for "deliberate economic sabotage" from the GOP -- as though Chamber of Commerce … Paul Krugman contends "Republicans want the economy to stay weak as long as there's a Democrat in the White House."…