Oct 26, 2010 – Some voters in Boulder City complained on Monday that their ballot had been cast before they went to the polls, raising questions about Clark County's electronic voting machines. Voter Joyce Ferrara said when they went to vote for Republican Sharron Angle, her Democratic opponent, Sen. Harry Reid's name was already...

Oct 26, 2010 – Republicans hold a significant lead among likely voters on a generic congressional ballot heading into the last week of the campaign, according to a new Gallup poll. Gallup's model of a high-turnout scenario – where more than 40 percent of the electorate votes – shows Republicans leading 52 percent to...

Oct 26, 2010 – Given the energy roiling around the rallies this weekend with dueling messages of "sanity" and "fear," Media Matters thinks injecting their "Drop Fox campaign" is perfect timing. The left-wing organization is not releasing exact figures on how much they are spending on the campaign, but as Spokeswoman Jess Levin put...

Oct 26, 2010 – Party all-stars are making final sales pitch for mid-term Democrats in Chicago before election day. Former President Bill Clinton is headlining an event at the Palmer House Tuesday, where he's expected to urge attendees to vote before Nov. 2. Clinton has been a popular campaign attraction this election season, and...

Oct 26, 2010 – In an election for US Representative from California's 20th Congressional District today, 10/25/10, Republican challenger Andy Vidak is atop incumbent Democrat Jim Costa, 52% to 42%, according to SurveyUSA polling conducted in English and in Spanish for KFSN-TV Fresno. Costa has experienced across-the-board erosion since SurveyUSA's last poll 6 weeks...

Oct 26, 2010 – Speaker Nancy Pelosi is arguably facing the longest odds of her storied political career. Most political analysts believe that a Republican tidal wave in the midterm election next Tuesday will sweep away her Speakership along with the Democratic majority. But people close to the Pelosi say she relishes the challenge...

Oct 26, 2010 – Republicans are likely to have the advantage drawing congressional seats for the first time since the modern redistricting process began in the 1980s. Welcome to the furthest reaches of the coming Republican wave. The GOP is on track to win at least the House in one week. But the...

Oct 26, 2010 – The tea party movement may well be the most powerful and potent force in America. More than half, or 54percent, of Americans believe the tea party movement has been a good thing for the U.S. political system, our new survey revealed. Only 22 percent say that it is...

Oct 26, 2010 – When times get tough, it’s really important to believe in yourself. This is something the Democrats have done splendidly this year. The polls have been terrible, and the party may be heading for a historic defeat, but Democrats have done a magnificent job of maintaining their own self-esteem. This is...

Oct 26, 2010 – The House of Representatives increasingly looks as though it will shift significantly in favor of Republicans as campaigns head into the final week before Election Day. In the final days of the campaign, several prominent candidates are running ads featuring the kids. Alan Murray and Peter Wallsten take a...

Oct 26, 2010 – Freshman Representative Frank Kratovil is perhaps the most endangered Democratic incumbent, and that's saying something in a year full of vulnerable Dems. Kratovil won Maryland's 1st district in 2008 against conservative Republican state senator Andy Harris 49.1% to 48.3% — a difference of just 2,852 votes. Last time around,...

Oct 26, 2010 – President Nicolas Sarkozy drew chaotic events in France to a close last week by sending riot police to clear blockades of striking oil-refinery workers, getting gasoline flowing to thousands of dry service stations. For good measure, he also warned students clashing with police that they'd be punished to the fullest...

Oct 26, 2010 – Though Congress has been (self-)stymied on climate change this term, the Obama Administration has taken steps of its own to deal with rising U.S. carbon emissions. And nowhere have they been more aggressive than in promoting—mandating, really—better fuel efficiency on our roads, as I wrote earlier this month. Now...

Oct 26, 2010 – West Virginia is seriously unfriendly territory for President Obama these days. That's why it makes sense that even Democratic Governor Joe Manchin would want to take a few shots at the administration and its agenda in his bid for U.S. Senate. But we really didn't expect him to stray from...

Oct 25, 2010 – The NPR firing of Juan Williams should cut off any perceived momentum that Democrats were hoping to gain through the NAACP’s attack on the Tea Parties. After all, it is Fox News that embraced Williams by giving him a new, lucrative contract extension after NPR fired him for stating that...

Oct 25, 2010 – WASHINGTON: The United States said on Monday that it had no problem with Iran sending bags of cash to President Hamid Karzai but hoped that this assistance would not have a ‘negative’ influence on Afghanistan.

Oct 25, 2010 – Mexico City, Mexico (CNN) -- Mexican officials have identified 13 people killed Sunday night in a Tijuana drug rehabilitation center, the state-run news agency said Monday. Four heavily armed men stormed into the Centro de Rehabilitacion El Camino and opened fire, the Notimex news agency said. The reported ages...

Oct 25, 2010 – On the campaign trail in the past few weeks, whenever President Obama quoted (paraphrased is more like it) from the Declaration of Independence, he omitted “by their creator” as being the source that endows us with our unalienable rights. This left the onlooker free to decide for him or herself...

Oct 25, 2010 – After the dust settles from the next Tuesday’s elections, pay close attention to Michigan. The “Great Lakes State” is about to undergo an extreme makeover from a burned-out “Blue State” to a reborn “Red State.” Democrats have been the dominant political party since 2002, when then-Attorney General Jennifer Granholm was...

Oct 25, 2010 – Because this woman and her mom seem like nice folks and I’m always in the mood to help, I’d like to offer a suggestion. Here’s the shirt I plan to wear to vote on November 2nd. It sports the unofficial new Hope & Change logo (but polling places don’t...

Oct 25, 2010 – George Washington seems to be sneering a bit over her left shoulder, doesn’t he? And it’s no wonder President Obama is foundering — his wife has confiscated TOTUS for her own use. Hey, it’s worked so well for him, why let her have a crack at it? It’s amazing...

Oct 25, 2010 – Up to now we’ve heard plenty of Democrats say they didn’t support the Obamacare bill (to the point that they’ve spent more money on anti-Obamacare ads than pro-Obamacare ads), or bragging that they didn’t vote with Nancy Pelosi X-amount of the time, but this is the first time I can...

Oct 25, 2010 – The AFL-CIO has just launched its “most sophisticated” get-out-the-vote drive ever — a massive 10 million mailers will be sent out by the union between now and Election Day. This is in addition to some 18 million pieces that have already gone out under the labor organization’s auspices.

Oct 25, 2010 – A plurality of South Dakota's likely voters say Sen. John Thune (R) should make a run for the White House in 2012. Forty-one percent of Thune's constituents said their senator, who's expected to cruise Nov. 2 to reelection for a second term, should run for president, according to a new...

Oct 25, 2010 – State Attorney General Richard Blumenthal again holds a double-digit lead over Republican opponent Linda McMahon in Connecticut’s U.S. Senate race. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Voters in Connecticut shows the longtime Democratic state official with 56% support, his best showing since early June. McMahon claims 43%of the...