Oct 29, 2010 – I don't make predications, but the midterm elections aren't going to be pretty for a lot of moderate Democrats. The loss of these centrist Democrats - known as the Blue Dogs - may also mean lost control of the House of Representatives. Anyone who has been following my blog...

Oct 29, 2010 – The Obama administration says states, industry groups and others trying to put the brakes on new climate change rules should talk to Congress. Justice Department attorneys argued Thursday that the Environmental Protection Agency’s climate rules are required by the Clean Air Act and effectively challenged opponents to take their concerns...

Oct 29, 2010 – FORTUNE -- One narrative of election year 2010 was shaped long before any votes were tabulated. President Barack Obama penned the first chapter with his January condemnation of a Supreme Court ruling that lifted government prohibitions on spending by corporations in elections. The 5-to-4 decision in Citizens United v. Federal...

Oct 29, 2010 – Delaware Democrat Chris Coons on Friday denounced as “cowardly” an anonymous Gawker post from a man claiming a drunken encounter with Republican Christine O’Donnell. “The Gawker item is despicable, cowardly and has absolutely no value at all to any Delaware voters,” Coons spokesman Daniel McElhatton told POLITICO. “We denounce it...

Oct 29, 2010 – Whether you prefer to believe expert predictions that it will be a "maelstrom," a "bloodbath," or merely a "blowout," Republicans are poised to make substantial gains in Congress next Tuesday and deliver a severe blow to the Obama presidency in the process. Just two years after sweeping into power...

Oct 29, 2010 – Did you hear the one about the mob banker and the serial embellisher? No, that's not the setup to a joke; it's a description of the Illinois senate race. Of the 37 senate contests taking place across America this year, the race between Democrat Alexi Giannoulias and Republican Mark...

Oct 29, 2010 – As Nancy Pelosi goes, so might a generation of her colleagues. If Democrats lose control of the House of Representatives next week, as most political observers expect, there is a good chance that the House Speaker will opt to spend time with her eight grandchildren rather than toil in...

Oct 29, 2010 – Armed New Black Panther Party members standing outside of a polling location during the 2008 election might not have raised suspicions of voter intimidation from Attorney General Eric Holder’s Justice Department, but, according to one U.S. Congresswoman, peaceful tea partiers should. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, has asked the DOJ...

Oct 29, 2010 – Al Gore loves the environment. He made a documentary about saving it, and frequently gives speeches about it. So after allegedly leaving his car idling for 60 minutes while speaking at the Gothenburg Award for Sustainable Development in Sweden on October 10, it‘s not surprising that some are wondering if...

Oct 29, 2010 – Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) is known for his nuanced political commentary. On Thursday’s Ed Schultz radio show, he didn’t disappoint

Oct 29, 2010 – Jarvis Tyner, national executive vice-chair of the Communist Party USA, spoke in Detroit October 7, on the need to for "left and progressive" minded people to help insure a huge voter turnout for the midterm election. Tyner is uncompromising in his support for the Democrats and Communist Party "friend" Barack...

Oct 29, 2010 – Jon Stewart's Wednesday interview with President Barack Obama demands to be taken in two parts. For the first 15 minutes or so, Stewart let Obama have the equivalent of a campaign commercial -- essentially uncontesred free air time to explain away his failures by blaming others for his mistakes...

Oct 29, 2010 – GOP gubernatorial nominee Dan Maes turned to scripture Thursday in his bid for a miraculous comeback that will vault him ahead of Democrat John Hickenlooper and American Constitution Party hopeful Tom Tancredo. "Peace, righteousness, security, and triumph over opposition is the heritage of the servants of the Lord; this is...

Oct 29, 2010 – It's not just the Aqua Buddha and David Vitter's prostitute, Democratic candidates across the country are closing out the campaign with personal attacks on Republican candidates, sometimes digging up decades-old legal problems. In one typical example, Democratic ads have transformed Kentucky Republican House candidate Andy Barr into "a convicted...

Oct 29, 2010 – Colorado law says the governor must deliver his budget recommendations for fiscal year 2011-2012 to the legislature’s Joint Budget Committee by Nov. 1.Gov. Bill Ritter, a Democrat, will do just that, but not until late that evening. He’s not publicly releasing detailed information about his budget until the next day....

Oct 29, 2010 – The Denver Metro Young Republicans, in what likely is a first, didn’t endorse the GOP nominee for governor. The group endorsed former Republican Tom Tancredo, now running as the American Constitution Party candidate, over primary winner Dan Maes.

Oct 29, 2010 – ON FRIDAY the Wall Street Journal provided a wonderful bit of irony: despite the howls of indignation from the Democrats over private campaign spending, it turns out that the biggest sugar daddy is the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), a public-sector labour union that spends almost...

Oct 29, 2010 – With just a few days before Election Day, it has become increasingly clear that the Republicans are poised to take control of the House of Representatives. At the same time, however, the Republicans' chances of taking the Senate look to have faded somewhat as Democrats appear to be extending leads...

Oct 29, 2010 – Democrats are down to profiling female voters by age, religion and ZIP code, while Republicans are squeezing votes by the mere dozens from friendly coffee shops on the Eastern Plains. The last-gasp scraping of every possible vote by both candidates in Colorado's U.S. Senate race matches sophisticated computer technology with...

Oct 29, 2010 – With the midterm elections less than a week away, a new CBS News/New York Times poll finds that Republicans continue to hold an advantage over Democrats in the generic House ballot. Forty-six percent of likely voters say they plan to vote Republican, while 40 percent say they will vote Democrat....

Oct 29, 2010 – Colorado businesses are facing a projected 14.4 percent increase in health-insurance costs for 2011, the biggest jump in six years. The rise in Colorado rates is higher than national averages and runs the risk of stifling hiring and business expansion, analysts said. "The rate of increase we're seeing is a...

Oct 29, 2010 – In a movement one pro-Sarah Palin website is calling “Operation Alaska Chaos,” at least 100 people filed paperwork Thursday to register as write-in candidates in the U.S. Senate election, according to the Division of Elections. A stream of would-be senators filtered through the elections office in Midtown Anchorage late in...

Oct 29, 2010 – If you requested an absentee ballot, Sen. Lisa Murkowski's campaign has been in touch. If you're one of 60,000 members of the AFL-CIO Alaska, your mailbox is stuffed with union mailers reminding you that Democrat Scott McAdams is one of your own. And if you're a Republican who voted in...

Oct 29, 2010 – (CNN) -- Authorities were responding to reports of suspicious items on cargo flights that landed Friday in Newark, New Jersey, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Planes "were moved to a remote location ... out of an abundance of caution," the Transportation Security Administration said. In Philadelphia, the fire department's hazardous...

Oct 29, 2010 – Oregon Secretary of State Kate Brown on Thursday predicted a 72 percent turnout for Tuesday's election, which would make it the highest-turnout general election in a non-presidential year since 1990. Brown said in a press release that the intense governor's race and several local levies are increasing voter interest in...