Nov 8, 2016 – More so than possibly any presidential election in years past, the 2016 race is causing intense friction within the GOP. … A Pew Research survey found that 41 percent of couples who are voting for different presidential candidates have gotten into at least … Is it really worth losing multiple friendships over one presidential election?…

Nov 8, 2016 – Most of the so-called news media, including the so-called moderators at the presidential debates, are part of the machine.  … Since the 1960’s, left wing hardliners have tightened their grip on the leadership of the Democratic Party.  … Their control of the Democratic Party is unchallenged, and they will regroup if necessary. …

Nov 8, 2016 – Among the many complaints I have seen about this squalid presidential election -- the most dismal choice of major-party nominees since … nomination and prevented a younger generation of Democratic politicians from competing. … Under a proper republican standard of accountability, both candidates would be.…

Nov 7, 2016 – For the first time in modern history, both the Democratic and Republican candidates are incredibly unlikable. … If a majority of voters dislike both candidates, which is unprecedented for a presidential election, how can pollsters be sure voter … Will minority voters come out in similar numbers to support two older, white candidates?…

Nov 6, 2016 – That’s the consensus with some of the Democratic strategists that Washington Post writer Greg Sargent spoke with earlier this week, … Democratic pollster Mark Mellman. … Obama’s presidential campaigns, says it’s probably too late for such an event to prove decisive.…

Nov 6, 2016 – About the only good thing to be said for it is that it endson Tuesday, and that one of the two worst presidential candidates in American … Just once, I wish I could hear presidential candidates set aside the pandering, and tell voters that there are some problems the government … Just once, I wish candidates would make a point of reading John F.…

Nov 6, 2016 – clairvoyant people understood how desperately Americans need a mind-altering substance to blur and numb the pain of this year’s presidential … Ballot measures upping the minimum wage have been a perennial device to boost Democratic Party turnout, and the initiatives rarely … Remember, it’s not just picking between the lesser of evil candidates this election, there are 154 ballot measures to be decided.…

Nov 6, 2016 – In most political races, candidates spend the most time where they can reap the most votes. … But from the number of candidates they've seen lately, they might as well be Siberia. … The 17 states that have voted for the Democratic nominee in each of the past four presidential elections command 242 electoral votes…

Nov 24, 2016 – That's also why the two third-party candidates got as much national attention as they did. This, too, is called "diversity." … This, again, is a powerful opportunity for conservative candidates.         5. … That means we don't have to deal with another presidential election for four more years. Thank God.        …

Nov 19, 2016 – A few years ago Georgetown professor Norman Birnbaum, who also served as an advisor to three Democratic presidential candidates and…

Nov 16, 2016 – Folks, there will be more elections—and yes, some of them will end with you delivering a shellacking to GOP candidates. … Four other presidential candidates won the popular vote, but lost the Electoral College. It happens, but we survived. We endured. … So far, 1 million more people voted for Clinton thanks to late returns from California, which is a Democratic bastion, but she didn…

Nov 16, 2016 – This usually ensures that one candidate attains a majority of the Electoral College vote, even though none of the candidates garner … In more than half of the presidential elections over the past quarter century, no candidate attained a majority of the popular vote … Without including California, the Republican candidates won the popular vote in three of the past five elections.…

Nov 16, 2016 – In order of importance: · Democratic voters failed to show up in sufficient numbers. … · The traditional Democratic base was skeptical of Clinton, giving Trump the victory. … ” · Both candidates were flawed, but Hillary carried far more “baggage” than Obama.…

Dec 4, 2016 – More nefariously, Democratic pundits and journalists have expanded the deception of the presidential popular vote to Congress as well … The Nation magazine put it this way, “The preliminary count had Democratic Senate candidates gathering 46.2 million votes to 39.3 million … Thanks to total Democratic Party control, both candidates for the open Senate seat were Democrats.…

Dec 2, 2016 – The two-day meeting is where all the players of the presidential election meet, discuss, and analyze what went right and wrong for … their respective candidates. … Debbie Dingell (D-MI) and local Democratic Party chairpersons in the Rust Belt also gave warning that Trump could do well in the Democratic…

Dec 1, 2016 – Illinois is a blue state, voting Democratic in the past seven presidential elections. … But the Democratic Party's control of the state House is not the simple result of its ability to satisfy the citizenry. … In 2012, Democratic House candidates got 52 percent of the votes statewide but captured 60 percent of the seats, report political scientist…

Nov 30, 2016 – Cue the Democratic regret.  Seriously: Thanks, Harry Reid.  … I mean, I don’t get into the weeds, but Democrats made it much easier than a simple majority can push through presidential nominees … I’ll remind you that Secretary Clinton won the popular vote and that Democrat — Senate candidates won more votes.…

Nov 30, 2016 – Morning Joe co-host Mike Brzezinski is a liberal, but one that isn’t one to drink up the Democratic Kool-Aid and apparently not hesitant … Senate candidates over Republican ones, and that a majority of Americans voted for a Democrat for president over a Republican. … In fact, any liberal who thinks this is just emblematic of the problems facing the Democratic Party.…

Nov 28, 2016 – The Democratic Party and the Republican Establishment have identified with the limited concerns of a few special interests. … estate mogul, then reality TV show host connected better with Americans than the most experienced—and even the most conservative—presidential … candidates.…

Nov 26, 2016 – also filed a recount petition (via WaPo): An election recount will take place soon in Wisconsin, after former Green Party presidential … for the Libertarian Party, “we are compelled to demand a recount of the Ohio presidential vote. … Voting is the heart of the democratic process in which we as a nation put our faith.” The result: Democrat John F.…

Dec 14, 2016 – . […] Democratic norms have been and continue to be violated, and anyone who refuses to acknowledge this reality is, in … He won the majority of the states; any person familiar with winning presidential elections will tell you that’s how you win the White … The Electoral College forces candidates to wage national campaigns, to work for votes across the country, and to make sure everyone…

Dec 14, 2016 – Labor secretary Tom Perez is entering the race to become the next chair of the Democratic National Committee. … However, not many candidates have chosen to officially enter and Perez is in a remarkably strong position. … He was also a finalist to become Clinton’s presidential running mate – giving him a network inside the Clinton camp.…

Dec 14, 2016 – The former supporter of Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign has the backing of progressive heavyweights such as Sen. … In fact, some DNC members are quite livid with Ellison and his adamant support of Sanders during the Democratic presidential primary … Officially, Ellison has two other opponents in the race: New Hampshire Democratic Party Chairman Ray Buckley and South Carolina Democratic…

Jan 17, 2018 – Former Massachusetts governor and 2012 presidential candidate Mitt Romney could be eyeing a comeback in public life. Sen. … Polls show that Romney would handily beat the Democratic candidate Jenny Wilson by huge margins. … Hillary has a super PAC that’s fighting the Trump agenda, and could give donations to 2018 candidates as well.…

Jan 17, 2018 – Months from now, as the pressures of midterm elections bear down on a handful of incumbent Democratic U.S. senators in states President … Importantly, three Democratic officials in states that went heavily for Trump in 2016 -- Indiana Sen. … Michigan Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow's statement about the tax cuts in Michigan is the perfect example of that risk.…