Politics
And start listening to the silent majority.
Various forms of paternalism are all around you, and at least some of them aren’t so bad.
The latest report should have him panicked.
Nonetheless, does it stand a chance?
When House Democrats failed to win a majority last November, despite winning the popular vote, many people recognized how difficult it would be to realize President Obama’s dream of retaking Congress in 2014. Just how difficult, though?
Hillary Clinton would not 'clear the field' for 2016.
Dr. Ben Carson's colleagues are shocked by his gay-marriage comments to Sean Hannity.
Take a Hike, Sanford!
How South Carolina's former governor could cost the GOP an easy House seat
Mark Sanford is one step closer to a remarkable political comeback after locking up the Republican nomination for Congress in South Carolina’s First Congressional District on Tuesday. A general election match-up in conservative South Carolina might seem like an easy final leg for Sanford, but there’s no guarantee that he’ll waltz to victory. Next month, Sanford will face off against Elizabeth Colbert Busch—Stephen’s sister—in a deeply conservative district where Democrats don’t usually have a chance. This time, they do.
As the Republican rout in the 2010 midterms loomed, official Washington had already assigned much of the blame to President Barack Obama’s half-hearted support for imperiled congressional Democrats. Two months before the election, Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen wrote in Politico:
House of Pain
Gerrymandering has been great for GOP congressmen, but poison for the party nationally
Gerrymandering has been great for GOP congressmen, but poison for the party nationally.
