The political money chase among U.S. House and Senate candidates could result in record spending — in the range of $2 billion — this year, according to a new study by a watchdog group. That’s would amount to an average of $4 million per congressional contest, the Washington Post calculated Tuesday. In recent weeks, prodigious [...]
Tired of all the headlines about Christine O’Donnell in Delaware? Heard enough about Carl Paladino in New York? Well, here’s one long-shot Senate candidate you won’t be hearing much about on election night, even if he did get on the ballot because of his name: Jim Rogers. Rogers, 75 or thereabouts, is the Democratic candidate [...]
LOUISVILLE – The soul-deadening thought is inescapable — we have seen the future of American politics and it is the sour-mash Senate race in Kentucky. The TV commercials are bilious, beginning with Democrat Jack Conway’s Aqua Buddha spot that, win or lose, seems destined for the Attack Ad Hall of Fame. Heavy spending by Republican-leaning [...]
Stephen Broden, a Republican running for Congress in a Dallas, Texas district, says if the Nov. 2 election does not yield the desired change in Washington then a violent overthrow of government would be one option “on the table,” the Dallas Morning News reported. Broden, a South Dallas pastor, made the remark in a prolonged [...]
A new campaign ad by Colorado House candidate Cory Gardner misses the mark… by hitting the wrong Markey. The Republican’s 30-second spot attacks Democratic incumbent Betsy Markey for backing President Obama’s 2010 spending plan. Except Betsy Markey, a conservative “Blue Dog” Dem, voted against the president’s budget. Gardner, a state representative, may have been thinking [...]
A new campaign ad by Colorado House candidate Cory Gardner misses the mark… by hitting the wrong Markey. The Republican’s 30-second spot attacks Democratic incumbent Betsy Markey for backing President Obama’s 2010 spending plan. Except Betsy Markey, a conservative “Blue Dog” Dem, voted against the president’s budget. Gardner, a state representative, may have been thinking [...]
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