Rep. Steven King (R-Iowa)

Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.)

Prospects are so bad for Republicans in the Senate that Sen. Mitch McConnell, their embattled leader, has given them free reign to vote against the party and, certainly, their unpopular president, if it will help them save their seats in November.
All in all, it was as sad and […]

Say you’re Al Franken. Your idol was Sen. Paul Wellstone, a man who exemplified what was right with America and with America’s Democratic system of government. But Paul Wellstone died, and his alter-ego from hell took his seat: a man whose only ideas are those placed in his head by the Bush neocons, who voted […]

Passes 238-180, 10 Republicans Abstain
An unidentified government official of a U.S. ally wants to participate if and when Kucinich makes his case to impeach President Bush before the House Judiciary Committee.There will be a hearing related to Rep. Dennis Kucinich’s Article of Impeachment against George Bush in the House Judiciary Committee. That was assured by […]

After three straight losses in special elections, including the loss of the seat held by former Speaker Denny Hastert and two seats in the Deep South, the House GOP is in a panic.
“When you’re losing, people are suspicious if you change. Republicans have defined themselves on these issues for three decades.” – Congressional scholar
Based on […]

Einstein supposedly said the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. The leader of the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) confirmed that he and his colleagues are bat-shit crazy:
NRCC Chair Cole is undaunted by yesterday’s results, calling the anti-Obama strategy a “useful tool” for hitting […]

Poll Tracker:
North Carolina Sen. Elizabeth Dole may be hearing foot steps behind her as two polls show her Democratic challenger, Kay Hagan, a five term member of the state senate, closing the gap between them. Public Policy Polling has Dole ahead by 48 percent to 43 percent compared to the 17 point lead she had […]

3. May 13:
Democrat Travis Childers wins a U.S. House seat in Mississippi’s deeply Republican 1st Congressional District.
Childers defeated Republican Greg Davis in a special election to fill the final few months of a two-year term in Congress. The seat was vacated when Roger Wicker was appointed to the U.S. Senate after Trent Lott resigned.
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So if you’re planning on running for re-election to Congress in November, is it really a good idea to get a snootfull, get into a car and drive over to see your 3-year-old illegitimate daughter? Apparently the total lack of prudence of such a course of action never occurred to Rep. Vito J. Fonsella, R-N.Y.
The […]

Sen. Elizabeth Dole is up for reelection this year, and the combination of her underwhelming performance over the past six years and the general bad odor emanating from the Republican Party of late makes her particularly vulnerable. (A longtime resident of the Watergate apartments in Washington, D.C., Dole has also irked many of her constituents […]