To say the DSCC’s 2016 strategy of anointing a candidate in key senate races and expecting the locals to just get out of the way has backfired would be an understatement. [Read more…]
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August 26, 2015 by
As Hillary Clinton heads to Iowa today to try and steer the conversation back to her policy agenda, NBC’s Kristen Welker reported this morning on a Suffolk University poll that shows 52% of Iowa Democratic caucus-goers think Clinton’s email controversy will hurt her in a general election. [Read more…]
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August 26, 2015 by
On Tuesday of last week, Hillary Clinton made her second joke about wiping her server and deleting emails. By Saturday, Joe Biden was meeting privately with Elizabeth Warren about jumping in the race. This morning, groups that support Elizabeth Warren and her causes are making it clear they don’t support Clinton. [Read more…]
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August 26, 2015 by
Once again, millionaire New Hampshire Democrat Annie Kuster is proving how out of touch she is with Granite State voters. [Read more…]
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August 25, 2015 by
SHOT: Sen. Russ Feingold’s response to charges that he broke his signature campaign finance pledge:
“This guy’s lecturing me on pledges I made going back to 1992? It’s ridiculous.” [Read more…]
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August 25, 2015 by
Gov. Maggie Hassan continues playing budget brinkmanship with Republicans in the state to win partisan points and position herself for a potential U.S. senate bid, and now mental health patients are caught in the crosshairs: [Read more…]
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August 25, 2015 by
“Ugly” is really the only way to describe the Florida Democratic primary right now, and it’s also just about the only insult Rep. Alan Grayson hasn’t hurled at his opponent, Rep. Patrick Murphy. [Read more…]
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August 25, 2015 by
Hillary Clinton’s email scandal has created an opening for Vice President Joe Biden to jump into the race.
NBC’s Peter Alexander reported that President Obama gave Biden his “blessing” yesterday during a private lunch. Alexander said another good sign for Biden is “only a small percentage of Obama’s top fundraisers from 2012 have already committed to bundling large sums of money for the Clinton campaign.”
CBS News reported that many top Democratic donors are becoming “uneasy” about Hillary Clinton’s handling of her private email server.
On MSNBC, Al Hunt added:
“I think you’re right Joe, I slightly disagree with my friend Mark. I don’t take the Congressional investigation very seriously, but I take the FBI very seriously. I take that judge’s comments, I believe he was a Clinton appointee, I take that very seriously. I don’t know where it’s gonna lead, and going back to my earlier point about Joe Biden, all I’m saying, he can’t get into a race thinking she is going to, you know, self-destruct. That might happen, but that can’t be your premise. But no, I think there is a lot of worry in Hillary-land today.”
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August 25, 2015 by
Playing the ultimate political calculation, Nevada Democratic Senate candidate and Sen. Harry Reid’s handpicked successor Catherine Cortez Masto welcomed President Obama to a fundraiser for her campaign on Monday, where he delivered to the tune of $300,000, while simultaneously dodging on the President’s controversial Iran deal.
This despite the fact that Reid came out in support of the deal just hours earlier. Reid had reportedly been holding off on taking a position to give Cortez Masto “breathing room”:
Waiting a few more weeks also gives some breathing room to Catherine Cortez Masto, a Democrat running for Reid’s seat, who has yet to take a position on the deal.
But when it came time for Air Force One to head west, Reid fell into line:
When Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid announced Sunday that he would support the international nuclear agreement with Iran and work to ensure it survives a GOP-led disapproval effort, the Nevada Democrat avoided what could have been an awkward Monday.
Yet – despite all signs pointing to her ultimately supporting the deal – Cortez Masto still won’t play it straight about where she stands on a critical issue facing Nevada and the nation. Given sinking poll numbers for the deal across the country, her evasiveness appears more and more politically expedient.
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