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Rep. Marion Berry, D-Ark., expected all along that he would vote against the Democrats' health care bill. But Saturday morning he changed his mind.
On Nov. 3, the fairy tale died. The election results in Virginia and New Jersey dismantled the self-satisfied, just-so story that Democrats have been telling themselves about last year’s election.The story goes like this: In 2008, Americans voted for change not just in the nation’s leadership, but in its fundamental political orientation. They wanted a shift to the left not seen since 1932. The ...
Despite his efforts to reach out to black, Hispanic, Asian and other minority groups in his campaign for governor, Robert F. McDonnell's decisive victory Tuesday was largely the result of his overwhelming support among white voters.
The strong Republican showing in Loudoun County on Tuesday felt particularly good for GOP leaders frustrated by years of Democratic gains in the area, but the results suggest that the exurbs will stay up for grabs as both parties vie for support from the growing population.
The most ambitious overhaul of the U.S. health care system in 40 years squeaked through the House late Saturday, allowing President Obama to win a preliminary round in what could still be a long battle for his top domestic priority.
The high-stakes election is still a year away, but Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., is already leveling criticism at Republican Sue Lowden, the former state GOP chairwoman, state legislator and Miss America candidate who hopes to unseat him.
WASHINGTON - Oh, how the tables have turned. Nervous Democrats are on defense and emboldened Republicans sense opportunity heading into 2010 and the midterm elections. It was just three years ago the GOP lost the House and Senate as well as governors' races in a cross-country Democratic wave.
Late in the game, Republicans are proposing alternatives to Democratic health care reform, but they're certainly not being bold.
The high-stakes election is still a year away, but Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., is already leveling criticism at Republican Sue Lowden, the former state GOP chairwoman, state legislator and Miss America candidate who hopes to unseat him.
For regular readers of this column, I have a confession to make: I'm not a Cal student. I know, I know, it's the scandal of the year for many of you.
GREENSBURG - It's been 20 years in the making, but Westmoreland County Republicans finally had their day in Tuesday's general election.
A year after a national election that brought young voters out in droves, teens' opinions about President Barack Obama remain strong, if unchanged.
Oh, how the tables have turned.
What a week it's been in California politics, with insiders and oddsmakers having a field day. But beware. Things may not be as they seem. First up, you'd better keep Dianne Feinstein's name on the list of possible candidates for governor. I've known Dianne...
With just hours remaining until an historic vote on a sweeping health-care reform measure Saturday evening, at least 31 Democrats have said they will vote against the bill as of 6:00 p.m., according to a POLITICO analysis.
When then-California Gov. Ronald Reagan introduced returning prisoner of war John McCain at a speaking engagement in 1974, the future president asked, "Where do we find such men?"
