ELECTION/NATIONAL SECURITY/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump’s top aides said on Thursday [8-2-18] that Russia is behind ‘pervasive’ attempts to interfere in upcoming U.S. elections, in a rejection of denials of meddling that Russian President Vladimir Putin made directly to Trump. Trump’s national security team, including intelligence director Dan Coats and national security adviser […]
Category: Election
8/2/2018
ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump will travel to Ohio on Saturday [8-4-18] to campaign for Republican special election candidate Troy Balderson, according to a senior party official — a move that comes amid rising GOP fears about the race. A Republican loss, coming after special election defeats in Pennsylvania and Alabama, would be […]
8/2/2018
ELECTION/GOP/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump ratcheted up his feud with the Koch brothers on Thursday [8-2-18], hammering the billionaire conservative donors’ trade policy rhetoric and questioning whether they are actually contributing to political campaigns…Over the weekend, top officials with the Koch network of donors criticized what it called the Trump administration’s ‘protectionist’ […]
8/2/2018
CYBERWAR/ELECTION/RUSSIA/SANCTIONS/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Republican and Democratic U.S. senators introduced legislation on Thursday [8-2-18] to impose stiff new sanctions on Russia and combat cyber crime, the latest effort by lawmakers to punish Moscow over interference in U.S. elections and its activities in Syria and Ukraine. The bill includes restrictions on new Russian sovereign debt transactions, energy […]
8/2/2018
ELECTION/GOP/MIKE PENCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Trump is heading to central Ohio Saturday [8-4018] to shore up support for a Republican House candidate who has struggled to raise money and is failing to motivate GOP voters. The Tuesday {7-31-18] special election between Republican Troy Balderson and Democrat Danny O’Connor offers a preview of dozens of […]
8/1/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The special election race in Ohio’s 12th Congressional District between Republican Troy Balderson and Democrat Danny O’Connor appears to be going right down to the wire. A Monmouth University poll released Wednesday [8-1-18] shows Balderson receiving 44% support and O’Connor pulling 43% with 11% of respondents saying they are undecided. That’s a […]
8/1/2018
ELECTION/JOE BIDEN/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Former Vice President Joe Biden leads President Donald Trump by 7 percentage points in a head-to-head match-up, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll. A plurality of registered voters, 44 percent, said they’d choose Biden in the 2020 presidential election, while 37 percent of voters said they would vote for Trump. […]
7/31/2018
ELECTION/GOP/IMMIGRATION/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump has given Republicans good reason to tolerate his unruly leadership style. His tax cuts, deregulation push and nomination of conservative judges amount to the most orthodox Republican agenda any president has pursued since Ronald Reagan. Few had better reason to appreciate Mr. Trump’s results than Charles G. Koch, a billionaire […]
7/31/2018
CHUCK SCHUMER/DEMS/ELECTION/RUSSIA/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. Senate’s top Democrat, Chuck Schumer, on Tuesday [7-31-18] expressed concern about Russian interference in the upcoming November elections, saying President Donald Trump should do more to prevent meddling and that it appears a Russian agency was behind the latest Facebook fake-account controversy. ‘The administration is not doing close to […]
7/31/2018
ELECTION/GOP/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump on Tuesday [7-31-18] lit into Charles and David Koch, some of the Republican Party’s top donors, in a series of tweets, after they said over the weekend they wouldn’t financially back the party’s candidate for a North Dakota Senate seat…The Koch brothers’ network of about 500 conservative and libertarian donors […]
7/31/2018
ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump railed Tuesday [7-31-18] against billionaire conservative brothers Charles and David Koch, accusing them of being against key components of his populist agenda and suggesting they’re irrelevant in today’s Republican Party. Trump’s public attack, following a weekend in which he was criticized at a Koch network summer meeting, comes […]
7/30/2018
ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Sarasota County Republican fair and rally last Saturday [7-28-18] left little mystery about what is animating the party this year. There was a ‘Trump Shop’ outside the arena, selling T-shirts extolling the president’s dominance. There was a life-size cardboard cutout of Mr. Trump, both thumbs splayed skyward, greeting visitors inside. […]
7/30/2018
BORDER/CONGRESS/ELECTION/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Trump has been threatening to close down the government if Congress doesn’t meet his immigration priorities, but he has privately agreed to put off a potential shutdown or any fight over border wall funding until after the midterm elections, an administration official said Monday [7-30-18]. In recent days Mr. Trump has […]
7/30/2018
ELECTION/GOP/TARIFFS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The influential Koch political network announced Monday [7-30-18] it is not supporting Republican Rep. Kevin Cramer in his race to unseat vulnerable Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp in North Dakota — the latest sign the conservative group is frustrated with the current state of the GOP. The decision for now to stay out of […]
7/29/2018
BORDER/CONGRESS/ELECTION/GOP/IMMIGRATION/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Congressional Republicans, already facing a difficult election landscape, confronted a prospect on Sunday [7-29-18] they had worked feverishly to avoid: a threat by President Trump to shut down the government over funding for a border wall…Last week, Republican leaders thought they had reached a deal with Mr. Trump to delay a confrontation […]
7/29/2018
BORDER/CONGRESS/ELECTION/IMMIGRATION/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Trump renewed a threat to shut down the government unless Congress provides money for a wall at the southern border and enacts new curbs on immigration, reviving a battle he said last month should wait until Republicans gained more solid majorities after the November elections…The threat adds a new headache for […]
7/27/2018
ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Trump said Friday [7-27-18] that he plans to spends almost all of his time this fall campaigning for the most vulnerable Republican congressional candidates in the midterm elections, a strategy that would have him in many districts where endangered lawmakers in his own party regard him as a liability. In […]
7/27/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “His Republican opponent doesn’t say much publicly about the Trump tax cuts, but on a warm night in a small-town union hall an hour outside Columbus, Danny O’Connor was happy to talk about them — a lot. ‘We just saw, this last December, a $2 trillion swipe of the national credit card, […]
7/27/2018
ELECTION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Congressman David Kustoff has been a champion for the Trump Agenda – I greatly appreciate his support. David is strong on crime and borders, loves our Military, Vets and Second Amendment. Get out and vote for David on Thursday, August 2nd. He has my full and total Endorsement!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 27, […]
7/27/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Becky von Zastrow often votes Republican in her affluent central Ohio suburb – but her dissatisfaction with U.S. President Donald Trump has convinced her to back the Democrat in a special-election test for both parties next month. Her change of heart, reinforced by Trump’s handling of last week’s Helsinki summit with Russian […]
7/27/2018
ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP PEOPLE: “.@Troy_Balderson of Ohio is running for Congress – so important to the Republican Party. Cast you early vote or vote on August 7th. Troy is strong on crime and borders, loves our Military, our Vets and our Second Amendment. He has my full and total Endorsement!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 27, 2018 10:58 […]
7/27/2018
ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP PEOPLE: “.@JohnJamesMI, who is running in the Republican Primary in the great state of Michigan, is SPECTACULAR! Vote on August 7th. Rarely have I seen a candidate with such great potential. West Point graduate, successful businessman and a African American leader…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 27, 2018 10:53 am […]
7/27/2018
ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP PEOPLE: “…John is strong on crime and borders, loves our Military, our Vets and our Second Amendment. He will be a star. He has my full and total Endorsement!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 27, 2018 10:53 am […]
7/27/2018
CYBERWAR/ELECTION/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “With the midterm election only a few months away, government officials working to counter election interference from Russia have been operating with no strategy from the top, including from President Donald Trump’s fractured National Security Council, leaving each agency to fend for itself without White House support or direction, according […]
7/27/2018
CYBERWAR/ELECTION/NATIONAL SECURITY/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump will convene his national security advisers on Friday [7-27-18] for a high-level meeting on election security, less than four months until Americans vote to determine whether his fellow Republicans maintain control of Congress. The White House meeting comes amid new accusations of Russian meddling in U.S. elections. […]
7/26/2018
ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is sharing some of his campaign warchest with congressional Republicans ahead of the 2018 midterm elections, part of a joint effort with the Republican National Committee announced Thursday to protect GOP majorities in Congress and curry favor with Republicans on Capitol Hill. The RNC will provide the largest contribution […]
7/25/2018
ELECTION/POLLS/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “More than half of American adults say they believe it’s likely there will be Russian interference in November’s midterm elections, according to a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll released on Wednesday [7-25-18]. The 57% of Americans who believe there will be interference represents a new high since the poll began tracking the question […]
7/25/2018
ELECTION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Congratulations to Brian Kemp on your very big win in Georgia last night. Wow, 69-30, those are big numbers. Now go win against the open border, crime loving opponent that the Democrats have given you. She is weak on Vets, the Military and the 2nd Amendment. Win!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 25, 2018 […]
7/24/2018
2016 ELECTION/DEMS/ELECTION/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump, a week after downplaying Russian interference in US elections, said Tuesday [7-24-18] he is ‘very concerned’ that Russia will look to impact the 2018 midterm elections and said he believes Moscow will look to boost Democrats this time. Trump offered no evidence for his claim that Russia would […]
7/24/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/ICE/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Tuesday [7-24-18] said he believed that the demands by some Democrats that a U.S. government immigration enforcement agency be shut down will help Republicans in midterm congressional elections in November. In a speech to war veterans in Kansas City, Missouri, Trump defended the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement […]
7/24/2018
ELECTION/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/TAXES/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives unveiled an election-year tax plan on Tuesday [7-24-18] that is unlikely to become law but could energize party voters this autumn by promising permanent tax cuts for individuals and most business owners. Days before lawmakers head home for five weeks of summer campaigning before […]
7/24/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I’m very concerned that Russia will be fighting very hard to have an impact on the upcoming Election. Based on the fact that no President has been tougher on Russia than me, they will be pushing very hard for the Democrats. They definitely don’t want Trump!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 24, 2018 […]
7/24/2018
ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Today is the day to vote for Brian Kemp. Will be great for Georgia, full Endorsement! https://t.co/yPND2bJ219“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 24, 2018 8:39 am […]
7/21/2018
ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Troy Balderson of Ohio is running for Congress against a Nancy Pelosi Liberal who is WEAK on Crime & Borders. Troy is the total opposite, and loves our Military, Vets & 2nd Amendment. EARLY VOTING just started with Election Day on August 7th. Troy has my Full & Total Endorsement!” -Donald […]
7/21/2018
ELECTION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Brian Kemp, who is running for Governor of Georgia and has my full endorsement, is campaigning tonight with @MikePenceVP. Brian is very strong on Crime and Borders, LOVES our Military, Vets and the 2nd Amendment. He will be a GREAT Governor!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 21, 2018 6:00 pm […]
7/20/2018
ELECTION/GOP/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “One of Capitol Hill’s most outspoken backers of Moscow is facing a tough re-election fight, with President Donald Trump’s controversial comments on Russia now taking on a central role in the race. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, a Republican representing a coastal southern California district, has focused his campaign on tax issues, not foreign policy. […]
7/19/2018
2016 ELECTION/ELECTION/POLLS/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A majority of Americans disapprove of the way President Donald Trump handled the summit in Helsinki with Russian President Vladimir Putin, a new CBS News poll finds. Fifty-five percent of respondents said they disapproved of Trump’s handling of the summit, including 83% of Democrats and 53% of independents. Just 21% of […]
7/19/2018
DHS/ELECTIONS/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen on Thursday [7-19-18] said the United States needed to be prepared for an attempt by Russia to interfere in elections in all 50 U.S. states this year, adding that there was no question Moscow interfered in the 2016 U.S. presidential contest…President Donald Trump this week has struggled […]
7/19/2018
ELECTION/RUSSIA/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday [7-19-18] said he had called on two key Senate panels to recommend additional action aimed at preventing future election meddling by Russia as well as hold hearings on Russia sanctions law. McConnell, in a statement, said he asked the Republican chairmen of the Senate […]
7/19/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/ICE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Democrats have a death wish, in more ways than one – they actually want to abolish ICE. This should cost them heavily in the Midterms. Yesterday, the Republicans overwhelmingly passed a bill supporting ICE!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 19, 2018 5:29 am […]
7/18/2018
ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP PEOPLE: “For Republicans running in competitive primaries this year, one question has loomed above all others: To embrace President Trump, or to oppose him? This choice can make or break a campaign. Already, repeatedly, it has. For pro-Trump insurgents, the scorecard is full of upsets — and for anti-Trump incumbents, startling defeats. Representative Martha […]
7/18/2018
2016 ELECTION/ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “U.S. Representative Martha Roby, an Alabama Republican who spurned Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential race, has decisively won a runoff election against a former Democrat-turned-Trump supporter. With 65 of 67 counties reporting, the four-term incumbent in the House of Representatives got 68 percent of the vote compared with 32 percent for […]
7/18/2018
ELECTION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Brian Kemp is running for Governor of the great state of Georgia. The Primary is on Tuesday [7-24-18]. Brian is tough on crime, strong on the border and illegal immigration. He loves our Military and our Vets and protects our Second Amendment. I give him my full and total endorsement.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
7/18/2018
2016 ELECTION/DEMS/ELECTION/FBI/JAMES COMEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Former FBI Director James Comey, a longtime Republican who has clashed with President Donald Trump over the federal Russia probe, urged Americans to vote for Democrats in November congressional elections…Comey was fired in May 2017 over what the Justice Department said was his handling of the FBI investigation into 2016 […]
7/18/2018
ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Congratulations to Martha Roby of The Great State of Alabama on her big GOP Primary win for Congress. My endorsement came appropriately late, but when it came the ‘flood gates’ opened and you had the kind of landslide victory that you deserve. Enjoy!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 18, 2018 5:44 am […]
7/18/2018
ELECTION/GOP/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s tariffs on steel imports into the U.S. marked a victory for the Mesabi Iron Range region of northern Minnesota, boosting the prospects of a Republican congressional candidate. The region’s mines are ramping up capacity to meet growing demand for ore in steel mills as far away as Lake Erie. […]
7/17/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/POLLS/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Trump’s administration scandals threaten to take a toll on Republicans in battleground districts this fall, according to new polling suggesting ‘culture of corruption’ messaging is gaining traction. Fifty-four percent of voters across 48 Republican-held congressional districts said Republicans were ‘more corrupt’ than Democrats, compared to 46 percent who said Democrats are ‘more […]
7/17/2018
ELECTION/GOP/POLICY/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Heritage Action for America, the political arm of the Heritage Foundation, has spent years getting Republicans riled up in policy fights. Now the group is trying something new: getting GOP lawmakers elected. Founded in 2010, Heritage Action spent its early years stirring controversy as it pushed GOP leaders and lawmakers to take a […]
7/17/2018
ELECTIONS/GOP/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Alabama Republicans are set to decide Tuesday [7-17-18] whether they’ll tolerate a member of Congress criticizing President Donald Trump, even if Trump has since given his blessing to the candidate. Rep. Martha Roby faces a GOP primary runoff for her 2nd District seat against former Rep. Bobby Bright, an ex-Democrat who is basing […]
7/16/2018
ELECTION/GOP/TAXES/TRUMP PEOPLE: “As November’s U.S. elections approach, Republicans in the House of Representatives and the Trump administration are planning another deficit-financed tax-cut plan, but one widely seen as a vote-getting exercise with little chance of becoming law. The plan, coming on the heels of deep tax cuts already approved in December, underscores both the Republican […]
7/15/2018
ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump has raised more than $88 million for his re-election campaign over the last year and a half, giving him a dramatic head start on prospective Democratic challengers in the 2020 race. Mr. Trump’s campaign committee, combined with two joint committees formed with the Republican Party, ended last month with nearly […]
7/14/2018
BREXIT/BRITAIN/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump said he intends to run for re-election in 2020 because ‘everybody wants me to’ and there are no Democratic candidates who could defeat him, the Mail on Sunday newspaper reported…Before leaving Britain for a summit in Finland with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Trump breached British royal protocol by […]
7/14/2018
ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….Remember, it was Little Jeff Z and his people, who are told exactly what to say, who said I could not win the election in that ‘there was no way to 270’ (over & over again) in the Electoral College. I got 306! They were sooooo wrong in their election coverage. Still […]
7/13/2018
ELECTIONS/POLLS: “Seven-in-10 registered voters say they’re extremely or very interested in the November elections, a record high in Fox News polling for their midterm election tracking since 2010. More Democrats, 77%, say they’re interested in the elections, compared with 74% of Republicans and 44% of independents. The 70% figure for extremely or very interested is […]
7/13/2018
DEMS/ELECTIONS/HILLARY CLINTON/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The nation’s top intelligence officer said on Friday [7-13-18] that the persistent danger of Russian cyberattacks today was akin to the warnings the United States had of stepped-up terror threats ahead of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. That note of alarm sounded by Dan Coats, the director of national intelligence, came […]
7/11/2018
DEMS/ELECTIONS/HOUSE OF REPS/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Joe Donnelly knew his audience: Addressing a group of camouflage-clad union mine workers and retirees here last weekend, the Democratic senator trumpeted his efforts to protect their pensions and health care, asked attendees to raise their hands if they knew someone with a pre-existing health condition, and made not […]
7/11/2018
DEMS/ELECTIONS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “If the Democrats want to win Supreme Court and other Court picks, don’t Obstruct and Resist, but rather do it the good ol’ fashioned way, WIN ELECTIONS!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 11, 2018 4:09 pm […]
7/11/2018
CHINA/ELECTIONS/MIKE PENCE/TRADE WAR/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Vice President Mike Pence begins a campaign swing through the Midwest on Wednesday [7-11-18] designed to fire up the base in three battleground House districts. But there’s also a secondary mission: damage control. In the face of a trade war that intensified just four days ago, Pence is quietly setting up […]
7/10/2018
ELECTIONS/GOP/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump’s selection of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh as his second Supreme Court nominee could be a consequential moment for the midterm elections. Republicans hope a confirmation battle will galvanize voters on the right, while Democrats are balancing their own energized liberal base against the political pressure on some red-state Democrats […]
7/10/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/NOMINATIONS/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court unleashed two political fights Tuesday [7-10-18]: one over his confirmation in a narrowly divided Senate, the other a broader battle to energize voters of both parties ahead of November’s midterm elections. In the Senate, where Judge Kavanaugh was meeting […]
7/10/2018
ELECTIONS/GOP/RACISM/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Atlantic County Republican Chairman Keith Davis said Tuesday [7-10-18] he won’t withdraw his support for congressional candidate Seth Grossman, despite Grossman’s sharing of a racist article from a white nationalist website on social media…Media Matters for America, a liberal watchdog group, revealed Monday [7-9-18] that Grossman, the GOP candidate in New Jersey’s 2nd […]
7/10/2018
DEMS/ELECTIONS/MIKE PENCE/NOMINATIONS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The day after he was nominated to become a Supreme Court justice, Brett Kavanaugh visited Capitol Hill, where his possible future on the high court will be determined. Kavanaugh and Vice President Mike Pence met Tuesday [7-10-18] with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. The meeting came at almost the […]
7/10/2018
DEMS/ELECTIONS/GOP/NOMINATIONS/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The drama surrounding this election-year Supreme Court nomination now fully swings from who the pick would be—it’s D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Brett Kavanaugh—to which senators announce their support or opposition, and when. The margin for error for Republicans to get Mr. Trump’s pick confirmed is very thin, so in […]
7/9/2018
ELECTIONS/GOP/NOMINATIONS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Mitch McConnell and his Republican Caucus are enthusiastic about the prospect of filling a Supreme Court vacancy before the midterm elections. But they don’t deny the enormity of the task at hand. McConnell is overseeing the slimmest Senate majority in modern times to handle D.C. Circuit Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the […]
7/9/2018
ELECTIONS/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Ben Sasse has so far been spared the public floggings that Donald Trump inflicted on two since-vanquished GOP critics in the Senate, Jeff Flake and Bob Corker. But that may soon change. As the ‘never Trump’ faction of the Republican Party dwindles to a lonely few, the Nebraska senator has shown little […]
7/6/2018
ELECTION/ELIZABETH WARREN/GOP/ME TOO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump understands what got him elected — a willingness to throw caution and decorum to the wind and to assail what his supporters see as rampant political correctness. On Thursday [7-5-18] night, when he mocked the #MeToo movement as his tour targeting red-state Democratic senators hit Montana, he […]
7/5/2018
ELECTION/IMMIGRATION/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Immigration tops the economy and healthcare as the most important issue determining Americans’ vote ahead of the midterm elections in November, a new Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll shows. Reuters/Ipsos data shows that immigration became a top concern for registered voters in the United States after the Trump administration in May announced its ‘zero […]
7/5/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Matt Rosendale, the Republican looking to unseat Democratic Montana Sen. Jon Tester in November, is running as an unflinching supporter of President Donald Trump, welcoming the President’s visit to Great Falls on Thursday [7-5-18]. But Rosendale, the state auditor, was not always as enamored with the businessman-turned-politician as he is today. During one […]
7/4/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Jerry Swick, an Army veteran who currently resides in this mountainous capital city, plans to vote this fall to keep Democratic Sen. Jon Tester in Congress. He just doesn’t know how he would tell that to President Donald Trump, for whom Mr. Swick voted in 2016. Mr. Trump will host a campaign […]
7/1/2018
ELECTION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Congratulations to Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on becoming the next President of Mexico. I look very much forward to working with him. There is much to be done that will benefit both the United States and Mexico!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 1, 2018 10:01 pm […]
6/29/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “On the Saturday before Utah’s primary, Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams was hustling — knocking on doors and on the hunt for persuadable Republicans to support his congressional bid. Here in Utah’s Fourth District, a boot-shaped district covering the suburbs south of Salt Lake City, the primary election Tuesday was a […]
6/29/2018
ELECTION/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Every two years, a small league of political scientists and economists fire up computer models they’ve developed to predict who will win the U.S. congressional elections in November. Several who use economic data in their models have concluded that unless the economy gets quite a bit stronger Republicans will not be able […]
6/27/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Senate Democrats are about to face their toughest political test yet of the Trump era: a Supreme Court confirmation battle that will play out as they scrap with the GOP for control of the chamber. The stakes are difficult to understate. The confirmation itself could reshape the court for a generation, […]
6/26/2018
ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Trump pleaded Monday [6-25-18] night with South Carolina Republicans to vote for Gov. Henry McMaster in a runoff election on Tuesday [6-26-18], warning conservatives that if the governor lost, his failure would be pinned on the president they came to see. Rallying a cozy high school gymnasium full of supporters […]
6/26/2018
ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Trump helped lift a pair of incumbent Republicans locked in difficult races to victory Tuesday [6-26-18] while the liberal wing of the Democratic Party scored its most significant successes yet in the primary season, with progressive candidates unseating the fourth-ranking House Democrat and claiming the nominations for governor in Maryland […]
6/26/2018
ELECTION/GOP/POLL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Any list of endangered House incumbents this cycle will have Barbara Comstock’s name at or near the top. Comstock, a two-term GOP lawmaker representing the Virginia suburbs of Washington, DC, is facing a challenge from Democratic state Sen. Jennifer Wexton, who won a six-way primary earlier this month with 42% of […]
6/26/2018
ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump’s influence with Republican primary voters faces another test Tuesday [6-26-18] as he tries to lift two incumbents over outsiders who argue they are the more Trump-like candidates. In South Carolina, Gov. Henry McMaster — who Trump campaigned for Monday [6-25-18] night — faces a runoff against John Warren, […]
6/26/2018
CONGRESS/DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A bitter New York matchup between a convicted felon seeking to reclaim his congressional seat from a former prosecutor is among dozens of races in seven U.S. states on Tuesday [6-26-18], as voters pick candidates for November elections to determine control of Congress. Voters in Colorado, Maryland, South Carolina, Utah, Oklahoma […]
6/25/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In more than 20 of the most competitive House races of 2018, the share of Democrats voting in primaries notably increased, compared with 2014, the last midterm election cycle. Democrats have appeared to be more enthusiastic than Republicans about the 2018 elections, showing up in massive numbers to protest President […]
6/25/2018
ELECTION/GOP/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VOTING: “The U.S. Supreme Court sided with Republicans in Texas and North Carolina on Monday [6-25-18] in two more cases on the contentious issue of politicians manipulating electoral district boundaries for political gain, known as gerrymandering. The justices upheld a batch of Republican-drawn legislative districts in Texas, including two in the U.S. […]
6/24/2018
ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Gov. Henry McMaster’s bid to hold on to his office depends on whether his alliance with President Donald Trump endears him to voters who would otherwise be disdainful of a career politician. The 71-year-old is telling voters ahead of Tuesday’s [6-26-18] gubernatorial primary runoff that he and the president aren’t just […]
6/22/2018
ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “President Trump moved on Friday [6-22-18] to leave an even deeper mark on Republican primary season, boosting a personal ally who is running for governor of Florida and extending political clemency to a former critic, Representative Martha Roby of Alabama, who is in a difficult race for re-election. Ms. Roby has […]
6/22/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Senate map for Democrats this fall is daunting. Republicans are only defending nine Senate seats up for reelection, while Democrats are defending 26 seats. Moreover, 10 of the Democratic-held seats are in states Donald Trump won in 2016 and five are in states he won by about 20 points or more. […]
6/22/2018
BORDER/ELECTION/GOP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s border policy backtrack this week left his fellow Republicans with a choice: flip their own positions or stand firm. It was an easy decision. They changed to be consistent with the president. Still, the move carries risks. While Mr. Trump has long been forgiven by the GOP base for […]
6/22/2018
ELECTION/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Republican leaders in the U.S. House of Representative still plan to bring an immigration bill up for a vote next week, despite President Donald Trump’s urgings on Friday [6-22-18] to drop the effort until after November’s elections…Trump, faced with a public outcry over his policy that separated children from their […]
6/22/2018
ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Congressman Ron DeSantis, a top student at Yale and Harvard Law School, is running for Governor of the Great State of Florida. Ron is strong on Borders, tough on Crime & big on Cutting Taxes – Loves our Military & our Vets. He will be a Great Governor & has my […]
6/22/2018
ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Congresswoman Martha Roby of Alabama has been a consistent and reliable vote for our Make America Great Again Agenda. She is in a Republican Primary run-off against a recent Nancy Pelosi voting Democrat. I fully endorse Martha for Alabama 2nd Congressional District!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 22, 2018 6:46 am […]
6/22/2018
ELECTION/GOP/RELIGION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “He styles himself as America’s best-known pimp, a strip-club owner who runs multiple brothels and looks set to win a seat as a Republican in the Nevada legislature with the blessing of many conservative Christian voters. Meet Dennis Hof, whose political rise reflects fundamental changes in electoral norms that have roiled the Republican […]
6/22/2018
BORDER/ELECTION/GOP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump urged Republican lawmakers on Friday [6-22-18] to drop their efforts to pass comprehensive immigration legislation until after the November elections, sending mixed signals to his party amid an ongoing crisis over his border policies. Trump, faced with a public outcry over his policy that separated children from their […]
6/20/2018
ELECTION/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Rudy Giuliani’s love life is causing trouble for the White House. In a move that blindsided the West Wing and sent Hill Republicans into a tizzy, the president’s personal attorney is throwing his support behind an obscure House candidate in Louisiana trying to take out incumbent GOP Rep. Clay Higgins. […]
6/20/2018
ELECTION/GOP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump is ramping up his political travel ahead of the midterm elections, eying November as the most potent referendum on his presidency even as he faces widespread condemnation over his administration’s ‘zero tolerance’ immigration policy. Trump’s focus on the midterms, which Republicans believe will come with an invigoration of […]
6/19/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “Democrats are banking on a surge of female candidates to help them recapture the House of Representatives this November. But Democrats may not benefit as much as they hope from this dynamic unless their historic roster of female nominees can help the party solve its greatest remaining challenge with female voters. To […]
6/18/2018
BORDER/ECONOMY/ELECTION/GOP/IMMIGRATION/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As Republicans try to keep their midterm election strategy focused on the economy, tax cuts and falling unemployment, President Trump sent his clearest signal yet on Monday [6-18-18] that he intends to make divisive, racially charged issues like immigration central going into the campaign season. Facing bipartisan criticism over his administration’s family […]
8/18/2018
BORDER/CHILDREN/ELECTIONS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Top aides to President Donald Trump are planning additional crackdowns on immigration before the November midterms, despite a growing backlash over the administration’s move to separate migrant children from parents at the border. Senior policy adviser Stephen Miller and a team of officials from the Justice Department, Department of Labor, Department of Homeland […]
6/18/2018
ELECTIONS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday [6-18-18] dealt a setback to election reformers by declining to use high-profile cases from Wisconsin and Maryland to curb the ability of state lawmakers to draw electoral districts purely for partisan advantage. Sidestepping major rulings, the nine justices decided both cases on narrow legal grounds […]
6/18/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Donald Trump’s romp through white, working-class America in 2016 was nowhere more traumatic for Democrats than in Wisconsin, which flipped Republican in a presidential race for the first time since 1984. Now, two years after his stunning victory in the state, shell-shocked Democrats are beginning to pick up the pieces, pouring money […]
6/13/2018
ELECTION/GOP/RACISM/SENATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Corey Stewart, the bombastic conservative who built his public image on championing Confederate symbols, won the Republican Senate nomination in Virginia. Stewart, a member of the Prince William County Board of Supervisors, defeated state House member Nick Freitas and minister E.W. Jackson in Tuesday’s [6-12-18] primary. Freitas conceded the race Tuesday night, according […]
6/13/2018
ELECTION/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Congratulations to @KevinCramer on his huge win in North Dakota. We need Kevin in the Senate, and I strongly endorse him. Heidi voted NO on our Tax Cuts, and always will vote no when we need her. Kevin is strong on Crime & Borders, big on Cutting Taxes!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 13,2018 […]
6/13/2018
ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Congratulations to Danny Tarkanian on his big GOP primary win in Nevada. Danny worked hard an got a great result. Looking good in November!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 13, 2018 3:17 pm […]
6/13/2018
ELECTION/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Senate Republican campaign arm doesn’t plan to get behind the party’s newly nominated candidate in Virginia, the group’s leader said, after a Tuesday primary that threatens to put the party on the defensive in several key races in the state..Corey Stewart, who won Tuesday’s primary, has repelled GOP leaders over […]