Romanoff confirms White House job discussions

Melancon phones a few Republicans on Election Day
New Orleans Louisiana Senate Candidate Charlie Melancon (D) dropped in at a makeshift campaign phone bank in a supporter's Law Firm in New Orleans Tuesday afternoon. After greeting staff and volunteers, he said down to make a few calls himself. "Is this Shelly? This is Congressman Charlie Melancon, how are you?," he said during one exchange. He asked if the woman had voted. "Thank you so much, I appreciate it," he said, after she told him she had. The calls didn't all go so smoothly. He...

Palin Ethics Investigator Closely Tied to Democratic Party
The independent investigator who has accused Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin of violating state ethics Laws is a major Donor to the Democratic Party as well as a partner in a Law Firm that represented Barack Obama's Presidential Campaign. Thomas Daniel was hired by the Alaska Personnel Board in late April to investigate several complaints against Palin, including one filed by an Alaska resident who claims the Governor used her official position for personal gain by authorizing the creation of a trust...

Analysis: NYC mosque helps define guv candidates
Related Articles ALBANY (AP) If the divisive issue of whether a Mosque should be built a few blocks from Ground Zero is resulting in anything positive so far, it has given New York voters some clarity in choosing a Candidate for Governor. New Yorkers are watching as Republicans Rick Lazio and Carl Paladino wrap themselves in the flag while opposing the Mosque, while Democrat Andrew Cuomo wraps himself in the Constitution to support it. At a time of pressing issues including the continuing...

Primary voters pick candidates for Byrd's seat in W.Va.; Vitter has 2 GOP challengers in La.
CHARLESTON, W.VA. — Fourteen Candidates sought a shot at the late Robert C. Byrd's Senate seat, with popular Gov. Joe Manchin the front-runner on the Democratic side and a wealthy businessman and a former U.S. House Candidate the best-known of the GOP contenders in Saturday's primary. In Louisiana, meanwhile, Scandal-tainted Republican U.S. Sen. David Vitter appeared poised for an easy primary victory over two little-known challengers. He has already been more focused on his likely...

Democrats Acting Badly Watch: IL-17 AND IL-18!
This cropped up at one of Phil Hare’s events. Some background (you can see the raw video here ): Phil Hare was doing his best to ignore his constituents’ rather pointed questions about Hare’s lack of awareness when it came to Constitutional Law; eventually Hare fled to an area where said constituents could not follow; they turned to leave; and then a Democrat called one of them a seven letter obscenity. And that’s when the fun started (starts with a swearword). Turns...

66 Days to Decide: Voters in West Virginia, Louisiana Head to Polls for Senate Primaries
Fourteen Candidates sought a shot at the late Robert C. Byrd's Senate seat, with popular Gov. Joe Manchin the front-runner on the Democratic side and a wealthy businessman and a former U.S. House Candidate the best-known of the GOP contenders in Saturd...

Romanoff racing to clear campaign debts
But the campaign must continue for Democrat Andrew Romanoff and his supporters. There is no rest for the weary, or the defeated-in-primary. The winding down of Romanoff's campaign is now focused on up to $350,000 in Debt incurred during the former Colorado House Speaker's unsuccessful primary run against Sen. Michael Bennet. The relevant Facebook page has switched from Romanoff rallying the Troops with posts about his travels and his dog, to the topic of "Let's Clear the Debt." Romanoff and his...

Beauty and the Beast Meet at Romanoff's Birthday
Michael Bennet's wife, Susan Daggett (Beauty), came to Andrew Romanoff's party this evening to celebrate Andrew's birthday and even wrote a personal check to help Andrew retire his campaign Debt.  She stayed for a while and spoke to many supporters who seemed to be very happy that she came, I know I was.  Her attendance at the event and donation ($544) were clear signs that Michael Bennet and his campaign are working hard to make inroads with Andrew Romanoff's supporters and unite the...

The Republicans do have an agenda
As noted by Jed Lewison , the Republican agenda, should they retake the House, distills down to this: Extend Bush Tax Cuts for wealthy. Pledge to Veto EFCA or energy reform Legislation passed by Congress after the November election but before the new Congress. Tell Democrats to support the GOP's effort to Repeal a provision of the Health Care law that Boehner claims would require businesses to itemize all expenditures over $600. (Note that Republicans actually blocked a vote to Repeal the...

Far too many 'safe' lawmakers
No voter will enter a polling place and cast a ballot until the Sept. 14 Primary, but one in eight seats in the Wisconsin Legislature that convenes in January already have been filled. And, when the Primary Election totals are in, that number jumps to almost one in five. Here's why: No one is challenging 17 Incumbent lawmakers - 11 Republicans and six Democrats. In the Capitol's political Caste System, they are the "untouchables" - although in a your-job-is-safe way - because they...

A Little Slack for John McCain by Mark Shields on Creators.com
A half a century ago, I spent the longest 13 weeks of my life at an out-of-the-way place called Parris Island,… Read More. A Little Slack for John McCain Let's be blunt: John McCain's winning campaign over former GOP Rep. J.D. Hayworth in the recent Arizona Republican Senate Primary was neither edifying nor inspiring. In the language of sports, McCain "won ugly" in that home-state Primary dominated by conservative voters who distrusted him for his original opposition to...

Challenger Joe Miller can say anything
While the Murkowski Campaign responds, Say it aint so, Joe; the race for US Senate has gotten very interesting.  Joe Miller, Lisa Murkowskis Republican Primary challenger has gone from being unknown to front-page coverage on Alaskas Newspapers.  Millers support  from Sarah & Todd Palin and Tea Party Express appears to be translating into real Campaign cash.  If the Miller Campaign and Tea Party Express expenditures really do top a half million dollars in...

Tancredo says Maes shouldn't be governor > > News Press > News
Former U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo staunchly defended his Controversial Third-party bid for Governor on Aug. 19 at a campaign stop for the South Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce in Centennial. The former 6th District Republican congressman spoke to about 60 chamber members on the day after Republican gubernatorial nominee Dan Maes rejected Tancredos proposal that both Candidates step aside for benefit of conservative unity. I did not do this in order to create confusion or in order to advance a...

Working Families Has Nominees This Year in Six States
In Delaware, the Working Families Party is cross-endorsing four Democrats and two Republicans, all of them legislative Candidates. In South Carolina, the party has its own nominee (not the nominee of any other party) for U.S. House, 1st district. In Oregon, it still hasn’t nominated but must do so by August 24. In Vermont, it has nominated a slate of six statewide nominees who are just stand-ins. After the Vermont primary on August 24, it will make final nominations; probably most...

The Battle for America 2010: Might Barney Frank Lose?
A Republican can certainly win in Massachusetts, as recently established by Scott Brown. But the answer to the latter question depends upon numerous factors, including: the demographics of the Fourth Congressional District; the publics current perceptions of Frank and the Democrats in Washington, D.C.; and the likely Republican Candidate, Sean Bielat. A primary reason Frank has stayed in office since 1981 is that the Fourth is a carefully gerrymandered District. The District connects...

Kinzinger Hopes a Fresh Face Trumps Halvorson's Union Base
NEW LENOX, Ill. — Republicans throughout Illinois and in Washington, D.C., introduce House Candidate Adam Kinzinger as one of their top recruits. But the boyish 32-year-old has some introducing to do himself in order to unseat Democratic Rep. Debbie Halvorson in this Swing District.

DK Hirner at Peoria Drinking Liberally
As is my custom on alternate Tuesdays. I attended last night’s meeting of Peoria Drinking Liberally . While I am more of a green Wobbly than a liberal or a democrat, I will at least cop to being a progressive. I find the discussions at these affairs both stimulating and bracing and I have grown very fond of the dozen or so that attend as regularly as I. Last night, we were joined by the 2010 Democratic Candidate for the Illinois 18 Congressional District, D.K. Hirner (accompanied by...

TRENDING: DSCC blasts senior Republican for bailout vote
From CNN's Jeff Simon The DSCC is out Saturday with a new Attack Ad against Missouri Rep. Roy Blunt. (CNN) - The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee is out Saturday with a new Attack Ad that paints senior Missouri Rep. Roy Blunt as a symbol of Washington insider politics and condemns the Senate Candidate for voting for the Federal Government's massive Bailout of the financial industry in 2008. "A culture of Corruption and Special Interests where Missouri gets left behind," the DSCC's Ad...

Prayers Please
DFL Senate Candidate Larry Rice collapsed yesterday from a Brain Hemorrhage: Democrat-Farm-Labor Candidate Larry Rice plans to resume his campaign for Minnesota Senate District 13 next week after suffering a Brain Hemorrhage at a campaign stop. Officials say Rice is expected to make a full recovery after the Candidate went to the Hospital following a voter forum sponsored by the Willmar Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce on Thursday. Please keep Larry Rice in your prayers.

Reuters Poll: GOPer Buck Up 9 Over Bennet In CO-SEN
Incumbent Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) may have survived that tough Primary challenge, but a new poll shows he's still got an uphill climb ahead of him to retain the Senate seat he was appointed to last year. A Reuters/Ipsos survey of 453 Likely Voters in Colorado found Republican nominee Ken Buck leading the Senate race 49-40. There is no previous Reuters/Ipsos survey for direct comparison. National Democrats hoped that Bennet would beat his Democratic challenger, Andrew Romanoff, because...

Campaign Watchdog: Rand Paul didn't say he wants to abolish the agriculture department
The statement: U.S. Senate Republican nominee Rand Paul “wants to do away with the Department of Agriculture, the federal Department that monitors the safety of the food we eat, helps open new global agricultural markets for Kentucky products and supports the rights of rural agricultural workers.” - The Kentucky Democratic Party in mock checks it distributed Aug. 26, 2010, at the Kentucky Farm Bureau Country Ham Breakfast. The ruling: False The facts: Democrats, including...

See spot? Feingold says never
If Russ Feingold is to pull ahead of Ron Johnson, the man who just may oust him from the U.S. Senate, he must make you snicker. It's worked before for Feingold, making voters think an opponent is ridiculous. It's not original to Feingold. A campaign staple of Liberal Democrats has long been to define conservative opponents as either malignly clever, like Dick Cheney, or incapable of spelling "potato." Feingold may be opting for the latter with Johnson now that the guy said...

GOP plans wave of White House probes
Source: Politico If President Barack Obama needed any more incentive to go all out for Democrats this fall, here it is: Republicans are planning a wave of committee investigations targeting the White House and Democratic allies if they win back the majority. Everything from the microscopic the New Black Panther party to the massive - think Bailouts is on the GOP to-do list, according to a half-dozen Republican aides interviewed by Politico. Republican Staffers say there wont be any...

Election '12: Take back the victory mosque, formerly known as the White House
Bill Kelly’s Truth Squad is all about truth, justice, and all things America. Whether through humor or parody, or in just the facts, we are taking the side of those who have been continually shut out by the Mainstream Media. The Media seek to justify this position of dishonesty by perpetuating a storyline of Bigotry and prejudice; that those that oppose their thinking are backwards, illiterate, stupid, hateful, and dangerous. This has been the case from the beginning of the Obama...

Dorsal Fins Surround White House
Obama Administration At the beginning of the year, retiring seven-term representative Marion Berry (D., Ark.) recounted a conversation he had with the president. Obama's unrelenting push for Health-care reform in the face of public opposition reminded Berry of the Clinton-era missteps that led to the Republican rout of the Democrats in 1994. "I began to preach last January that we had already seen this movie and we didn't want to see it again because we know how it comes out," Berry told a...