Christine O’Donnell, the Tea Party favorite and Republican Senate nominee from Delaware, is trailing badly in the polls, but her every utterance seems to win national attention. Meanwhile, John Hoeven, the three-term governor of North Dakota, remains largely unknown even though he is virtually certain to win a Senate seat next week — not to [...]
President Obama is ending a four-day campaign swing at a rally in Minneapolis for the Democratic nominee for governor, Mark Dayton. The president has made earlier campaign stops in Oregon, Washington state, California and Nevada.
The old proverb “The enemy of my enemy is my friend” is one way to describe the 2010 election — especially when explaining the complicated alliance between Tea Party activists and the Republican establishment. These two former enemies — remember the contentious and divisive primary season — are now united in the common goal of [...]
The vote was 288-160. The bill now goes to the Senate where it has an uncertain future for this congressional session which is winding down so that lawmakers can go back to their districts to campaign in the midterm election cycle. The bill, which could cost up to $7.4 billion, provides free care and compensation [...]
In his weekly radio and Internet address, Obama, a Democrat, said Republican plans to roll back healthcare reform and extend Bush-era tax cuts for top U.S. earners would not fix the nation’s economic woes. Republicans, in turn, called Obama’s policies disastrous, too, and promised to address “dire” economic conditions more effectively if they take over [...]