It looks like Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper (D) may continue to hold the title of the luckiest man in American politicians. This morning Tom Tancredo announced that he run for governor in 2014 as a Republican. From Fox 31: Former U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo announced over the radio waves Thursday morning that he will seek [...]

Now that individuals like David Vitter and Mark Sanford have proven there is simply no sex based scandal that a heterosexual male politician can’t recover from, it has encouraged Anthony Weiner to get back into politics. Just two years after resigning from Congress because of sending sexual pictures to random women, Weiner is launching a [...]

The GOP is convinced that the Affordable Care Act will remain a winning political issue for them. On Meet the Press Sunday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said it will be the “biggest issue” in the next congressional election. From Meet the Press: SEN. MCCONNELL: You know, I don’t know what the issues will be [...]

I know the statement may seem obvious but the obvious statements in politics are often the most important. This was the point of the 37th Affordable Care Act repeal vote yesterday. According to the roll call vote, every single Republican supported repeal but only two Democrats, Rep. Jim Matheson (UT) and Rep. Mike McIntyre (NC), [...]

While the Virginia gubernatorial contest remains close, new polling shows Democrat Terry McAuliffe with an edge over Republican LT Gov. Ken Cuccinelli. A new Quinnipiac poll has McAuliffe at 43 percent among registered voter and Cuccinelli at 38 percent. McAuliffe’s standing in the poll has improved modestly since March when the same poll found Cuccinelli [...]

House Republicans are having their 37th vote on repealing the Affordable Care Act today. As Speaker John Boehner explained the reason for the vote is purely political. While during the previous Congress voted repeatedly on repealing Obamacare there are many newly elected Democratic and Republican members of Congress who are not officially on record. While many [...]

After a long interview with Vice President Joe Biden Rolling Stone reporter Douglas Brinkley is convinced he is seriously considering a run for the presidency. From the Rolling Stone: My takeaway from my one-hour White House interview with Joe Biden is that he must be considering a presidential run. There will be too much Obama-era [...]

For several years while Hillary Clinton was merely a government official it seems like the decades long Republican war against her had ended, but it was only lying dormant. For a while the GOP had a much bigger and juicier target in Barack Obama. Clinton was treated with a combination of political neglect or even [...]

Former Republican Gov. Charlie Crist (F) continues his slow political transformation by publicly endorsing marriage equality. He wrote on his Facebook page: Some great news: On Tuesday, Delaware became the 11th state to allow marriage equality. And just a few days ago, Rhode Island adopted a similar measure, which followed victories last fall in Maine, [...]

Right after the primary for the Massachusetts special Senate race a few polls found that Republican Gabriel Gomez within striking distance of Democratic Ed Markey, but new polling shows Markey with a much more comfortable lead. A new WBUR poll by MassINC Polling Group conducted over the weekend found Markey has an eight-point lead when [...]