Last night Mark Sanford (R) easily won the special election to fill South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District. He received 54 percent of the vote compared to Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch who got only 45 percent. There were two reasons to think the election was going to be closer than it was. The first was the [...]

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie secretly underwent lap-band surgery to lose weight, according to the New York Post. From the Post: “I’ve struggled with this issue for 20 years,” he said. “For me, this is about turning 50 and looking at my children and wanting to be there for them.” He also insisted that, contrary [...]

With the special election for South Carolina’s 1st Congressional district taking place tomorrow the race couldn’t be closer. According to a new PPP poll former Gov. Mark Sanford holds a single point lead over Democrats Elizabeth Colbert Busch. From PPP: PPP’s final poll of the special election in South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District finds a [...]

Given the strong Democratic leanings of Massachusetts the special election to replace Sen. John Kerry should be a cakewalk for Democratic candidate Ed Markey, yet a new Public Policy Polling survey shows the race is within single digits. Republican candidate Gabriel Gomez is only four points behind Markey. From PPP: PPP’s first poll of the [...]

The good news for Democrats is they hold a modest lead in the latest generic ballot polling. According to Quinnipiac, if the election were held today 41 percent would vote for a Democratic candidate for Congress and only 37 percent would for a Republican candidate. The poll also found that Americans have grown tired of [...]

The Massachusetts special election to replace Sen. John Kerry will be between Democrat Rep. Ed Markey and Republican Gabriel Gomez. The two candidates easily won their respective party’s nominations in yesterday’s primary. On the Democratic side, Markey beat fellow House member Rep. Stephen Lynch by a margin of 57.4 percent to 42.6 percent. Markey has [...]

While many prominent groups on the left are urging former governor Brian Schweitzer (D) to run for the Montana Senate seat Max Baucus (D) is retiring from Schweitzer still hasn’t officially announced his plans. If he does decide to run he will start off as the clear favorite. A new Harper poll shows him leading [...]

When it comes to the 2016 Presidential race Hillary Clinton is the sun and everything else in politics revolves around her. Not only does the polling show this is the case, but now even potential candidates are quietly admitting it. The New York Post is reporting that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) has told [...]

It is taken for granted that technology is changing every aspect of our lives but the speed at which things are changing is remarkable. According to a new report by Pew Research, from 2008 to the 2012 the number of political activities online has exploded. It found 39 percent of American engaged in some form [...]

Instead of facing a tough re-election next year it looks like Montana Senator Max Baucus (D) will instead retire. Two senior Democratic strategists told the Washington Post of Baucus plans and the story has been confirmed by the AP. Baucus has been Montana’s Senator since 1978 and seniority has allowed him to chair the incredibly [...]