Idaho Gov. Butch Otter (R) Leading Off: • ID-Gov: Republican Gov. Butch Otter has never been particularly popular even in dark red Idaho, but it was still a surprise when the Republican Governor’s Association committed six figures to his re-election at the beginning of October. It was hard to believe that the RGA would spend […]
Abbreviated Pundit Round-up: Media doesn’t understand health law well enough to call out McConnell
So big gaffes from both tonight–Grimes’ idiotic nondisclosure of who she voted for for POTUS–McConnell calling OCare KY xchange “fine”— @LukeRussert @LukeRussert @mmurraypolitics you think those are of equal import?— @DemFromCT Brian Beutler: The Media Is Ignoring McConnell’s Obamacare Waffling Because They Don’t Understand It Danny Vinik: McConnell’s Obamacare Lie Is Worse Than Grimes’s Voting […]
New York Times exposes another Bush WMD deception
The New York Times had published a new report detailing the numerous cases of American and Iraqi soldiers accidentally exposed to chemical agents from Saddam Hussein’s decaying Gulf War era weapons. But as disturbing as the fact that there were “17 American service members and seven Iraqi police officers who were exposed to nerve or […]
Open thread for night owls: Mitch McConnell ‘playing voters for fools’
Brian Beutler on the media’s continued unwillingness to debunk Sen. Mitch McConnell’s ongoing misrepresentations over Kynect and Obamacare. What’s particularly frustrating about McConnell’s irreconcilable ACA claims is that they would be politically damaging if the political press corps understood the nature of the deception. But unlike Grimes’ comments, which are just plainly absurd, laying McConnell […]
U.S. Supreme Court bars Texas from closing abortion clinics during appeals process
The real-world impact of SB2 A small bit of good news: The Supreme Court on Tuesday blocked key parts of a 2013 law in Texas that had closed all but eight facilities providing abortions in America’s second most-populous state. In an unsigned order, the justices sided with abortion rights advocates and health care providers in […]
Democratic early vote outpacing 2010
Democrats have spent a shit-ton on GOTV efforts, and there’s good evidence it’s working. In North Carolina, which permits early voting, 42,230 people had requested ballots as of Monday. Of that group, 17,364 did not vote in 2010, and among them, Democrats outnumber Republicans, 39 percent to 32 percent. The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee reports […]
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Who’s behind the newest Koch Super PAC? Hint: It’s not the little guy.
Yep. Koch owns us. It’s been a few weeks since we learned that the Koch brothers’ Americans for Prosperity was going to get out of the political ad game and focus on the ground campaign, but that they had a new entity that would pick up the slack. This new group will attack Democratic candidates […]
Daily Kos Elections ad roundup: The air war intensifies in Georgia’s Senate race
Leading Off: • GA-Sen: In recent days both the DSCC and NRSC have made ad reservations in the Peach State, ensuring that this ad war will get even more intense. Of course, it’s not like the ad campaign was low-key to begin with. Democrat Michelle Nunn is once again taking advantage of Republican David Perdue’s […]
Seeking his 4th term, watch Pat Roberts—18 years ago!—proclaim he would only serve two terms
Hat tip to BuzzFeed for finding this gem of an interview. While saying he was against term limits, Sen. Pat Roberts emphasized his plan to only run and serve for two terms. That was 18 very long years ago. Watch it! If we turn out, we win. Chip in $3 to help get out the […]