Kyle Bell

There’s been a lot of talk lately about moral issues. With Republican gains across the country, state legislatures are trying to restrict access to abortion, ban gay marriage (or in Indiana’s case, ban gay marriage again, since it is already illegal), and in the U.S. House, which Republicans gained from the November elections, they are [...]

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Last week Republicans took control of the House of Representatives for the first time since 2006. The reasons are more complicated than some would lead you to believe, but put simply, it was a mix of high unemployment, a huge money advantage for Republicans by corporate benefactors, dissatisfaction with Washington gridlock, and demographics in midterms [...]

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Today is a sad day for America. An elected member of Congress, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, was shot in the head at a grocery store during a townhall meeting with constituents in Tucson, Arizona. The gunner, a 22 year old, also shot 11 others. CNN is reporting that six people have been killed, including a federal [...]

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Looking back at last night’s election results and comparing them to the projections that were made on this site, we had a perfect score. The races that we had rated as “Toss-ups” split 4-2 for the Republicans, but all of the “Leans Democrat” seats stayed in Democratic hands (the only caveat is that Washington state [...]

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4:42 p.m. (11/3): Well, it’s the day after the election. The GOP had a huge surge in the House, but the Senate was more or less a wash for them. While they picked up 6 seats, it was far less than the 10 that they needed to win to take control. Great news out of [...]

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Even people that are not all that familiar with politics have heard of presidential coattails. We saw it quite clearly in 2008 when Democrats won marginal to conservative districts on the back of President Obama’s enormous turnout effort throughout the country. While that cannot be replicated this year (the president is not on the ballot), [...]

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We are now in the final stretch of the midterm elections. We have looked at every Senate race in the country. Between now and Election Day we are going to make some revisions as needed. Adjustments Connecticut – Democrat Richard Blumenthal has opened a double-digit lead over Republican Linda McMahon. The multi-millionaire McMahon, who has [...]

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We’re now just two weeks away from the midterm elections. Today, we’re going to have a look at the Northeast: Connecticut Incumbent: Chris Dodd (D) – Retiring Challenger(s): Linda McMahon (R), Richard Blumenthal (D) Prediction: Leans Democrat Linda McMahon joins several other wealthy Republican businesswomen that have run for office this year (California’s Meg Whitman [...]

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With a little under one month to go before Election Day 2010, the fight for Congress is far from over. While Republicans had gained a sizable lead during the summer months, polling in the last few weeks has shown a tightening of the race. Several polls have even shown a Democratic lead on the generic [...]

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Early results out of New Hampshire are shaping up well for the Tea Party: Lamontagne – 52.9% (5,584) Ayotte – 31.7% (3,346) Binnie – 7.7% (814) Bender – 6.6% (694) Lamare – 0.7% (76) 5% of precincts reporting var wordpress_toolbar_urls = ["http:\/\/www.politico.com\/2010\/maps\/#\/Senate\/2010\/NH"];var wordpress_toolbar_url = “”;var wordpress_toolbar_oinw = “”;var wordpress_toolbar_hash = “aHR0cDovL2t5bGViZWxsLmNvbS8yMDEwLzA5LzE0L3RlYS1wYXJ0eS1jYW5kaWRhdGUtbGVhZHMtaW4tbmV3LWhhbXBzaGlyZS88d3B0Yj5UZWEgUGFydHkgQ2FuZGlkYXRlIExlYWRzIGluIE5ldyBIYW1wc2hpcmU8d3B0Yj5odHRwOi8va3lsZWJlbGwuY29tPHdwdGI%2BS3lsZSBCZWxs”;

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