Kyle Bell

Former Senator Dan Coats of Indiana has made it official on a South Bend radio station. He will be challenging incumbent Democrat Evan Bayh for Indiana’s junior seat in the Senate. Coats retired in 1998 when Evan Bayh, a popular two term governor, announced that he would be running for the seat. Since leaving the [...]

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Democratic Governor Pat Quinn of Illinois is in a fight for his political life as he faces Comptroller Dan Hynes for the party’s nomination. Quinn, who became governor after Rod Blagojevich was impeached and removed from office, is running a state that has serious fiscal problems. In this economy, that is not something that is [...]

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The New York Times has an op-ed by lawyer Thomas Geoghegan where he argues that the filibuster has become an unconstitutional tool of obstruction. His thesis is that the filibuster was never the intent of the Founding Fathers. By requiring a 60 vote threshold in a 100 body chamber, the Senate’s minority is subverting majority [...]

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There has been a lot of hoopla over the “socialist” agenda of the Obama administration. But the same critics of the administration that is actively trying to repair the country after the worst economic collapse since the Great Depression don’t have any ideas of their own. In fact, they can’t even point to any of [...]

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Yesterday, Houston voters elected city controller Annise Parker as their new mayor. Current mayor Bill White is running for governor of Texas. Usually an election of this nature would not make headlines, but Annise Parker is not your usual female politician. She is an openly gay woman in a state known for its conservative politics. [...]

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Last night the United States came one step closer to real healthcare reform when the House passed its version of the bill. The only thing standing between the American people and reform is the U.S. Senate. Since the Republican Party has promised to obstruct the President’s agenda at every corner, it will take every single [...]

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Prognosticators out there, particularly conservative ones, will have you believe that last night’s dual election victories by Republican candidates in the New Jersey and Virginia governor’s races signal massive losses for Democrats in the 2010 midterms. Certainly it is hard to make the case that an 18 point loss in Virginia and a 3 point [...]

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The Republican candidate for governor of New Jersey is in hot water as a new report reveals that he frequently abused travel privileges as a U.S. Attorney. Recent polls put him in a tight race with incumbent Democrat Jon Corzine. The Republican candidate, Chris Christie, claims that he stayed in more expensive hotels only when [...]

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Representative Mike Ross of Arkansas is in hot water as news of a land deal with a pharmacy company emerges. Along with his wife, Rep. Ross collected $1-$1.6 million from USA Drug for property and assets that were sold for well above their actual worth. As Politico reports: But the $420,000 that USA Drug paid [...]

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Last week the state of Indiana was facing a budget deadline that threatened to shut down the state government. In a last hour attempt to pass a “bi-partisan” (i.e. Republican-friendly) two year budget, changes were made that would allow for minimal increases in education funding. Minimal being the key word: 1.1 percent for the first [...]

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