Kyle Bell

The anti-incumbent “wave”, which I pointed out has only swept away six out of 282 incumbents so far this year, failed to topple appointed Democratic Senator Michael Bennet. The Obama-backed Bennet faced party insider and former Colorado House Speaker Andrew Romanoff. Interestingly, former President Bill Clinton endorsed Romanoff against the White House’s wishes, but his [...]

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You would be mistaken if you thought that Democrats were going to quietly cede Evan Bayh’s Senate seat. Brad Ellsworth, the Democratic nominee to replace Evan Bayh in the Senate, is going on an offensive against his Republican opponent Dan Coats. The Ellsworth campaign released a “campaign report” to supporters by e-mail. It’s a six [...]

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The Tea Party candidate for Senate has won the Republican nomination in the state of Nevada. Sharron Angle will take on Majority Leader Harry Reid in November. The favorite in this race was Sue Lowden, who suggested that people should exchange chickens for medical care. Since then, her campaign has imploded, as evidenced by tonight’s [...]

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Just five months ago Parker Griffith called himself a Democrat. Today, he’s a soon-to-be former member of Congress. The party switcher lost in the Republican primary of his conservative Alabama district. Tuesday’s primary resulted in a victory for Mo Brooks, who received 51 percent of the vote to Griffith’s 33 percent, avoiding a runoff by [...]

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The Republican Party voted in unison against a financial reform bill that would regulate Wall Street. The attempt by Senate Democrats to end debate on the bill failed by a vote of 57-42, owing to the fact that 60 votes are required to get anything done in the Senate. Majority Leader Harry Reid blamed newly [...]

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Indiana Congressman Mark Souder has announced that he will resign this Friday after admitting to having an affair with a female staffer. Souder was elected in 1994 and is among the “Republican Revolution” freshman that helped the GOP take control of the House that year. His conservative record, including opposition to gay marriage, apparently does [...]

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The sign on the door of the GOP is simple: “Moderates Need Not Apply”. The latest moderate GOP politician, if you can call him that, is Delaware’s lone Congressman Mike Castle. He is running for the Senate seat formerly held by Joe Biden before he became Vice President. Biden’s son Beau decided against running for [...]

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Governor Rick Perry of Texas has defeated Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison in the race for the GOP nomination for governor. Perry, the longest serving governor in Texas history, became governor when George W. Bush resigned to become president in 2001. His bid for a third full term was thought to be in real jeopardy when [...]

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President Obama went full steam into the lion’s den on Friday as he joined Republicans at their annual retreat in Baltimore, Maryland. While he gave a speech that sounded similar themes to his State of the Union, such as a shared burden on solving America’s problems, he also took questions from House Republicans. It was [...]

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If you watch television at all, particularly Fox Conservative Opinion Channel (otherwise known as Fox “News”), you have probably heard a lot of Republican pundits talk about how they are going to retake the House of Representatives in the fall election. While it certainly would not be out of the realm of possibility if current [...]

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