as well as the Pennsylvania Senate. They’re looking to flip the state House in Michigan, Minnesota and Pennsylvania. And as Democrats more forcefully go after Republicans’ supermajorities, the GOP is also looking to protect its leads in both chambers in Florida, Kansas, North C...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis came out to resounding applause for a prime-time speech in Milwaukee, saying it was “Time to send Donald Trump back to the White House” and that “America cannot afford four more years of a 'Weekend at Bernie’s' presidency.” DeSantis spoke as his ...
most importantly, he fought Coakley to a near draw in many of the gritty blue collar towns where a Democrat should have a large advantage. Places like Revere and Worchester are normally Democratic, but have some populist anti-tax instincts. A number of them voted to completely repeal the sta...
Burgess, who said he voted for neither Trump nor Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in 2016 and supported Democrat Joe Biden in 2020, said he had initially backed South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott in the 2024 GOP primary, but now sees Haley as the party’...
(and no doubt from War of 1812 re-enactors). There might also be pressure within the conference to limit how often one defects from the majority position, leading to the small set of Hastert rule violators. And of course, the universe of GOP who actually want to vote like a Democrat ...
Although Bush lost the popular vote, Electoral College rules meant that the contest would go to whoever won Florida, where Bush was ahead by a razor-thin margin of just a few hundred votes. In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court voted to stop a recount that was still being conducted, ...
Haiti hasn’t always been a completely disorganized craphole. For now though, the Caribbean island nation shows us a real-time example of just how the veneer of civilization is thinner than most people think. With a bona fide cannibal gang leader now in charge, thugs with guns are the l...
Democrat Hillary Clinton in the general election. A political outsider with a long and scandalous public life, Trump defied conventional wisdom and beat one of the most formidable political machines ever assembled. AsThe New York Times reported, Donald Trump was elected president despite—or perhaps...
Burgess, who said he voted for neither Trump nor Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in 2016 and supported Democrat Joe Biden in 2020, said he had initially backed South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott in the 2024 GOP primary, but now sees Haley as the party’s b...
Mr Biden must be subjected to the same rigorous scrutiny Donald Trump faced following the discovery last November of hundreds of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago, his Florida home. Differences between the two top-level security breaches abound. In 2017 Mr Biden was vice-president, not president...