To put it simply, running for president can make a person famous, rich, deeply influential or all three, even if they lose. Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee was a serious candidate during his 2008 run, winning eight states. It’s unlikely he entered the race simply to gain fame. But ...
Tags Christian Nationalism, Congressman Mike Johnson, Election Denier, Government Shut down, House Freedom Caucus, House Republicans, House Speaker Mike Johnson, MAGA Mike, Mike Johnson Cartoons, Sedition Caucus, seditionistGOP Speaker’s Grave 15 Sunday Oct 2023 Posted by penroseonpolitics in Congre...
Rep. Brandon Williams, of New York, included McCarthy in the group of members running for speaker as a candidate whom he'd support if he can win the votes. "I want a Republican that can get 218 votes on the House floor. Steve (Scalise), Jim (Jordan), or Kevin (McCarthy) are all...
She won her first race, for San Francisco district attorney, 20 years ago, in 2004. Other Republicans say "that's not where we want to go" Slamming Harris as a DEI candidate struck other Republicans, including former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, as "totally stupid and dumb," he said ...
Crenshaw, a member of the Intelligence panel, added: “The speaker needs to remember that there isn't only one group that can threaten them. … Just do not teach the lesson that the only way for us to be effective here is threatening, because I'll take the lesson and I'll do it.”...
The exodus of the Georgia Whites from the Democrats to the Republicans was completed when Congressman Jim Marshall was defeated by Austin Scott. Marshall tried to paint himself as a non-Democrat Democrat by running from Barrack Obama and then Speaker Nancy Pelosi. He basically tried to become Sam...
Her run for policy chair this fall opens up the vice chair slot in this fall's leadership elections. Ernst is running for conference chair against Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), current Conference Chair John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) is running for whip and Senate Minority Whip John Thune (R-S.D...
James is an Army veteran who became president of his family’s supply chain management firm before running for Congress. Voters in Michigan’s 10th Congressional District chose James over Marlinga by just 1,600 votes in 2022. The thin margin caught the attention and pocketbooks of national ...
play-by-play review of this mad, insane day, brought to us live on C-SPAN, with the “losing” party in the House looking like the winners, running the show, providing the laugh track and winning every ballot with the most votes going to Democrat Hakeem Jeffries for Speaker of the ...
Ironically, Pelosi’s unprecedented run as the preferred villain of GOP advertising may be coming to an end, even as the party clings as tight as ever to the strategy. While the 82-year-old Speaker is running for re-election, it is widely rumored in Washington that she will step d...