WASHINGTON — Senator Mitch McConnell has long antagonized Democrats with his tactics. Now he just has them perplexed, wondering why he would unilaterally block a Supreme Court nominee and potentially put vulnerable Republicans at risk with control of the Senate at stake in November. Mr.Source: Mitch McConnell Bets That Impasse on Court Now Helps G.O.P. Later...
Campaign finance is arguably the breakout issue of this election year. Democratic presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton both rail constantly against Citizens United, the Supreme Court decision that opened up election spending to corporations and super PACs.Source: Citizens United is only 15% of the political cash problem...
DENVER — Donald J. Trump’s harsh campaign language against Mexican immigrants has helped him win a substantial delegate lead in the Republican primaries, but it is also mobilizing a different set of likely voters — six in the family of Hortensia Villegas alone.Source: More Latinos Seek Citizenship to Vote Against Trump...
According to the Federal Election Commission's review of recent disclosure reports from Sen.Source: Sanders Campaign Accepts Thousands of Potentially Illegal Contributions...
Last week, real estate mogul and current GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump tweeted to his 6.6 million Twitter followers about a “phony Rubio commercial” that was making hay out of Trump’s ongoing legal troubles with the now-defuct Trump University. Phony Rubio commercial.Source: Exiled from Koch orbit, American Future Fund turns to GOP establishment for cash...
Watch the Fox News Sunday video here: Here is a transcript of Will’s exchange with host Chris Wallace: WALLACE: How does a party — I know you say, well, look, a party is a strong structure and it’s gone through various permutations and combinations over the years, George, but how does aSource: George Will: GOP Must ‘Rethink the Business of...
Donald Trump’s Super Tuesday delegate haul was no blowout. He won 254 delegates, Ted Cruz won 217, and Marco Rubio took in 97.Source: Donald Trump Is Just Barely On Track To Win The GOP Nomination...
The case brought by the Independence Institute against the “electioneering communication” disclosure requirement of McCain-Feingold could prove to be highly significant.Source: More Disclosure Wars-And Little Certainty about the Outcome -...
This year, as Americans select the next president, the entire U.S. House of Representatives and a third of the Senate, as well as an array of state and local officials, many voters will cast ballots on a generation of electronic voting machines that is nearing extinction.Source: Aging Voting Machines Cost Local, State Governments...
