TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE…..here is a pick up from POLITICO yesterday…..just had to pass this along…..Boehner is going to make a great Speaker…..this could set the tone which starts tomorrow…..  House Republican Leader John Boehner plans to hammer President Obama tonight...

Midterm election excitement is growing…..but not because of the election….but the end of it…..readers have emailed…..what can be done about all the nasty TV ads…..the answer is…..end our democracy. Look for a nasty polarized Congress after November…..it appears the...

With only eight days until we know the outcome (we hope) of the 2010 midterm elections the national news organizations are beginning to discuss Obama’s days after the election.  The Caucus, a politics and government blog of The Times, suggest President may want to...

Speaker In Waiting….House Republican leader John Boehner told AP Obama must signal a willingness to work with Republicans to cut spending…..if he expects to work with the new Congress….”Cutting government spending is what the American people want, and it’s an approach...

President Obama in my view could never get a second term.  That was until yesterday. He has presided over an “Administration of Failure.”  The policies he pursued after taking office have been rejected by voters from the beginning.  Even so he has continued on message...

Everyone is fixated on the polls…..they change everyday…..but what does not change is the importance of turnout…..that is where elections are won…..equally important Governor Underwood used to say is timing. 18 days to go…..small movements matter…..battleground...

Think back two years when the Barack Obama presidential campaign allowed donors to use largely untraceable prepaid credit cards to contribute.  See this 2008 link to get the details.  After reading the 2008 story you would wonder why President Obama would bring up...

If your not a Washington Post Sunday reader this piece may be of interest as November 2nd and the 2012 election approaches.

In some ways the current U. S. Senate race resembles 1978…..Senator Jennings Randolph was challenged by two term Governor Arch Moore…..Randolph won by 4,717 votes…..Manchin like Randolph stays in close touch with West Virginia families and communities. As the mid-term...

RANDOLPH COUNTY…..Congresswoman Shelley Moore Capito was dynamite last night…..the headline speaker at the Lincoln Day Dinner…..best job ever…..talked with  enthusiasm for November…..Joe Manchin’s hands would really be full if she had entered the race. Carolyn Jackson...