Thought I would share some of my morning reading.  It will not cheer our Democratic readers and Republicans should not cheer too soon.  Along time ago it was said “a day is a year in politics”. House Democrats, already facing a perilous midterm landscape, wake up this...

WV voters will participate in two firsts this week …..a Saturday election…..and a special election to choose a United States Senator…..it will be interesting to see if a Saturday election improves turnout. Governor Manchin’s low key campaign may impact turnout by...

Polls are where you look to see how a candidate is doing.  Inside political observers “follow the money”.   Below is my Saturday morning reading.  You decided how it looks at this point in the mid-term election. ************************** “RNC has just $5m for final...

Today’s reading uncovered an Op-Ed by Governor Mitt Romney in the Boston Globe.  He addresses the important concern of most West Virginian’s to “Grow Jobs and Shrink Government.

Everyone knows the media searches for an August story.  Well Obama gave it to them.  He just cannot stand to take a vacation or be quite when others are resting and playing in August.  Guess that is why he stirred up the mosque story.  You may want to read more from...

Here is what I have been reading today…..political newsletters are great…..don’t you agree?  Arianna Huffington's “Third World America: How Our Politicians Are Abandoning the Middle Class and Betraying the American Dream,” out Sept. 7: “During the 2008 campaign,...

During the nearly twenty-five years Jenny and I spent in Washington we learned about the eighteen month burnout of political appointees.  This was true for White House staff, a cabinet office, or an Assistant Secretary in a department.  I thought you might find it fun...

The primary in four states earlier in the week signaled a big win for Washington outsiders.  A new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll does not paint an optimistic picture of voter mood.  It leads one to believe the country is in for an unpredictable midterm election in...

WV Coal Association annual meeting was the venue for politics this weekend….. Friday’s informal gathering found the leading characters on the mountain…..the only U. S. Senate candidate on hand was Governor Manchin…..he and First Lady Gayle were a hit…..as a team and...

The Republican National Committee convenes this week for its summer meeting.  With all the attention on the mid-term election the national press will be out in full force.  The last thing needed is another Michael Steele story as the GOP finalizes plans for the fall...