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Now RINO Mike Castle Wants A Write-In Campaign Too - We Must STOP Him! Just when you think this election cycle can't get any more bizarre - we have now learned that liberal RINO Mike Castle is trying to follow in the footsteps of Lisa Murkowski to launch a write-in campaign for U.S. Senate after voters rejected him in the GOP primary.Castle is now conducting a poll to see if his write-in campaign can win.  Here's the report from Politico: What part of "NO" does Mike Castle not understand?  It's looking like we have the same pattern being repeated that we saw with Lisa...

Feingold will fail to bring Wisconsin forward By Matt Payne This year’s Senate race has turned out to be a challenging one for Wisconsin’s Senator Russ Feingold. In fact the most recent aggregate from pollster.com puts his opponent, business owner and political newcomer Ron Johnson, ahead by one percentage point. The senator, first elected in 1992, is now running in one of the toughest reelection bids he’s ever faced. Johnson has not only shown his ability to run an effective grassroots campaign, but was able to effectively outraise Feingold last reporting period. The race, once thought to be a safe...

 The Tea Party Express team continues to criss-cross the state of Alaska - rallying support for Conservative Republican U.S. Senate candidate Joe Miller. On Thursday, August 12th, the Tea Party Express will hold a Meet & Greet open to the public in Sitka, Alaska. The event takes place at 11:00 AM:  American Legion Post in Sitka 205 Lincoln StreetSitka, AK 99835-7543. Please spread the word to everyone you can!  We'll be announcing more events across the state of Alaska in the coming days.

RINO (Republican In Name Only) Senator Lisa Murkowski has put out a news release asking Americans to reject the Tea Party Express, and calling you and I racist.It's just the latest attack by Senator Murkowski against the Tea Party movement.  She also slammed her Conservative Republican opponent - tea party hero Joe Miller - because one of his spokespersons used the line that Americans feel like slaves to the federal government recently.Friends, this is ridiculous.  When a failed tax-spend-bailout politician like Senator Murkowski attacks the tea party movement it is disgraceful.  She voted for the TARP bank bailout, supports amnesty, taxpayer...

ORINDA - U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer had harsh words for an electoral rival and sparse hopes for a quick solution to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill during a Recovery Act victory lap Thursday at the Caldecott Tunnel's fourth-bore dig site. Boxer, D-Calif., held a news conference outside the tunnel's east portal, on the triangle between Highway 24's lanes. Amid a low roar of passing traffic and construction equipment, she praised the federal government's economic stimulus investment -- $197.5 million, out of a total project cost of about $420 million -- that will create up to 4,500 jobs over the...

A Bright Day for Team Chuck Written by Melanie Morgan    Thursday, 20 May 2010 05:50 The latest PPIC poll is out and shows Carly Fiorina with 25%, Tom Campbell with 23%, and Chuck DeVore with 16%. The margin of error is +/-5% The previous PPIC poll showed Fiorina with 24%, Campbell with 23%, and DeVore with 8%.Here's what you need to know: Chuck DeVore has doubled his support from the last PPIC poll -- and he's within the margin of error of the front-runner.The distance from the first to third is narrowed into the single digits -- ground easily...

I witnessed Governor Charlie Crist greeting Barack Obama at MacDill Air Force Base prior to Obama's town hall mtg happening now in Tampa, Florida. This footage may disappear but I saw Crist holding both of Obama's hands-arms and Crist did most of the talking but the camera didn't have audio for what Crist was saying.

"One year ago, Michael Williams announced his plan to run for the United States Senate. Williams is a staunch conservative who would become the lone African-American Republican in the Senate, and his campaign has gained attention nationwide. Join us to learn more about the candidate and his views." - Evan Smith, Texas Monthly Talks, Broadcast 01.21.10

HYANNIS — Twenty-seven years ago, Peter Herbert of East Falmouth was a master sergeant in the 26th National Guard unit in Framingham when a young soldier with a commanding voice was introduced as the unit's new leader. Tall and confident, the new commander immediately captured the unit's attention and its respect, Herbert said. Yesterday, that same man captured national attention as he was elected the new junior U.S. senator from Massachusetts. "You could tell even back then that (Scott Brown) was going to be a little bit different than the rest of us," Herbert said last night, sitting calmly in...

Boy oh Boy, when rats desert the ship they get really cranky. Today the White House did its best to make sure Martha Coakley (or Marsha if you believe the Kennedys) gets 100% of the blame for the fact that her election to the Senate is in Trouble. Coakley's people are blaming it on the White House, Obama's Policy, and the national Democratic Party committees: The White House would have helped out Martha Coakley's campaign earlier if she had only asked, White House senior adviser David Axelrod said today. President Obama made a last minute campaign stop for Coakley on...

Polls are open. Senate race in Massachusetts comes down to wire Read the article here: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-mass-senate19-2010jan19,0,6084655.story?track=rss

Only 36 percent of the Massachusetts residents who say they are likely to vote in the special U.S. Senate election that will take place in that state on Tuesday say they support the national health-care plan being pushed by President Barack Obama

In a sense, Scott Brown has already won; not simply for his party, Republican, but for any candidate across the landscape who looks toward a volatile November with the message, "It's our turn." Read more: http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1954366,00.html?xid=rss-topstories#ixzz0cx6ZKFuh

Asked about the prospect that Brown could win on Tuesday, Democratic strategist James Carville said “it could happen.” “And if it does happen, the last place that I’d want to be is at the Wednesday morning staff meeting at the White House.” Even though the political stakes are high, Carville, a longtime Clinton ally, said he thought it was sound strategy for the president to make a last minute pitch for Coakley at a Sunday afternoon campaign event. “You’ve got to send him up there,” Carville told King. But, Carville had no illusions about the tough fight for Coakley in...

A win by Brown would strip the Democrats of their 60th Senate seat...

Here is a new video called "Massachusetts Miracle," which draws the link between the miracle that occurred in the Revolutionary War that began in Massachusetts, and another miracle that may take place this coming Tuesday in Massachusetts with the election of a Republican Senator. Sure, it may be a little over-hyped, but it is well done and it WILL be miraculous for a Republican to win in Massachusetts. Let's hope it happens! . . . (VIDEO)

Republican Senate candidate Scott Brown issued a stern warning to President Obama, cautioning him to "stay away" from Massachusetts as he battles Democratic rival Martha Coakley in a heated race, the Boston Herald reported.

What if Scott Brown loses? I mean, after all the hype and investment in standing behind him to win, do you think there would be some backlash? Especially, if election rigging (vote switching) was found out to have been involved, as in NY-23. Furthermore, you have to factor in the potential SEUI and ACORN shenanigans, not-to-mention the Governor of MA is a good friend of Obama. And most of you probably know, Obama is "hell-bent" on socializing this nation for his offshore masters. In other words, redistributing America's wealth to Chinese-led UN agencies and turning America in to a Police...

1/13/10 - 8:14 a.m. Did Republicans already win in Massachusetts? Not next Tuesday’s Senate election itself, of course -- few observers really think that’s winnable even now, no matter how toxic the environment for Democrats these days. But the fact that this is a race at all -- or, at least, the fact that it’s being treated like a race over the final week -- is itself a victory that tells important tales for both parties. A narrative for 2010 didn’t have to wait beyond the first month of the year to get written.

Long before he was a politician, the Republican candidate vying for Ted Kennedy’s U.S. Senate seat posed nude for the centerfold of Cosmo. Scott Brown won our “America’s Sexiest Man” contest and appeared in the June 1982 issue. In those days he was a 22-year-old law student at Boston College who was cramming for finals just days before stripping down for our photographer. “Here at Cosmo we’ve had bachelors go on to be actors, models, and reality show stars, so we’re thrilled that one has gone on to become a politician,” says Kate White, Cosmo’s editor in chief. Obviously we...

Incumbent Democratic Senator Byron Dorgan may have a serious problem on his hands if Republicans recruit Governor John Hoeven to run for the U.S. Senate in North Dakota next year. The first Rasmussen Reports Election 2010 telephone survey of likely voters in North Dakota finds the popular Republican governor leading Dorgan by 22 points – 58% to 36%. Just six percent (6%) are undecided in that senatorial contest. Part of the challenge for Dorgan is the health care legislation working its way through Congress. Dorgan, along with every Democrat in the Senate, has voted to move the legislation forward and...

A few weeks ago there was an exchange between Councilmember Pam Holm and Controller Annise Parker over whether the city’s budget was balanced and what it actually means to have a balanced budget. The controller asserted that the city’s 2009 budget was balanced. Let me assure the reader that is not the case. Here are the facts. The city’s 2009 budget projects that the city will have general fund revenues of $1.84 billion. These revenues are derived from property taxes, sales taxes, fees and fines and certain miscellaneous categories such as interfund transfers and the sale of capital assets. However,...

The National Republican Senatorial Committee is already on the offensive in Georgia. Where were ads like this in the general election? Why did we not do a better job shapping the debate? This is the exact ads we need now and in 2010. Watch this ad at ObamaHood.org

ST. PAUL, Minn. - Comedian Al Franken grabbed the Democratic nomination Tuesday for U.S. Senate in Minnesota, setting up a showdown with Republican Sen. Norm Coleman that had been years in the making. Franken, who gained fame as a "Saturday Night Live" cast member, easily beat six other candidates chasing the Democratic nod. Coleman trounced his only opponent, an expatriate living in Italy. Minnesota voters joined those in six other states and the District of Columbia in deciding general election matchups. Nominations for House, Senate and governor were on the line, along with the fate of another TV celebrity: Kevin...

Western oil shale becomes issue in La. Senate race By MELINDA DESLATTE A supply of oil sealed in rock out West is becoming a flash-point in Louisiana's U.S. Senate race, in a bid to gain the attention of drivers feeling the pinch of gasoline prices. Republican candidate John Kennedy said unlocking the energy source from oil shale - as much as 800 billion barrels of oil locked in underground rock in Colorado, Wyoming and Utah - could shrink the nation's dependence on foreign oil and could help ease prices at the pump. Kennedy, the state treasurer, said his Democratic opponent,...

Republican Jon Bruning ended his U.S. Senate campaign on Tuesday night, deferring to and endorsing the candidate many consider a prohibitive front-runner, former governor and U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns. Nebraska’s attorney general ended his five-month campaign after raising more than $1 million for his bid to succeed outgoing Republican Chuck Hagel, money Bruning said he will sit on to possibly use in a future run. “If I do my job, political opportunities will come,’’ said Bruning, who is serving his second term as attorney general. “The timing wasn’t with me this time, but I’m confident the time will come...

Bill Nelson unveils new Florida Senatorial Elections Commercials Florida Senator Bill Nelson, seeking reelection against Congresswoman Katherine Harris, unveiled his new TV commercials this morning. In doing so, he has set his initial tone for his campaign. Nelson’s :30 spot was very soft. Tone was not combative at all. Message was “I get things done for all Floridians.” He specifically says that he does not see his job as one where he is supposed to be combative, but rather to work, along with Republicans and Democrats, for everyone in Florida. Yada yada yada. Ad scrolls many newspaper headlines saying what...

katherine harris supports the fair tax

WARRENSBURG, Mo. -- Sen. Jim Talent is not responsible for $3-a-gallon gas or the Iraq war, but many voters here are linking him to an unpopular commander in chief and say they will punish him at the polls because he is a Republican. Mr. Talent faces a significant re-election challenge in November, with Democratic state Auditor Claire McCaskill essentially running even with him in the polls. Voters in the increasingly frustrated electorate here, especially in economically challenged rural Missouri, say they likely will seek a change, even though they may disagree with the Democrats. Most voters interviewed said life "could...

JANESVILLE, Pa.--Until recently, Bob Casey Jr.'s strategy for unseating Republican Sen. Rick Santorum had been working so well that Mr. Casey could behave like the incumbent. Taking advantage of a double-digit lead in the polls, this son of a popular former two-term governor was coasting toward November on the heralded family name. He could remain mum or studiously vague about his actual positions. He could refuse to debate. And he could hide behind handlers who carefully stage-managed his appearances (before friendly audiences) and even more carefully shielded him from media outlets (like this one). It was a smart strategy for...

Hip-hopper sings Steele praise August 21, 2006 Hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons will be the host of a campaign fundraiser Thursday for Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele's run for U.S. Senate.     The fundraiser for Mr. Steele, a Republican who would be the state's first black U.S. senator if elected... [snip]     Also scheduled to participate in the event are Cathy Hughes, founder and chairman of Radio One, a black-run broadcasting company specializing in urban markets... [snip]     Ms. Hughes and Mr. Simmons, the man behind the Def Jam Recordings music label and the platinum-plated careers of acts including the Beastie Boys, LL...

In the U.S. Senate primary, Rep. Katherine Harris has been touting key political endorsements from fellow Republican lawmakers. The problem is, some of them never endorsed her. Several members of the U.S. House called the Harris campaign to complain Wednesday after the St. Petersburg Times notified them of the endorsements listed on Harris' Web site. Minutes later, their names were removed. The list of politicians whose names came down includes Reps. Ginny Brown-Waite of Brooksville, Cliff Stearns of Ocala, Mark Foley of West Palm Beach and Jeff Miller of the Panhandle. "The congressman has not made an endorsement in the...

Even with a Green Party candidate now in the race, Democratic challenger Bob Casey leads Republican Sen. Rick Santorum, according to a poll released today. In a three-way matchup, Casey leads Santorum 45 percent to 39 percent, with Green Party candidate Carl Romanelli picking up 5 percent, according to a Quinnipiac University poll of registered voters. Eleven percent were undecided or did not plan to vote. Mr. Romanelli, a railroad industry consultant from Wilkes-Barre and a former family-court support officer, qualified with enough signatures Aug. 1 to get on the Nov. 7 general election ballot. He has said that most...

Forget the war in Iraq, the war on terror, or any other war against which Connecticut citizens are said to have voted by defeating Joe Lieberman and nominating Ned Lamont for the U.S. Senate. The operative war for American citizens is something closer to home -- a war of independence from the bickering partisans who have made political life in America a childish and tedious exercise.

In the latest pre-primary straw poll, Will McBride beat Katherine Harris, his primary opponent for the Republican nomination, and incumbent Sen. Bill Nelson. The outcome of the ballots cast at the Winter Haven Chamber of Commerce Hob Nob was 72 votes for McBride and 51 for both Harris and Nelson. Two other candidates for the GOP nomination, LeRoy Collins Jr. and Peter Monroe, received 12 and 2 votes respectively. “This is the sixth significant straw poll in a row, in which we have virtually equaled or run ahead of Katherine Harris, making it very clear that a strong trend is...

WASHINGTON - Antiwar critics running against Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., lost one of their candidates this month when the Washington Democrat hired him to work in her campaign for $8,000 a month. In a contest that was always one of the Republicans' better opportunities to beat an incumbent, the big story of the summer was Cantwell's decision to hire (and silence) anti-Iraq War candidate Mark Wilson, one of several war critics whose candidacies threatened her bid for a second term. With polls showing Republican business executive Mike McGavick in a near dead-heat with the liberal lawmaker, as antiwar Democrats attacked...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact Jennifer Marks July 31, 2006 Letter not applicable today Tampa, FL— Florida GOP Chairman Carole Jean Jordan informed Congresswoman Katherine Harris this afternoon that a previous letter unethically leaked in today’s news is not applicable to current party beliefs. Further, Jordan stated that the Florida Republican Party does not officially endorse or take positions in a primary. Representative Harris commented “this confidential letter was old news and Chairman Carole Jean Jordan has stated repeatedly this letter is not applicable today; further, Chairman Jordan said that she never expressed concerns about my campaign but rather the race...

KATHERINE HARRIS RALLIES IN WEST CHARLOTTE COUNTY FRIDAY, JULY 28TH We want to be sure that all county Republicans know that Katherine Harris will be in town on Friday the 28th and will arrive between 4:30 to 5 PM at the first event. THE GRAND OPENING OF THE ENGLEWOOD REPUBLICAN HEADQUARTERS. The headquarters office is located at 2400 S. Mc Call Rd. (776) inside of the Gasparilla Properties Real Estate Office. Coming from Port Charlotte area on 776 it will be on the right hand side and you will see plenty of signs both for Harris and for the West...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jennifer Marks July 27, 2006 (813) 288-8400 Friends of Harris demand apology from Dean (TAMPA, FL) – Friends of Katherine Harris for U.S. Senate demand an apology from the Democratic Party’s National Chairman, Howard Dean, who compared Congresswoman Katherine Harris, a leader of humanitarian causes, to Joseph Stalin, who is best known for the genocidal slaughter of millions of his own countrymen. The remarks by Dean call into question the fear Harris instills in the Democratic Party as the Republican candidate for U.S. Senate. “Howard Dean’s extreme comments reflect a lack of understanding and basic decency....

Excerpt: July 23, 2006 KISSIMMEE -- If she hadn't had surgery last week, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Katherine Harris said, she would have arrived at a GOP picnic on horseback Saturday. Instead, she made her entrance by helicopter, flown by a friend from the nearby city airport to the Kissimmee Sports Arena. "If I could have been Wendy on Peter Pan, I couldn't have had more fun," Harris said. "I am feeling great." The Republican congresswoman from Longboat Key underwent surgery to remove an ovarian mass on Monday. A day later, she was back on the floor of Congress, voting...

US Representative Katherine Harris visited a small gathering of local people at the H&F Restaurant in Jasper on Saturday, June 17. "Small groups are more intimate - almost like family," she noted. Rep. Harris is running against Senator Bill Nelson for a seat in the Senate. She addressed several key issues during the meeting, such as the need for tax reform and legislation to help small businesses and farms. "Ninety percent of businesses in Florida are small businesses and we need to focus on them. I worry about farms and other agricultural aspects of business, too," Rep. Harris said. Florida...

One Democrat calls his rival the "anti-Christ of outsourcing" U.S. jobs and argues that he's trying to buy a win in the Virginia primary. The other fires back, labeling his opponent a sexist who is hostile to affirmative action and is, at heart, a Republican. Accusations fly freely in the Democratic primary between decorated Vietnam veteran and Reagan-era Navy secretary Jim Webb and former Internet industry lobbyist Harris Miller. The winner Tuesday will face first-term Sen. George Allen, a potential 2008 presidential candidate. Virginia is unaccustomed to primaries, especially bitter ones; the last Democratic Senate primary was in 1994. The...

Harris Campaign Calls on Nelson to Defend Sanctity of Marriage For Immediate Release June 6, 2006 Contact:  Chris Ingram   (813) 288-8400 (Tampa, Fla.) - The Katherine Harris for U.S. Senate campaign called on Senator Bill Nelson to support the Marriage Protection Amendment today. "I believe the majority of Americans strongly support the preservation of traditional marriage. We must never undermine the uniqueness of an institution that continues to serve as an essential thread in the fabric of our society. I support the passage of the Marriage Protection amendment being debated in the Senate," Congresswoman Harris said. Campaign spokesman Chris Ingram...

Responding to Republican claims that she may be too angry to win national office, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton told an audience Monday to wear such criticism as "a badge of honor" and suggested that gender played a role in the attacks. "When you run as a Democrat, and in particular, when you run as a Democratic woman, whether you're running at the local, state or national level, it's likely you're going to draw some unfriendly fire," Clinton said at a breakfast fund-raiser hosted by black and Hispanic women supporters. "People will be attacking you instead of your ideas; they may...

Florida Senate: Republicans Supporting Harris Survey of 500 Likely Voters February 6, 2006 Election 2006 Florida Senator Bill Nelson (D) 49% Katherine Harris (R) 40% RasmussenReports.com February 14, 2006--In recent weeks, several Republican political leaders in Florida have stopped trying to push Katherine Harris out of the U.S. Senate campaign and decided to support her efforts. Governor Jeb Bush, Lt. Governor Toni Jennings, and members of the state's Congressional delegation have indicated that they will campaign for Harris. Rank-and-file Republicans have made the adjustment as well. Seventy-seven percent (77%) of GOP voters now plan to vote for Harris in November....

Casey risks angering base, joins Rendell in backing Alito Wednesday, January 25, 2006 BY BRETT LIEBERMAN Of Our Washington Bureau WASHINGTON - Robert P. Casey Jr. might have turned the Democratic base against him when he announced yesterday that he supports confirming Judge Samuel Alito to the U.S. Supreme Court. After refusing to say whether he would support Alito, Casey's decision puts him at odds with abortion-rights advocates, a group whose support is seen as critical to his campaign to unseat U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa. "It's very disturbing and should worry, I think, Pennsylvania women and civil rights advocates...

PoliticsPA has learned that several influential members of the Philadelphia AFL-CIO have clashed with local, state and national leadership regarding the endorsement of Bob Casey Jr. over Rick Santorum for United States Senate. The divergence has become so great that the Philadelphia Building Trades, led by Pat Gillespie, threatened to split from the Philadelphia AFL-CIO at the endorsement meeting Tuesday night. Leaders representing unions including the Sprinklerfitters, Cement Masons and Longshoremen strongly opposed the endorsement of Casey.

WASHINGTON - Republicans say open races in states where a Democrat is retiring offer them the best chance to increase their Senate majority. ADVERTISEMENT Sen. Elizabeth Dole, R-N.C., head of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, offered an upbeat perspective on the 2006 races Monday. The GOP holds a 55-44 advantage in the chamber, with one Democratic-leaning independent. Dole cited Minnesota, where the party has a single candidate, Rep. Mark Kennedy (news, bio, voting record), running against a number of Democrats hoping to replace retiring Democratic Sen. Mark Dayton (news, bio, voting record). The same is true in Maryland, where the...

Al Franken has moved his radio show from New York City to his home state of Minnesota, in anticipation of a U.S. Senate run for 2008. The host of "The Al Franken Show" on Air America radio says he made the move to meet the residency requirement. "For some stupid reason, the Constitution requires senators to be residents of the states from which they are elected," complained Franken. Franken acknowledges that he may be a long shot. "I mean, I'm way out of shape for a race," said Franken. "I don't have running shoes. I'm not even sure of the...

U.S. Rep. Mark Kennedy, the lone Republican candidate for Minnesota's open U.S. Senate seat next year, trails two DFL candidates and leads two others in a new poll from Rasmussen Reports. In the poll conducted Dec. 14, 500 likely Minnesota voters were asked to state their preferences between Kennedy and each of the four DFLers. Hennepin County Attorney Amy Klobuchar and children's safety advocate Patty Wetterling narrowly topped Kennedy within the poll's 4.5 percentage-point margin of sampling error. Meanwhile, Kennedy beat veterinarian Ford Bell by 10 points and attorney Mike Ciresi by three. Ciresi, who unsuccessfully sought the seat won...