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 SALT: Paul Ryan: “This nomination process is going to be healthy. I trust the Republican primary voter to pick a nominee that can take us all the way to win the White House so we can fix this country.” [Meet the Press, 12/20/15] TEQUILA: “If someone told you one month ago that a GOP candidate […]

Now that Carlos Curbelo’s first choice in the presidential race, Jeb Bush, has suspended his bid, Curbelo has thrown his support behind Marco Rubio. He is even doubling down on his tinfoil hat conspiracy theory that Republican frontrunner Donald Trump is a Democratic plant. Now that Curbelo is backing Rubio, he will have to answer […]

Faso and Zeldin have been mired in past corruption scandals Former Albany politician and current NY-19 GOP congressional candidate John Faso just scored an endorsement from a fellow former Albany politician, Long Island Congressman Lee Zeldin.   It’s no surprise that Zeldin is throwing his support behind his Albany pal, the two have been mired […]

Now that his horse, Jeb Bush, is out of the race, Reed will have to defend rightwing, authoritarian policies of Trump, Cruz and Rubio  Tom Reed’s horse to win the GOP presidential nomination, Jeb Bush, dropped out of the race after a string of brutal losses culminating in an embarrassing 4th place finish in the […]

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT “Once again, Kevin McCarthy is telling it like it is. For the first time publicly, a member of the House Republican leadership has acknowledged the painful reality that House Republicans and the NRCC face: Donald Trump is the most likely Republican presidential nominee and the momentum of the Republican base […]

SHOT: “We’ve got a long history in the 10th [district] of people looking at the House race differently than other races,” Dold said. “We have a long history of ticket-splitters.” CHASER: “The top of the ticket is going to have a significant impact for House and Senate races and anyone who says otherwise is kidding […]

Please see the statement below from DCCC Chairman Ben Ray Luján regarding the results of the Nevada caucus and South Carolina primary: “Congratulations to Secretary Hillary Clinton on her win in Nevada. This, in combination with Donald Trump’s win in South Carolina, paints a clear picture of the choice voters will face in November between […]

Weekly House Cleaning A DCCC News Roundup What’s that sound you hear? It’s the NRCC scraping the bottom of the barrel. This week,  the NRCC released its second round of additions to the Young Guns program, and boy it doesn’t amount to much. In the unusual examples where the NRCC has found candidates to run […]

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT ICYMI – Dems ready to attack if GOP skips budget The Hill By Mike Lillis February 18, 2016 House Democrats are set to pounce if GOP leaders decide to skip a budget this year. Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) took the gavel last fall with vows to return to a system […]

Steve Knight Chose Oil and Gas Donors Over California Safety for Years Once again, vulnerable Congressman Steve Knight’s extreme negligence is on display. In 2014, Knight voted against a bill that the San Diego Union-Tribune’s Editorial Board said could have mitigated the disastrous effects of the Porter Ranch gas leak, now called the worst in U.S. history. But that […]