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When Republican Senator Lindsey Graham was asked in January about the prospect of backing either Donald Trump or Ted Cruz for president, he infamously joked that the choice felt like deciding between “being shot or poisoned.” As the GOP continues to stumble into chaos and disarray heading into today’s Wisconsin primary, that hypothetical scenario is […]

Regardless of the outcome of tonight’s Wisconsin primary, the GOP will stumble into further chaos and disarray. When Republican Senator Lindsey Graham was asked in January about the prospect of backing either Donald Trump or Ted Cruz for president, he infamously joked that the choice felt like deciding between “being shot or poisoned.” That hypothetical […]

Shortly after POLITICO reported that national Republicans are laughably floating failed 2012 Vice Presidential nominee Paul Ryan as a “fresh face” to get the GOP presidential nomination through a splintered, brokered convention in July, a follow up from Huffington Post named one of the Republican elites pushing the far-fetched plan: extreme Conservative billionaire Charles Koch. […]

SHOT “I never once promised a vote on that bridge.” — Mike Bishop (Interview with WHMI, 4/3/2016)   CHASER “Bishop Promises Up-Or-Down Vote on DRIC.” (Gongwer, 5/26/2010)   “Mike Bishop has made a habit of putting his own wellbeing ahead of Michigan families – as evidenced by him charging taxpayers for his staffer’s luxury DC […]

 According to POLITICO, increasingly desperate national Republicans are confident that somehow Paul Ryan – a nine-term Washington incumbent, failed Vice Presidential nominee, and the current leader of a do-nothing Republican House – is going to emerge from a bruising Republican convention as their nominee and save the party in November. There are two major flaws […]

Today, DCCC Chairman Ben Ray Luján issued the following statement on the United States Supreme Court’s decision to uphold “one person, one vote”: “The Supreme Court’s ruling on ‘one person, one vote’ is a victory for our democracy because our country is stronger when everyone has a seat at the table. “Unfortunately, callous efforts by […]

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT Recession Rod. Recession Rod. Recession Rod. Congressman Rod Blum earned the nickname and it’s not likely to disappear anytime soon. That’s because Blum glibly doubled-down rather than apologize or attempt to clarify his bizarrely out-of-touch pro-recession message. The Moines Register editorial appropriately took him to task. — Editorial: A congressman […]

Weekly House Cleaning A DCCC News Roundup Donald Trump had quite the painful week, reaching an all-time low in his war on women, and there’s no group more concerned by it than House Republicans. Alex Burns summed up the events in the New York Times: Donald J. Trump, who in recent days has mocked a […]

As Trump hits new low with women, Reed already looking for an out Is Tom Reed already distancing himself from his endorsement of Donald Trump? Take a look at his recent interview with NPR. When asked why he was one of the first to walk the Trump plank, Reed said that Trump was taking the […]

Barbara Comstock running for Senate Ha! Great April Fool’s Day joke, right? But no. Looks like this one is actually true. Turns out that Comstock’s team has started buying up domain names apparently in anticipation of her upcoming run for Senate. Comstock is now the proud owner of comstockforsenate.com, comstockforsenate.org, barbaracomstockforsenate.com, and barbaracomstockforsenate.org. “Career politician […]