Claire McCaskill

This morning, on CBS This Morning, former Senator Jeff Flake (R-AZ) said of Señor Trumpanzee: "He'll either be gone by this time next year or four years from now. Then what happens to the Republican Party?

A few days ago, defeated conservaDem, Claire McCaskill, was on Chris Hayes' show trying to wish upon a star that she could take back her vote confirming Alex Acosta after the Senate examined his qualifications. There isn't much new information that's come out since McCaskill and 5 other Democrats decided he should be the country's Secretary of Labor.

A couple of years ago, when The Blade asked Mayor Pete about the experience of being openly gay in a state where Pence was governor, Buttigieg called Pence a "super-nice guy," immediately adding that he pursues "divisive and backward-looking policies...

If Fox keeps it up, AOC is going to be president when she turns 35I mentioned earlier that not all the freshmen are like AOC. A number of people seemed offended and asked me what I meant. I was thinking about independence, smarts, solidarity, relatability, dedication... that kind of thing, which holds up well against... well, careerism.

Claire McCaskill is on a media tour denouncing not-yet-sworn-in Congresswoman-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. the soon-to-be ex-Senator from Missouri has been all over the radio and in the press denouncing the millennial progressive from New York. McCaskill seems enraged that Ocasio will be in Congress and she won't.

In 2016 Hillary scored 32.4% in UT-04. Last month, McAdams took 50.1%Last week, the National Journal's politics editor, Josh Kraushaar, tweeted about the DCCC' post-election analysis by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner.

JP Sottile joined me in the first hour for our 2018 Midterm Election Special. JP talked about the massive amounts of data coming in regarding this highly contested midterm. We talked about the role of women voters, MeToo, and the side shows like the “Migrant Caravan.” Later JP and I discussed several interesting Senate races including Missouri. JP also talked about Trump’s use of neo-fascist imagery and rhetoric to energize his base.

Click to enlargeby Gaius PubliusThe chart above represents my best guess about the future split of the Senate, using only races that seem contested. Note:• The Senate is currently divided 51-49 in favor of the Republicans, so the Democrats (and the two independents who caucus with them) are down two already.• The column labeled "Change 1" shows a best-case result for Democrats.

Missouri used to be a swing state. It used to be called a bellwether, in fact. But that was a long time ago. The state went for FDR all 4 times he ran and then followed by voting for Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, Adlai Stevenson, JFK. LBJ. Nixon twice, Jimmy Carter, Reagan twice and... somewhere in those Regan years, they started swinging towards the dark side for real. Now they're a red state.

Members of her staff acknowledged that she is hiding her leftist agenda before the midterms because she is trying to appeal to moderates and pro-Trumpers.  Meanwhile, she supports impeaching President Trump, abortion and DACA.  She is against Trump's border security wall.