Doug Applegate, unlike his opponent, wasn't stealing cars when he was in the militaryCalifornia, as you probably know by now, has an open-- or jungle-- primary. All candidates, regardless of party, are on the same ballot and the two top vote-getters-- also regardless of party-- go on to the general election in November. Most of the top candidates the DCCC was pushing against Republican incumbents did pretty poorly.
You may have heard a rising star in the Georgia Republican Party, first vice chairman Michael McNeely, was unceremoniously kicked out of a Donald Trump event in Atlanta. He's a Trump supporter and a convention delegate.
CA-49-- this year's candidates, Darrell Issa and Doug Applegate- by Tracy B AnnDarrell Issa, Representative for CA 49th district, a red-leaning (R+4) district that stretches from the northermost neighborhoods of San Diego into southern Orange County, is the richest member of Congress, with a net worth of over a quarter billion dollars. He is
Over the years there have been attempts to move election day to the weekends so that people who work for a living can actually vote without a lot of extra hassle. Louise Slaughter penned one last year. "Having Election Day on a Tuesday," she said at the time, "is an outdated requirement that simply does not comport with the schedules of modern Americans.
One of the tragedies around Pelosi's decision to appoint and reappoint corrupt Blue Dog Steve Israel to head the DCCC for the last 2 cycles is that he has taken all Republican leaders and all Republican committee chairs off the table. None, not even ones in vulnerable seats, have been or will be opposed by the DCCC.
Who needs "Democrats" like these when we already have Republicans?Today, conservatives in the House voted for the 50th time to repeal the Affordable Care Act-- which is already covering 10 million Americans. Yesterday, President Obama rolled his eyes and said, "You know what they say: 50th time is the charm. Maybe when you hit your 50th repeal vote, you will win a prize. Maybe if you buy 50 repeal votes, you get one free. We get it. We understand. We get you don't like it.
Remember when Marco Rubio was going to help humanize the Republican Party by championing comprehensive immigration reform? That brief flirtation with fairness and putting the national interest first over backward partisan ideology, knocked him out of the Tea Party presidential sweepstakes. He's been backpedaling ever since.
By Noel Brinkerhoff | AllGov | January 11, 2014
Members of Congress continued to get richer last year, resulting in more than 50% of lawmakers possessing a net worth of $1 million or more—something that’s never happened before in congressional history.
Storms, guns, bombs, free stuff, and the secret gay life of Obama: Some top Republican lies of 2013[*TO MEET THE JANITOR OF LUNACY, SEE PART 1]Plum loco, stone stoopid, or pathologically dishonest? You be the judge.by NoahI'm calling this "Some top Republican lies" because everyone else does "Top 10s" or "Top 20s," but I see no reason to come up with some arbitrary round number.
