Unknown gaining ground against GOP opponent
She's got zero political experience, unless you count a stint as president of her suburban community club. But somehow, Democrat Darcy Burner is waging a serious challenge to freshman Republican…
Calif. candidate won’t quit after screwup with Hispanics
A Republican congressional candidate who acknowledged his campaign sent a letter threatening Hispanic immigrant voters insists he will stay in the race despite mounting pressure for him to step aside.…
Senate candidate McGavick in hot water with Warner
Mike McGavick, a Republican waging an uphill race for the Senate, called Monday for the replacement of Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and the creation of a bipartisan panel to…
Fighting a domestic war called traffic jams
We only have to look out our windshields for proof: Commuting traffic is getting worse. But now there's scientific proof in the form of a new report from the National…
Lieberman comes under fire in testy debate
Sen. Joe Lieberman might as well have worn a bull's-eye during Monday's debate with his Democratic and Republican rivals. Democrat Ned Lamont labeled the three-term Connecticut senator a career politician in…
Bonnie Garcia wouldn’t kick Arnold out of her bed
When it came out last month that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger had privately opined that Assemblywoman Bonnie Garcia had a "very hot" temperament because of her ethnicity, the Latina Republican from…
Time to lower the boom on the party of gloom & doom
Republicans nowadays must feel like a Christian Scientist with appendicitis. With just a little over three weeks to go before the pivotal November mid-term elections, that ache in their gut…
Mitch McConnell: A thug and shakedown artist
Republican Senator Mitch McConnell is a thug who shakes down political contributors and strong arms government agencies into awarding contracts to his donors. That's the conclusion of an investigation by the…
Smile! You’re on Internet candid camera!
Want to catch a senator napping during a congressional hearing? Or letting a possible racial slur slip out at a campaign rally? Then log on to Internet video-sharing Web sites like…
More Republicans speak out against Bush’s Irag war
Two leading Republican senators called Sunday for a new strategy in Iraq, saying the situation in getting worse and leaving the United States with few options. Sens. Chuck Hagel of Nebraska…
