Long-shot GOP presidential aspirant Thaddeus McCotter of Michigan placed third in yesterday’s New Hampshire Young Republicans Straw Poll in New Castle.  It was McCotter’s strongest showing in any straw poll to date. The folksy, guitar-playing Michigan representative, who will turn 46 on Monday, received 8 percent […]

Former U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold of Wisconsin ruled out a political comeback next year in a statement posted on his political action committee’s website on Friday. Feingold, who was defeated in a bid for a fourth term in 2010 — losing to Tea Party-backed Republican […]

Consumer advocate Elizabeth Warren, who said that she will make a formal decision about challenging Republican Sen. Scott Brown shortly after Labor Day, formed an exploratory committee earlier today, bringing the potential number of Democrats hoping to unseat Edward M. Kennedy’s unlikely successor to eight. The Harvard […]

Donald Trump, the attention-loving billionaire and (mostly) successful real estate developer, is once again flirting with a run for President. Following the S&P downgrade of the United States’ credit rating, Trump told CNN that:  “If the economy continues to go the way it’s going, and if […]

Fox News intends to exclude Fred Karger, the first openly gay person to seek a major-party presidential nomination, from Thursday’s nationally-televised debate in Ames, Iowa. Karger, who officially entered the race for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination more than sixteen months ago, had sent a […]

Tim Pawlenty’s struggling campaign suffered another setback on Wednesday when Al Hubbard, a former director of the National Economic Council during the Bush Administration, left the campaign. Hubbard, the co-founder of an Indianapolis-based acquisition firm and a close political advisor to Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels, had […]

The departure of Florida Senate President Mike Haridopolos from the GOP primary field for the right to take on popular two-term Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson of Florida next year has spurred several other Republicans to take a closer look at the race. According to a Florida […]