McCain Aide: ‘I Never Met a Dumber’ Senator than Rick Santorum
Long-shot Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum has picked a fight that he can’t possibly win — and, some say, he’s making himself look like a complete buffoon in the process. The former Pennsylvania senator is challenging Senator John McCain on the issue of enhanced interrogation. McCain, who was severely tortured as a prisoner of war [...]
Philly GOP Mayoral Race Still ‘Too Close to Call’
More than twenty-four hours after the polls closed on Tuesday, the race for the Republican nomination for mayor of Philadelphia remains too close to call. With results from seventeen precincts still to be counted, Karen Brown, a former Democratic committeewoman before being recruited by Republican leaders to head their party’s ticket, leads Center City realtor [...]
Tea Party Candidate Invests Heavily in NY’s 26th Congressional District
With less than a week remaining in the special election in New York’s 26th congressional district, Tea Party candidate Jack Davis has loaned his campaign an additional $550,000, bringing the total amount of personal money invested by the long-shot candidate to a staggering $2.65 million. This is nothing new for the wealthy industrialist, who has [...]
Peter King ’Flattered’ by Trial Balloon
New York congressman Peter King said that he’s flattered that his name has been floated as a possible Republican presidential candidate, but insists that he’s doing little to keep such talk afloat, POLITICO’s Maggie Haberman and Jennifer Epstein reported earlier today. King’s name had been thrown in the presidential mix by Joseph Mondello, a longtime [...]
Bachmann Shifts Campaign into Overdrive
With the departure of Mike Huckabee and presidential pretender Donald Trump from the thinning Republican herd, Minnesota congresswoman Michele Bachmann appears to be shifting her own plans for a possible 2012 candidacy into high gear. Bachmann, who largely appeals to the same bloc of social conservatives who previously supported the former Arkansas governor, said that [...]
Former Mayor John Street Considering Independent Candidacy in Philadelphia
The polls had barely closed last night when former Philadelphia mayor John F. Street told the local Fox affiliate that he’s seriously considering challenging Mayor Michael Nutter as an independent candidate in the autumn mayoral election. Nutter easily defeated T. Milton Street, John Street’s older and arguably more colorful brother, in yesterday’s Democratic primary, garnering [...]
Willie Nelson Endorses Gary Johnson for President
Country music legend Willie Nelson has endorsed Republican Gary Johnson, the former governor of New Mexico, for president, according to POLITICO. Johnson, who had once admitted to smoking pot for medicinal purposes, received Nelson’s endorsement — and that of his recently-formed “Teapot Party” — precisely because of his views on legalizing marijuana. As governor of [...]
Craig Huey Appears to Have Pulled Major Upset in California’s Special Election
Conservative businessman Craig Huey, a political newcomer who invested $515,000 of his own money into what many believed was a long-shot bid for California’s heavily-Democratic 36th congressional district seat formerly held by Rep. Jane Harman, appears to have exceeded all expectations by qualifying for a July 12 runoff election with Los Angeles City Councilwoman Janice [...]
Philly Mayor Brushes Aside Long-Shot Challenger in Primary
Philadelphia Mayor Michael A. Nutter hardly broke a sweat in sweeping past his lone rival T. Milton Street, the brother of former Mayor John Street, in yesterday’s Democratic mayoral primary. Nutter’s primary victory all but assures that he will serve another four years as mayor of the fifth most populous city in the United States. [...]
Jacksonville Appears to Elect Its First African-American Mayor
In what is believed to have been the closest mayoral race in Jacksonville history, Democrat Alvin Brown led Republican Mike Hogan by 603 votes on Tuesday evening with all 256 of the city’s precincts reporting. Unofficially, Brown received 95,580 votes to Hogan’s 94,977. The officials results probably won’t be known until later this week, after [...]
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