The Other McCain

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Rep. Bob Etheridge: ‘Who Are You?’

A Democrat in a Republican-leaning North Carolina District, Etheridge was leaving a fundraiser with Nancy Pelosi when two college kids with a video camera asked him a simple question: “Do you fully support the Obama agenda?” Madcap hijinks ensued: A “macaca” moment for the Democrat. His Republican challenger is Renee Ellmers. UPDATE: Department of Unflattering […]

PRIMARY ELECTION NIGHT HQ UPDATE: Lincoln Defeats Halter in Arkansas Senate Democratic Runoff UPDATE: Nikki Haley Tops SC GOP Primary With 49%; Runoff vs. Barrett UPDATE: Angle Wins NV-Sen GOP UPDATE: Whitman, Fiorina Win California GOP Gov., Sen. Primaries UPDATE: Graves Wins GA-9 Runoff

12:56 a.m. ET Wednesday: Congratulations are in order for Nevada Tea Party people: Republicans nominated former Assemblywoman Sharron Angle as their candidate to take on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada. Angle, the favorite of tea party activists, was endorsed by the Tea Party Express. She dispatched her two main rivals, and the Associated […]

Obama-Endorsed Rep. Hank Johnson to Participate in Segregated Forum? UPDATE: Johnson Will Not Attend

UPDATE 3 p.m. ET: Da Tech Guy reports that Rep. Hank Johnson’s office says the congressman will not attend tonight’s “Newsmakers Live” forum due to a scheduling conflict. PREVIOUSLY (11:55 a.m. ET): When Dan Riehl told me about this I couldn’t believe it, but it’s apparently true: Georgia Republican congressional candidate Liz Carter was told […]

Barber Makes AL-2 GOP Runoff

Tea Party candidate Rick Barber was outspent 7-to-1 by the GOP establishment’s choice Martha Roby in Alabama’s 2nd District Republican primary but was able to force the Montgomery councilwoman to a runoff. Roby got 48 percent in Tuesday’s primary — less than the majority needed to avoid a July 13 runoff — while Barber got 28 percent […]

Harry Reid, Comeback Kid?

Disturbing news in Nevada: Republican Sue Lowden has the best chance of defeating U.S. Sen. Harry Reid, according to a new poll for the Review-Journal that also suggests the Democratic incumbent could beat Tea Party favorite Sharron Angle in the fall, although he remains as unpopular as ever. For the first time, a Mason-Dixon Polling […]

More on the Bauer/Shealy Angle in the South Carolina GOP Sex Scandal

Erick Erickson’s report — indicating that GOP gubernatorial candidate Andre Bauer and his “shrewd” consultant, Rod Shealy, are the sources pushing the Folks-Haley story — has been ridiculed as less-than-conclusive by Allahpundit.  However, there is more evidence indicating a Bauer connection to the accusations by GOP blogger/consultant Will Folks. A South Carolina blogger suggests that Republican lieutenant-governor candidate Larry Richter — whom […]

Background to the Carolina Scandal:
Will Folks, Jake Knotts and the ‘Hit List’; UPDATE: Who Is Rod Shealy?

In August 2007, according to the (Columbia S.C.) Free Times, former Mark Sanford staffer Will Folks had an unscheduled meeting with Gov. Sanford in which Folks reportedly proposed a “hit list” to defeat a number of incumbent legislators in the 2008 elections. According to the Free Times, the “hit list” memo that Folks subsequently developed […]

Another Classic Charlie Crist Flip-Flop: From Homophobic Closet Case to
Pro-Gays-in-the-Military Closet Case

Gay-rights activists might consider this “progress.” Republican can congratulate themselves on being rid of the beau ideal of transparent bogusness: Charlie Crist, who previously opposed repealing Don’t Ask Don’t Tell when he was a Republican . . . will now support the repeal compromise . . . . Until recently, Crist had been saying that […]

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