Count Mark Sanford as a vote against expanding background checks for gun-buyers. Count Sanford as a vote against the immigration bill from a bipartisan group of senators. That’s if the vote-count in South Carolina’s special congressional election today goes the...
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Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, center, speaks with voters, Joan Cobb, at left, and her father Harold Turner, at right, and reporters at Orlando's Pizza in Daniel Island, S.C., on May 6, 2013.
Sanford ‘Worn Out’ on ‘Judgment Day’
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Republican candidate for the open Congressional seat of South Carolina, Former South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford, greets U.S. House of Representatives Democratic candidate for the state of South Carolina Elizabeth Colbert Busch following their debate at the Citadel on April 29, 2013 in Charleston.
Bloomberg by the Numbers: 58%
That’s the share of the vote Republican Mitt Romney received last year in South Carolina’s 1st District, which is hosting a special House election today (read about that race and the broader fight for control of the House here). The...
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Republican candidate for the open Congressional seat of South Carolina, former South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford, greets House of Representatives Democratic candidate for the state of South Carolina Elizabeth Colbert Busch before their debate at the Citadel on April 29, 2013 in Charleston, South Carolina.
Sanford-Busch Tie in Election-Eve Poll
On the eve of a widely watched special congressional election in South Carolina, the Republican former governor who famously went missing with a mistress some time ago has drawn even in a survey of voters weighing Mark Sanford versus Democrat...
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New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and Jon Bon Jovi attend the Overdose Prevention Act Bill signing at Barnert Medical Arts Complex on May 2, 2013 in Paterson, New Jersey.
Chris Christie’s Bon Jovi Gig — Latest in Long Parade of Democrats
Gov. Chris Christie, the New Jersey Republican who took political shots for embracing President Barack Obama days after Hurricane Sandy, brought in a little star power today as rocker Jon Bon Jovi co-headlined a bill-signing ceremony. The event, at which...
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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton addresses the Vital Voices Global Awards ceremony at the Kennedy Center in Washington on April 2, 2013.
Hillary Clinton Isn’t Only Woman Who Could Be President
At this point in time, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is the overwhelming frontrunner for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016 if she decides to run, according to a Quinnipiac University poll out today. If she doesn’t run, the...
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People jog on the National Mall near the Capitol in Washington, D.C.
Voters Weary of Divided Government
A plurality of voters don’t want split government, and would prefer one party to control both the White House and Congress, according to a Quinnipiac University poll out today. The survey showed 48 percent of voters saying they want the...
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A sign that mocks the Obama 'Hope' campaign sign from 2008 in front of a house in Ohio on Oct. 28, 2012.
Millennials: More Divided Than Ever
Young people are polarized — more so than ever in their views of President Barack Obama. This is the biggest take-away from a new Harvard Institute of Politics survey of Americans ages 18-29, the so-called millennials. “The biggest and potentially...
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A Delta Airlines jet passes an American flag during take-off at Los Angles International Airport (LAX) on April 22, 2013. Delays have been reported throughout the nation because of the furloughing of air traffic controllers under sequestration.
Blame Pinned for FAA Flight Delays
Seldom has Congress moved so swiftly as when it responded to the uproar over delays at airports following the FAA’s sequestration-driven furloughs. And the American public hasn’t wasted time assigning blame for the delays. People are pinning it on both the...
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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie talks during a town hall meeting at Raritan Valley Community College, on April 11, 2013, in Branchburg, N.J.
Christie and Ginjer: 67% and Smiling
Six months after Sandy, the shores of New Jersey and New York are still climbing out of the rubble of a super-storm’s wrath. Billions of dollars in federal aid which took three months to secure from a resistant House are...
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Members of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America wait to enter the office of Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) at Russell Senate Office Building on April 17, 2013 in Washington, DC. The group held a 'Stroller Jam' event to call on senators to vote to strengthen gun regulations.
Kelly Ayotte Gets Her Gun Ads
There may be no one senator spotlighted so intensely about her vote against background checks for gun-buyers as New Hampshire’s Kelly Ayotte. Fifty percent of New Hampshire voters surveyed by Public Policy Polling after the vote said they would be...
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