UPDATE: Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has been reelected as Senate Republican Leader. – End Update – House and Senate lawmakers will meet today to discuss plans to nominate and elect their party leaders for the upcoming 113th Congress, which begins in January. No big changes are expected to take place in the Senate, but the [...]
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Youth Outreach Can’t Just Be An Election Year Effort
This story originally appeared at RedAlertPolitics.com It’s not news at this point that the Republican Party has a serious problem with winning over young Americans. President Barack Obama received 60 percent of the youth vote in Tuesday’s election according to the New York Times’ exit polling, while GOP Presidential candidate Mitt Romney attracted only 37 [...]
GOP Showing Signs Of Compromise?
With President Obama winning a second term in office this week, it seems as though some heavyweights in the GOP are already showing signs of being willing to compromise with the man they’ve worked so hard the last four years to defeat. On the issue of taxes, House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) has said twice [...]
Biden: Voters Have Made Clear That They Support Our Tax Plan
Vice President Joe Biden told reporters today that yesterday’s election is a signal that voters are more supportive of a tax plan in which rates are increased for wealthier Americans. Speaking to members of the press aboard his vice presidential plane, Biden said that the results show that there is “a clear sort of mandate about [...]
Early 2016 Favorite Urges GOP To Embrace Minorities
Photo/Geoff Holtzman Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), one of the favorites to run for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, said late Tuesday that his party must find a way to corral minority voters. In a statement released a few hours after the nation reelected Democratic incumbent President Barack Obama, Rubio said spreading the GOP’s message to [...]
Across The Board Sweep For Dems In New Hampshire
Though it holds only four electoral votes, New Hampshire is considered a must-have this year for either campaign. For President Obama, a victory there would go a long way toward silencing critics who say he’s lost the Independent vote. For GOP nominee Mitt Romney, he likely needs a small state (if not New Hampshire, then [...]
Still Too Close To Call In Florida
Welcome to Florida, where 29 electoral votes are at stake. The Romney campaign firmly believes that it’s locked things up there, and Romney’s five point lead in the latest Florida Times survey that came out this week has to make Republicans feel good. But a late surge of campaigning there by President Obama and his [...]
Obama Narrowly Edges Romney In Battleground Virginia
UPDATE: The Associated Press called the state for Obama around 12:30 a.m. eastern. The president led Romney by roughly 50,000 votes with 98 percent of the vote counted. – End Update – Photos/Geoff Holtzman ARLINGTON, Va. — I’m spending part of the day today in Northern Virginia, an area that could determine the outcome of [...]
Poll: Romney Leading “Bellweathers” In OH, N.H.
Mitt Romney’s lead in certain areas of Ohio and New Hampshire mean that he could very well capture both states tomorrow, according to Suffolk University’s Political Research Center. In Ohio, a state that virtually everyone believes holds the main key to the race, Romney leads President Obama 47-43 in Lake County, which has accurately predicted [...]
Gas Prices Fall During Lead-Up To Election
Photo/Geoff Holtzman The average price of a gallon of regular gasoline in the U.S. has fallen $.34 in the last four weeks, according to data released today by Triple-A. With less than 24 hours to go until the polls open on Election Day, the current price sits at $3.47, down from $3.81 a month ago. [...]
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