<![CDATA[ - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]> http://www.realclearpolitics.com/authors/rss/archive/17231.xml Author <![CDATA[Why Democrats Stuck With Harry Reid]]> Sat, 15 Nov 2014 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[Obama's Standing With Women Hurts Senate Dems]]> Mon, 20 Oct 2014 00:00:00 -0500 Female voters powered President Barack Obama’s victory over Mitt Romney in 2012, as Democrats leaned heavily on social issues to rally single women and suburban moms to the polls.

But with two weeks until Election Day, the president’s diminished standing with women is quickly becoming one of the biggest liabilities facing Democrats as they struggle to hang onto the Senate majority.

]]> <![CDATA[Republicans Scramble to Save Roberts in Kansas]]> Thu, 11 Sep 2014 00:00:00 -0500 The GOP’s political machine is kicking into overdrive to save a Senate seat in Kansas that’s suddenly complicating its path to the majority.
With polls showing Sen. Pat Roberts in serious trouble against independent Greg Orman, top Senate Republicans, including Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah, are leaning on big-ticket donors to fill the long-time Kansas senator’s campaign coffers. Sens. Rand Paul of Kentucky and John McCain of Arizona are planning to barnstorm the state on Roberts’ behalf. And in a bid to boost the senator’s sagging poll numbers, the Roberts campaign is planning an ad blitz to cast his long record and seniority in...]]> <![CDATA[Michigan Becomes a Critical Senate Battle]]> Thu, 20 Feb 2014 00:00:00 -0600 MARQUETTE, Mich. — Braving sub-zero temperatures at the annual dog sled race here, Democratic Senate candidate Gary Peters happily indulged when a prospective voter offered him a swig from her flask of whiskey. And as some Upper Peninsula locals (known as “Yoopers”) were sledding down a giant snowbank the next day in nearby Houghton, the three-term congressman borrowed a sled and barreled down the hill himself, even though his attire was more suited for a boardroom than the playground.

]]> <![CDATA[North Carolina's Choice: Can Kay Hagan Survive?]]> Thu, 12 Dec 2013 00:00:00 -0600 LENOIR, N.C. — It would be tough to find another state where the political terrain has shifted as dramatically as it has here — from kindling hopes of a Democratic revival in the South just a few years ago, to becoming a conservative hotbed that banned gay marriage, tightened restrictions on abortion clinics and enacted a sweeping voter ID law.

In 2014, voters will have a chance to decide which of those two governing visions they prefer — Barack Obama’s Washington or one-party GOP rule in Raleigh ­ — in one of the most competitive, consequential Senate races in the country.

]]> <![CDATA[Dems Put Faith in White House to Fix Obamacare]]> Mon, 04 Nov 2013 00:00:00 -0600 Democratic senators have a warning for the White House: Fix Obamacare’s problems or put Senate seats at risk next year.

In interviews, Democratic senators running in 2014, party elders and Senate leaders said the Obama administration must rescue the law from its rocky start before it emerges as a bigger political liability next year.

]]> <![CDATA[Ghost of Akin Looms Over Georgia Republicans]]> Fri, 20 Sep 2013 00:00:00 -0500 CANTON, Ga. — To his Republican critics, Rep. Paul Broun is 2014’s Todd Akin: a far-right candidate who may win a crowded GOP primary but will blow the party’s chances at holding a critical Senate seat.

But campaigning across Georgia, Broun is modeling himself as the next Sen. Ted Cruz, a conservative firebrand and member of the Senate’s “hell no” caucus — and someone who will constantly give fits to GOP leaders if they even think about compromising.

]]> <![CDATA[Red State Dems Fight Obama Drag]]> Tue, 06 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0600 The president could hurt Jon Tester in his race against Denny Rehberg. | AP Photo

]]> <![CDATA[MO: Akin, McCaskill Get Testy in Final Debate]]> Fri, 19 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500 The two candidates stayed away from the most controversial aspects of the campaign. | AP Photo

]]> <![CDATA[Capitol Hill Republicans Worry About Long Race]]> Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 Republicans on Capitol Hill dismissed Newt Gingrich’s threat to “go all the way to the convention,” saying that the former speaker will either run dry of cash or see his political standing sharply erode if he loses a string of primary contests.

While Gingrich could very well rebound from a Tuesday primary loss in Florida, there are clear concerns among Republicans that a nominating contest that lasts until August will imperil the party’s chances against President Barack Obama.

]]> <![CDATA[Webb's Blunt Challenge to Obama, Dem Leaders]]> Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500 On the wall in Sen. Jim Webb’s office hangs a framed newspaper article highlighting his “blunt challenge” to President George W. Bush during an emphatic Democratic State of the Union response in 2007.

Webb is now on his way out of the Senate — and he’s offering a blunt challenge to his own party.

]]> <![CDATA[Congress Works to Find Debt-Ceiling Solution]]> Sun, 24 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0500  

First came the Biden talks. When those blew up, the Obama-Boehner talks took center stage. And when that failed, the McConnell-Reid talks looked promising. And after they faltered, the Obama-Boehner talks tried to find a new life.

Now it’s all come down to the Boehner-Reid-Pelosi-McConnell talks to solve the debt crisis. Notably absent? The president.

]]> <![CDATA[Democrats: CIA is Out to Get Us]]> Wed, 13 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500 <![CDATA[Moderate Dems Feel Sticker Shock on Obama Budget]]> Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[Dems Stew in Botched Burris Imbroglio]]> Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[Intraparty Tensions Could Cleave Dems]]> Mon, 22 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0600