2014 Campaigns
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One Connecticut gunmaker moving to S.C., another may follow
See those empty chairs at right? Bristol, Conn. will look a bit more like that soon. State legislators’ zeal for feel-good gun legislation in the wake of the Newtown shooting is costing the state at…
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#AKSEN: Republicans get a Senate candidate
National Journal reports that Alaska Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell is in the race against incumbent Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska. He may, however, face a primary: But before Republicans can crow about Treadwell’s chances, he’ll have…
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#NCSEN: PPP poll suggests Hagan’s in trouble
Public Policy Polling, a Democratic firm, has a fairly solid record, and they’re constantly polling in North Carolina, their home base. So it has to give Sen. Kay Hagan, D, a bit of heartburn that…
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Mixing immigration reform and Obamacare — does it make it worse, or not quite as bad?
The Examiner’s Phil Klein, who understands health care reform better than anyone I’ve ever worked with, writes: [U]nder Obamacare, businesses with over 50 workers that employ American citizens without offering them qualifying health insurance could…
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Calif: Even with subsidies, insurance will still cost more under Obamacare unless you make very little
I’ve written a few blog posts about Obamacare rate-shock, and among the side notes from this post, I included an admittedly imprecise estimation of how little you’d need to make in order for Obamacare, with…
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CNN poll shows Obama’s case for big government is losing the public
It took a few weeks to show up, but the recently broken scandals are beginning to weigh down on Obama’s image with the public. Today’s CNN poll shows a decline in Obama’s popularity (to 45…
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Obamacare: Comparable cheap insurance up 200% in Ohio; Calif. insurers cut corners by reducing access to providers
Obamacare rate shock, already a major problem in California, has spread to Ohio as well, where premiums will now be 88 percent higher. As the Washington Examiner’s Phil Klein notes in his column today, the…
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Bloomberg’s party purge of pro-gun Democrats goes full steam ahead
It began with an ad buy targeted at black voters in Arkansas, to suppress the minority vote for Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Ark. But New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is not satisfied with just causing…
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Voters have noticed GOP governors’ successes — but will the RNC?
The following is a guest post from pollster Chris Wilson, WPA Research, and part two of two in a series on Republican governors. (Part one is here.) Having spent several hours over the past week…
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How GOP governors are saving the Republican Party
The following is a guest post from pollster Chris Wilson, WPA Research, and part one of two in a series on Republican governors. Following the disastrous 2012 elections, in which Republicans had their clocks cleaned,…