[ad_1] CNN — A selfie crowd formed around Pete Buttigieg as he stood in line for coffee at the airport in Washington. One woman said she wasn’t going to stop because she wasn’t sure it was him. “It’s me,” the Transportation secretary replied. An older man explained to his wife, …
Read More »Democratic Senate nominees hold cash edge in fall home stretch but face GOP advertising onslaught
[ad_1] CNN — Seven Democrats in the 10 most competitive Senate races started this month and the home stretch to Election Day with bigger cash stockpiles than their Republican rivals, newly filed campaign finance reports show. But even with that financial edge, Democrats face a withering advertising assault in the …
Read More »Five takeaways from the Georgia Senate debate
[ad_1] CNN — When Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican Herschel Walker met to debate in the already contentious Georgia Senate race, all the focus was on how personal allegations against Walker would roil the first – and likely only – debate in the campaign. The allegations that Walker paid …
Read More »Opinion: In post-Roe America, GOP candidates must launch a counterattack to win
[ad_1] Editor’s Note: Patrick T. Brown is a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, a conservative think tank and advocacy group based in Washington, DC. He is also a former senior policy adviser to Congress’ Joint Economic Committee. Follow him on Twitter. The views expressed in this piece …
Read More »Barnes seeks to rebut crime attacks headed into final Senate debate with Johnson in Wisconsin
[ad_1] CNN — Mandela Barnes, the Democrat taking on Republican Sen. Ron Johnson in Wisconsin’s Senate race, on Thursday faces what could be his last clear shot at rebutting the avalanche of GOP attacks on crime and police funding that have taken a months-long toll on his campaign. Barnes and …
Read More »McConnell ignores Trump’s attacks and says ‘I have the votes’ in quest to make history
[ad_1] CNN — It’s become a throwaway line at former President Donald Trump’s campaign rallies: GOP senators must boot Mitch McConnell from the leadership position he’s held longer than any Republican in American history. But McConnell has a message. “I have the votes,” the Senate GOP leader said bluntly, indicating …
Read More »Tulsi Gabbard, who sought 2020 Democratic nomination, says she’s leaving party
[ad_1] Washington CNN — Former congresswoman and 2020 presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard announced on Tuesday that she is leaving the Democratic Party. For Gabbard, the announcement is the culmination of years in which she has been increasingly at odds with the Democratic Party and its policies. “I can no longer …
Read More »Republicans saw the Herschel Walker problem coming a mile away
[ad_1] CNN — The last week of Herschel Walker’s Senate campaign – beset by a report that he paid for a woman he was dating to have an abortion more than a decade ago – has been an utter disaster. And it’s been made worse by the fact that smart …
Read More »Why the GOP can’t count on Joe Biden’s low ratings to sink Democrats
[ad_1] CNN — We are now under a month until Election Day, and you can feel the midterm campaign really taking hold. From Herschel Walker generating headlines for his troubles in Georgia to the Senate GOP campaign arm cutting bait in New Hampshire, we’re getting down to crunch time. All …
Read More »When marijuana is on the ballot, it wins
[ad_1] CNN — Marijuana, at times, seems to be a third rail in American politics. While most Democrats are ardent defenders of abortion rights and gay rights, many party lawmakers are less vocal about decriminalizing or legalizing marijuana. It was only Thursday when President Joe Biden decided to pardon all …
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