by Jim Heath | Oct 2, 2018 | 2018, Democrats, Headlines
Former President Obama has endorsed Rachel Crooks, who has accused Donald Trump of kissing her without consent, for a state house seat. Crooks, 35, burst onto the national political scene in 2016 when she accused Trump of forcibly kissing her in an elevator when she...
by Jim Heath | Sep 30, 2018 | 2018, Battlegrounds, Headlines
The conservative Columbus Dispatch has endorsed Richard Cordray, the Democratic candidate for governor of Ohio. Our choice is in some ways a departure from past practice, and in some ways it is not. True, it is rare for this newspaper to favor a Democrat over a...
by Jim Heath | Sep 29, 2018 | 2018, Headlines, Republicans, Trump
If there’s one thing about his job that President Trump really loves, it’s hearing the sound of applause. So, it was easy to get Trump to commit to a week long road trip around the country, where he’ll attend rally’s and bask in the glow of...
by Jim Heath | Sep 26, 2018 | 2018, Battlegrounds, Congress, Headlines
Five more Republican-held House seats are moving closer to the Democrats’ reach. The Cook Political Report, a nonpartisan election handicapper, shifted its ratings for five House races today, upping Democrats’ chances in GOP-held districts in Colorado, New...
by Jim Heath | Sep 25, 2018 | 2018, Congress, Headlines
A leading Minnesota newspaper is joining a legal effort to unseal the divorce records of Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN), who is running for state attorney general. The Minnesota Star Tribune, the most read newspaper in the state, said in an article it had filed a motion to...
by Jim Heath | Sep 24, 2018 | 2018, Headlines, Republicans
President Trump brings a reality TV feel to the White House, and according to Gallup, Republican ratings are up. Forty-five percent of Americans give a favorable rating to the Republican Party in a new poll by Gallup, the highest number hit by the GOP in the poll...
