Marc Ambinder (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
TV ads are up and running--in a big way--in the districts of moderate House members, as interest groups either thank them for their votes on the House health care bill or attack them for voting the "wrong" way. At least 17 House members will have ads running in their districts next week, as a couple new campaigns are getting underway. Here's what those members--most of whom are considered...
Charlotte Observer: Breaking News (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
(By Rob Christensen, rob.christensen@newsobserver.com) U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge said Friday that he would not challenge Republican Sen. Richard Burr next year, despite a concerted effort by the national Democratic Party to coax him into the race. The decision is another setback for the Democrats, who earlier this year failed to entice state Attorney General Roy Cooper to enter the Senate contest.
Charlotte Observer: Breaking News (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
(By Rob Christensen, rob.christensen@newsobserver.com) Congressman Bob Etheridge said today that he would not challenge Republican Sen. Richard Burr next year, despite a concerted effort by the national Democratic Party to coax him into the race. The decision is another setback for the Democrats, who this year failed to entice Attorney General Roy Cooper into the race.
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
North Carolina Rep. Bob Etheridge says he will not run for the U.S. Senate next year.
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
North Carolina Rep. Bob Etheridge says he will not to run for the U.S. Senate next year.
Washington Post (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Rep. Bob Etheridge (D-N.C.) has decided against running for the Senate in 2010, according to informed sources, a choice that hands Democrats another setback in their recruiting efforts against North Carolina's senior senator, Richard Burr (R).
Swing State Project (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
The Fix : North Carolina Rep. Bob Etheridge has decided against running for the Senate in 2010, according to informed sources, a choice that hands Democrats another setback in their recruiting efforts against Sen. Richard Burr (R). [...] Attorney Cal Cunningham, who also drew some interest from the DSCC, announced earlier this week he also would not run, although it's likely that national party strategists...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
North Carolina Rep. Bob Etheridge says he will not to run for the U.S. Senate next year.
S E N A T U S (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
U.S. Representative Bob Etheridge (D-NC) “has decided against running for the Senate in 2010, according to informed sources, a choice that hands Democrats another setback in their recruiting efforts against Sen. Richard Burr (R),” the Washington Post reports. Etheridge, who served as state superintendent of public education before getting elected to Congress in the mid-1990s, [...]
Political Wire (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Rep. Bob Etheridge (D-NC) has decided against running for the Senate in 2010 against Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC), The Fix reports. "Etheridge, who served as state superintendent of public education before getting elected to Congress in the mid-1990s, has been courted for the race by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. He had repeatedly flirted with running for the Senate earlier this decade...
Swing State Project (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
? FL-Sen : There's probably no good way to spin the firing of the head spinner: after weeks of unending bad press, Charlie Crist has decided the solution is to fire his long-time communication director, Erin Isaac. (Isaac contends that she left on her own, and the timing has nothing to do with Crist's collapse.) ? IL-Sen, OH-Sen : Two little-known, never-been-elected rich guys are going on the air...
Zandar Versus The Stupid (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Steve Benen notes that Harry Reid is talking a new jobs bill , but one can only imagine how the GOP and the ConservaDems will try to stop it. For that matter, it's not clear how much Reid emphasized the idea yesterday -- The Hill ran a fairly lengthy report, but I haven't seen similar reporting from the other outlets. If there was a concerted push about a major new employment initiative, it seems likely...
S E N A T U S (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Democrat Cal Cunningham has decided not to challenge Senator Richard Burr (R-NC) in 2010, Congressional Quarterly reports. Cal Cunningham, a former state senator, informed supporters Monday night that he will pass on the race. Cunningham had been generating interest among Democratic Party leaders as a possible recruit should Rep. Bob Etheridge decline to run. Etheridge [...]
Swing State Project (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
The Democratic field for the race against GOP Sen. Richard Burr just got a bit thinner tonight. Cal Cunningham, a former state Senator and Iraq vet who had been enthusiastically exploring the race for several months, is out of the running : Cal Cunningham, a Lexington Democrat who had been exploring a U.S. Senate bid for months, said late Monday that he will not run. The decision is a possible indicator...
Curmudgeonly & Skeptical² (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
A Courtesy to our Friends at KOS DEMOCRATS WHO VOTED TO SLAP WOMEN BACK TO THE STONE AGE ( HR # Bill: H R 3962 ) KOS diarist LaFeminista reflects the animus the Soros-left have after the passsage of the Stupak Amendment which, nominally, will keep Obamacare from funding abortion. In truth, a Medicare type supplement insurance will be available. Anyway, to help them out, and make retribution easier,...
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