The 114th Congress is here, where Republicans control both houses for the first time since 2006. Paul Kane of the Washington Post joins us to talk about the attempted rebellion against Speaker John Boehner, and the GOP’s hopes of going from the “party of no” to the “party that governs.” One of the things the new …
With most attention this year squarely on which party will control the Senate, it is understandable that the 36 states holding gubernatorial elections are taking a back seat. But between the recent “fangate” flap in Florida and the presidential hopes of Wisconsin’s Scott Walker — not to mention that two of the last three presidents …
If you’re a partisan — a dyed-in-the-wool Democrat or Republican — you’re probably a nervous wreck these days. With just over two weeks to go and with all the twists and turns and surprises, the battle for the Senate is nothing short of nail-biting-to-the-bone, if not heart-stopping. If you’re a political junkie — like we …
Both parties are expecting some amount of turnover in November, especially in Senate races, but also in contests for governor and the House. But it’s hard to recall a season in which so few incumbents got knocked off in the primaries. Not counting Louisiana, which holds its “jungle” primary on election day, there are seven …
Not all the fights heard on the Political Junkie are at the ballot box. Some are in court — as we saw this week, in the latest attempt by opponents of the Affordable Care Act to gut the measure in the D.C. Circuit Court. Julie Rovner, a senior correspondent at Kaiser Health News, talks about …
The death of legendary “top 40” radio personality Casey Kasem last week is the peg for this week’s Political Junkie column: The top 40 House races of 2014. We still have a ways to go before we know the nominees for all the key contests. And so this list will be updated several times before …