Tag: Democratic Party

In a Thursday sit-down with a group of Latino reporters, Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., (pictured above) said he thinks there's a good chance the fight over granting recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program some permanent status will spill into January. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

DACA fight on Capitol Hill could extend into next year despite pressure from outside groups

Laura Barrón-López · December 14, 2017 11:36 pm

When Don Willett was nominated to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Democrats balked, of course, but not for the reasons one might think. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Beltway Confidential

Democrats troll a Trump nominee’s tweets instead of his judicial record

Nicole Russell · December 14, 2017 5:25 pm

Unless something changes, this blight could spread out of Iowa and across the country. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)

Beltway Confidential

The two Iowa polls that could spell ruin for Republicans in 2018

Philip Wegmann · December 14, 2017 4:29 pm

Coordination was key, and it's something that's been lacking for Democrats in previous races. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Democrats see chances of taking Senate in 2018 rise after Alabama

Laura Barrón-López · December 14, 2017 5:01 am

"I just told Doug [Jones to] be an Alabama Democrat. You don't have to be a Washington Democrat. Whatever you do, make sure Alabama's first and foremost on your mind," Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., told CNN's Wolf Blitzer. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Joe Manchin: I told Doug Jones to be an ‘Alabama Democrat,’ not a ‘Washington Democrat’

Diana Stancy Correll · December 14, 2017 12:09 am

"Doug ran a campaign where it wasn't about right versus left. It was about right versus wrong, and it's wrong for a party to put up a guy like Roy Moore, and the right for voters to go for a guy like Doug Moore," Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez said on MSNBC's "MTP Daily" Wednesday. He then corrected himself. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

DNC Chair Tom Perez goofs, says Alabama elected ‘Doug Moore’

Diana Stancy Correll · December 13, 2017 11:07 pm

The #Resist movement is no Tea Party -- at least not yet -- but more and more it seems as though the Left's Trump-era energy will actually persist into 2018. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Beltway Confidential

Anti-Trump fervor could help Democrats overcome internal divisions

Emily Jashinsky · December 13, 2017 10:03 pm

U.S. voters would pick a Democratic candidate for a generic seat in Congress over a Republican by a 15-point margin if the election was held this week. (iStock)

Democrats would beat Republicans 51-36 in hypothetical congressional election held today: Poll

Anna Giaritelli · December 13, 2017 8:26 pm

Democrat Doug Jones speaks Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017, in Birmingham, Ala. In a stunning victory aided by scandal, Jones won Alabama's special Senate election. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Picking the lock in Alabama

Michael Barone · December 13, 2017 7:23 pm

Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn, had indicated earlier this year that he was considering jumping into the Senate race this year. (AP Photo/Branden Camp)

Keith Ellison won’t challenge Al Franken’s replacement Tina Smith for Senate seat in Minnesota’s 2018 special election

Anna Giaritelli · December 13, 2017 4:55 pm

Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., has said he would resign in the next few weeks after his own Democratic colleagues said he should step down when several women accused him of groping them over the years. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Minnesota governor to name Al Franken’s replacement Wednesday

Pete Kasperowicz · December 13, 2017 12:37 pm

The retired NBA power forward and Alabama native stumped for Jones on the campaign trial in the lead-up to the special election, calling calling Roy Moore "a white separatist." (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Charles Barkley: Doug Jones’ big night ‘a wake-up call’ against Democrats taking black, poor votes for granted

Naomi Lim · December 13, 2017 5:02 am