Tag: Democratic Party

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he has been in talks for the past several days with President Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, and chief of staff John Kelly about what to do with Alabama senatorial candidate Roy Moore. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate Republicans, White House enter crisis mode over Roy Moore

Susan Ferrechio · November 14, 2017 8:14 pm

Republicans in the Old Dominion need to rethink Gillespie's strategy of running hard on Trumpist cultural issues in states that rejected Trump in the first place. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Beltway Confidential

Just ten votes short: Democrats may yet take over Virginia’s state House

David Freddoso · November 14, 2017 5:39 pm

According to a new poll, 60 percent of voters think Roy Moore, the GOP nominee for the U.S. Senate, should end his bid before the Dec. 12 election in Alabama. Another 60 percent say the sexual harassment and sexual assault allegations five women have leveled against him are "credible." (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Most say Roy Moore should drop out of election

Anna Giaritelli · November 14, 2017 12:42 pm

The base is intense and noisy, but it didn't elect him, and it can't be relied upon now. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump’s base isn’t big enough to lean on now

Noemie Emery · November 14, 2017 5:01 am

Sen. Joe Donnelly, D-Ind., announced on Sunday he would give back the $2,000 Tony Podesta contributed to his re-election campaign. "It's a minimal amount, and I'm more than happy to send it back," the senator said. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Beltway Confidential

At least one Democratic senator set to return Tony Podesta’s campaign cash

Emily Jashinsky · November 13, 2017 8:13 pm

"I was for Hillary. I did 83 campaign events for Hillary," former Vice President Joe Biden said. "She would've been a first-rate president and at that point I had made the judgment well before that I was not prepared to run for president." (Ashlee Rezin/Sun Times via AP)

Joe Biden never heard about replacing Hillary Clinton until Donna Brazile’s book

Anna Giaritelli · November 13, 2017 1:12 pm

Following Democratic wins, a couple of issues loom on the horizon that temper the enthusiasm of even some of President Trump's true believers. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Democrats spoil Trump’s one-year anniversary of winning the White House

W. James Antle III · November 13, 2017 5:01 am

On Nov. 7, 2017, Democrats won big in state and local contests, flipping executive offices and legislative seats in white, upscale suburbs near Philadelphia, New York, and Washington, D.C., long held by Republicans and crucial to their coalition. Gov.-elect Ralph Northam of Virginia was one of these winning Democratic candidates. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

After November losses, the GOP recalibrates its strategy

David M. Drucker · November 13, 2017 5:01 am

"We need more transparency at the DNC," Sanders said. (AP Photo/Wilson Ring)

Bernie Sanders wants to see ‘fundamental changes’ at the DNC

Laura Barrón-López · November 12, 2017 5:46 pm

The three-minute skit mocked Democrats for celebrating their victories in Virginia and New Jersey. (Image courtesy screenshot)

‘SNL’ skewers Democrats for reveling in election wins

Naomi Lim · November 12, 2017 2:07 pm

Pennsylvania's off-year election results are worth examining in order to take the voters' temperature one year out from Donald Trump's historic win here that few predicted, and one year away from the 2018 midterm elections. (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg)

Salena Zito: Pennsylvania’s elections tell us how worried Republicans nationwide should be

Salena Zito · November 12, 2017 5:01 am

During an interview with Bill Maher on his HBO show "Real Time," former Democratic National Committee head Donna Brazile shared her consideration of former Vice President Joe Biden as a potential replacement for Hillary Clinton when Clinton nearly collapsed in September 2016. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Donna Brazile jokes about ‘magical powers’, Catholic girls in addressing Clinton replacement controversy

Daniel Chaitin · November 11, 2017 5:08 am