Republicans think they see an opportunity to tarnish Elizabeth Warren by painting her as on the side of a movement designed to show the support of 99% of all Americans. Good luck with that! National Republicans are now attacking Elizabeth Warren for embracing the protests, seeking to make a liability out of the fact that [...]

The debate over the Bush tax cuts will be incredibly interesting over the next few months, because both sides think they have outflanked the other in the debate. For example, the NRSC sure thinks they have a tiger by the tail: they are pressuring Democrats to explain their position on the tax cuts, including a [...]

I don’t see much point in commenting on Web-based attack-ads from partisan political committees. Their penetration into the marketplace is almost nil, and the spin they offer comes out in other formats anyway. But I have to confess to some surprise at this ad from the NRSC about Ohio Democratic nominee for US Senate, Lt. [...]

In non health care-related news, John Ensign is in a fair bit of trouble. As in grand jury investigation kind of trouble. Nevada Senator John Ensign is in the crosshairs of a Department of Justice criminal investigation. The criminal probe stems from a romantic affair Ensign had with the wife of his key staffer and [...]

Charlie Crist is at least acting like a man in some trouble. He has seen the teabagger army bearing down on his seat, and he has seen the head of the NRSC bck down to the mob and vow to stay out of primaries even where they’ve endorsed a candidate, like they have with Crist [...]

This is pretty big news that shows the institutional power of the tea party conservative base. In the wake of last night’s disaster in NY-23, John Cornyn, the head of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, the GOP campaign arm for Senate races, announced that his organization will not endorse or spend money in “contested primaries.” [...]