GOP pushing Pelosi as boogeywoman not working

For more than two years, Nancy Pelosi has played a starring role in Republican attacks on Democratic congressional candidates. Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) warned of the liberal horrors of a Pelosi regime in the runup to the 2006 elections, and so far this year Republicans have tried to use the current House speaker [...]

GOP open seats boost Democrats House chances

A rush of Republican retirements has positioned Democrats to pick up 20 or more seats in the House and transform what might otherwise be a march to modest gains on Election Day into a wave to a lopsided majority.  Across the country, GOP departures — many in districts the party has controlled for decades — [...]

McConnell has Taxpayer Subsidized Health Care

Opposes expanding taxpayer subsidized care, which he has…
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has warned about the slippery slope leading to “government-run health care for everyone” while rallying his colleagues against expansion of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program, or SCHIP.But as a U.S. senator, McConnell gets government-run, taxpayer-subsidized insurance through the Federal Employee Health [...]