Tag: Election 2014
RNC to Spend $100 Million on Voter Turnout
$100 million
Amount the Republican National Committee is on track to spend in the midterm campaign, “with virtually every dime plowed into the party’s new digital voter-turnout program,” the Washington Examiner reports.
McConnell Says Obama Needs the Senate
There’s only one thing Barack Obama needs to keep his grip on power. He needs the U.S. Senate!
— Senate Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), quoted by the New York Times Magazine.
McConnell: If GOP Wins the Senate We Will Shut Down Government
So in the House and Senate, we own the budget. So what does that mean? That means that we can pass the spending bill. And I assure you that in the spending bill, we will be pushing back against this bureaucracy by doing what’s called placing riders in the bill. No money can be spent to do this or to do that. We’re going to go after them on healthcare, on financial services, on the Environmental Protection Agency, across the board (inaudible). All across the federal government, we’re going to go after it …
— Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), telling a room of conservative activists how Republicans will shut down parts of the government if they gain control of the U.S. Senate on an audio tape acquired by The Nation.
Tea Party Professor Who Defeated Cantor Flubs Interview on First Day
Note to Prof. Dave Brat, the newly nominated tea party candidate for the Virginia district currently held by Majority Leader Eric Cantor: College professors get to choose topics for discussion in class, but candidates — just like elected officials — must be able to answer whatever questions the media throws their way.
Brat made a poor showing today in one of his first national interviews:
