2014 elections

How many aside from me think that the real issue this fall is the ability to appoint more Supreme Court justices? The house will remain resolutely fascist, there's no doubt about that, the only question is the Senate. So who do they think will be replaced in the next 2 years?

I like to follow interesting elections across the country that have an interesting aspect, unusual players or important (or trivial) propositions. These can be at the federal, state or local level. So the purpose of this thread is to highlight interesting contests and explain why they are...

This is funny. I'm sure it will be rewritten. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/06/24/polls-close-in-mississippi-gop-runoff-race-between-veteran-lawmaker-thad/ This portion is from half-way through the article until the end. Sounds like they're writing up a McDaniel win, right? The...

After hearing for most of the last four years that the GOP was nominating far too radical candidates, it seems the shoe is on the other foot: You know how it is, the Elizabeth Warren wing of the Democratic Party can win in Massachusetts. But Iowa? Err, his record of doing those things? Or...