DeMint, a fiscal conservative who has been at odds with House Speaker John Boehner over his willingness to compromise with the president on tax hikes, will leave to replace Ed Feulner as president of the Heritage Foundation.

Scott Brown lost ground to Elizabeth Warren starting after her primetime address at the Democratic National Convention, and never made it up.

There has been little compromise in the Senate in the last two years, and with Republicans maintaining control of the House, it is not expected to improve.

Brown had been seen early on as a vulnerable incumbent, but his long experience in the House before winning election to the Senate in 2006 helped carry him to victory.

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Droves of volunteers on the Mitt Romney campaign, along with independent groups, are making sure repeats of the Minnesota Senate race and Washington state governor’s race will not be repeated.

For some reason, only Republicans seem to get angry about the threat of military voters becoming disenfranchised because their ballots get lost in the mail.  Republican Senators John Cornyn of Texas, Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire, John McCain of Arizona, | Read More »

The military has long struggled to get timely ballots to deployed troops who move frequently in theater.

One pollster all but exits Florida, saying “Romney has pretty much nailed down Florida,” while the race continues to be tight in Iowa and Ohio. All eyes are now on the ground game – getting out the vote.

During an interview with MSNBC Monday the California Senator erroneously recalled a statement by Minority Leader Mitch McConnell that is often misrepresented to mean ill will against President Barack Obama.