Longtime GOP maverick Arlen Specter dead at 82
October 15, 2012
For most of his 30 years as Pennsylvania’s longest-serving U.S. senator and prominent moderate in Congress, Arlen Specter was a Republican, though often at odds
Republicans may regret focus on social issues
February 23, 2012
The longer GOP presidential candidates compete for conservative activists’ favor, the more they risk alienating centrist voters who might feel that arguments over birth control
Arlen Specter’s farewell: A stinging rebuke to the system
December 22, 2010
Departing Republican-turned-Democratic Sen. Arlen Specter on Tuesday said conservative Republicans who backed tea party challengers against establishment candidates in the recent elections engaged in political
Question of the day: Who really wanted Meek out of Florida Senate race?
October 29, 2010
Florida’s three-way Senate race grew testier Friday as the last-place Democratic candidate denied claims that former President Bill Clinton had advised him to drop out,
GOP looks to win any way it can
September 6, 2010
In the turbulent year of the tea party, Republican Rep. Mike Castle of Delaware set out to jangle no nerves as he ran for a
Murkowski throws in the towel
September 1, 2010
Sen. Lisa Murkowski was booted from office in the Republican primary Tuesday by a little-known conservative lawyer in arguably the biggest political upset of the
Another incumbent goes down
August 4, 2010
Incumbents beware. Another lawmaker just bit the dust. Michigan Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick lost her bid for an eighth term on Tuesday, her son’s legal
Democrats can’t win without independent voters
July 19, 2010
Democrat Joe Sestak — a son of the Philadelphia suburbs — needs the independent voters in his backyard as he campaigns for a Senate seat
Financial reform runs into snag
June 28, 2010
President Barack Obama’s efforts to win final approval of a historic financial regulatory reform bill looked more complicated on Saturday after a Republican senator threatened
Primaries showcase fall political themes
June 9, 2010
The subplots abounded Tuesday night: Antipathy toward elected officials and the establishment. The power of special interests. Tests of party purity. The tea party. The