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Terry McAuliffe Pulls Ahead in VA Governor's Race

By Stuart Rothenberg As the stretch run for the Virginia gubernatorial election begins, Democrat Terry McAuliffe has established himself as a narrow but clear front-runner over state Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, a Republican. Polling generally shows the Democrat with a consistent mid-to-upper single digit lead, a significant advantage in a three-way race at this point in the…

Southern Democrats Campaign as 'Problem Solvers'

By BILL BARROW Associated Press As Democrats try to curtail GOP dominance in the South, the party’s top recruits for 2014 elections are trying to sell themselves as problem solvers above Washington’s partisan gridlock. They’re casting the Republicans’ anti-government mantra and emphasis on social issues like abortion and gay marriage as ideological obstacles to…

Scott Walker Tries To Disappear Story Doubting Jobs Pledge

By Ryan Rainey During his 2010 campaign, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) pledged to create hundreds of thousands of jobs in the state. The promise was so central to his campaign that when a TV station recently said he appeared to be backtracking on that commitment, the news outlet reports, his office attempted to get it…

VA Gov. Hopeful Shamelessly Panders to Rival College's Fan Base

Virginia gubernatorial hopeful Ken Cuccinelli wants Virginia Tech fans to know he’s rooting for the Hokies–just don’t tell them Cuccinelli attended rival school UVA.

WATCH: President Obama Calls Out Governor Corbett

President Barack Obama took aim at Governor Tom Corbett for devastating cuts in education during a speech on college affordability at Lackawanna College. Watch his comments here:

Justice Department Sues Texas to Stop Voter Suppression

By Steve Benen The Supreme Court didn’t leave much of the Voting Rights Act intact, but as far as the Justice Department is concerned, enough of the civil rights law exists to block Texas’ new voter-ID law. NBC’s Pete Williams reports today: Texas lost the first round when the federal government refused to give the state permission to…

Terry McAuliffe Leads Ken Cuccinelli In New Poll

The Huffington Post | By Ariel Edwards-Levy Democrat Terry McAuliffe has a 6-point lead over Republican state Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday, with McAuliffe taking 48 percent to Cuccinelli’s 42 percent among Virginians likely to vote in this year’s election. Neither candidate is especially popular, and both have faced a spate…

Christie To Jersey: Drop Dead

Christie To Jersey: Drop Dead WASHINGTON, DC—Less than 24 hours after Chris Christie endorsed Tea Party radical Steve Lonegan for the U.S. Senate and only days after he vetoed a gun safety package that he in part proposed, the Democratic Governors Association today released a new graphic calling Chris Christie out for leaving the people of…

BREAKING: Ohio Poll Shows Gov. Kasich Numbers Plummeting

By Henry J. Gomez CLEVELAND, Ohio – A new poll shows the race between Gov. John Kasich and likely Democratic challenger Ed FitzGerald has tightened to what amounts to a statistical tie. Public Policy Polling, after a survey of 551 Ohio voters, found FitzGerald, the Cuyahoga County executive, leading the Republican incumbent 38 percent to 35 percent.…

Stand With Hillary Against Voter Suppression

Hillary Clinton is calling out Florida’s Republican governor for conducting a ‘voter purge’ designed to disenfranchise Democratic and minority voters. Sign the petition to stand with Hillary and tell Gov. Scott to stop attacking voting rights.

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