There is no question that the tea party movement has dramatically contributed to the Republican takeover of the House of Representatives and narrowing the margin in the Senate. In addition to providing boosted turnout — it helped raise turnout to an estimated 41.5 percent (some 90 million) — since early 2009, the tea parties and other citizen activists have helped [...]

By Kevin Mooney — 2010 voters have more faith and confidence in business owners to recharge the economy than they do in the leadership of organized labor, according to a survey from Public Opinion Strategies. Moreover, the poll points to a growing concern on the part of voters that union officials spend too much time on politics and not enough [...]

By Kevin Mooney — Below are excerpts from Sen. Mitch McConnell’s  Thursday speech to the Heritage Foundation: “Over the past week, some have said it was indelicate of me to suggest that our top political priority over the next two years should be to deny President Obama a second term in office. But the fact is, if our primary legislative [...]

While all the media attention on November 2nd was focused upon the battle over control of the U.S. Congress, the elections that will impact the nation for the next ten years at the state level were overwhelmingly won by Republican candidates. After the census is taken, Congress and state legislative districts are reapportioned in order to ensure that each district [...]

With the results in, and the House in Republican hands, the Democrats are now figuring out how to rebuild from the elections that have devastated their party. They still have the White House and the Senate, but future elections loom on the horizon that can change that too. At this point, it is evident that the left is in complete [...]

As congressional Republicans bask in their historic rout of Democrats, taking the House of Representatives and closing the margin in the Senate, the survivors left in Washington, D.C. have a clear message from the American people: “You could be next.” The fact is, nobody in the Washington establishment thought it was possible. Obama was too popular. Republicans needed to compromise [...]

In the wake of the 2008 elections, pundits looked at a map without a single House Republican elected to federal office from Massachusetts north. The Great Lakes from New York and Pennsylvania, through Ohio, Indiana, Illinois up to Wisconsin and Minnesota voted for Obama’s presidency giving him the electoral votes needed to win, now these same states formed the heart [...]

Please leave a comment with a prediction of how you think the election results will pan out tonight. An ideal comment/prediction would look like the following: House: 65 GOP pickups Senate: 8 GOP pickups If I cannot understand your comment, you won’t win. You will also need to leave your email address so that I can contact the winner. No [...]