by Gordon Hensley | Jan 3, 2014 | Campaign 2014, GOP Politics, Health Reform
Having worked on two of former GOP Senator Gordon Smith’s campaigns, and having spent a bit of time on the ground in Oregon, there’s no question incumbent Jeff Merkley has an advantage going into his 2014 reelection. Nevertheless, the incumbent’s...
by Gordon Hensley | Dec 27, 2013 | Campaign 2014
Along with President Obama’s broken promise regarding Americans’ ability to keep their health care plan comes the growing electoral problems for Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu — who ends 2013 on the run more than any other Senate Dem incumbent...
by Gordon Hensley | Dec 5, 2013 | advocacy, Campaign 2014
In a piece by Liz Wilner for the Cook Political Report, she reports: “In the 2014 midterm elections, outside groups are on track to account for a majority of all TV ad spending. In a recent talk for the association of local TV broadcasters, the University of San...
by Gordon Hensley | Nov 19, 2013 | Campaign 2014, CMS, health care, Health Reform
CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner, caught in the middle of the firestorm surrounding the Affordable Care Act (ACA) rollout debacle has, legitimately, been spared much of the blame. Tavenner retains much of the bipartisan support she had when the U.S. Senate confirmed...
by Gordon Hensley | Oct 26, 2013 | Campaign 2014, GOP Politics
As reported in today’s Washington Post, Tennessee Senator Lamar Alexander is taking on the tea party frontally in his re-election campaign, and it’s a smart formula that will work for him. While, on the one hand, he’s co-opting tea party...
by Gordon Hensley | Oct 4, 2013 | Campaign 2014
While it’s hardly an earth-shattering prediction, it’s still news: Charlie Cook told a National Journal member briefing this morning that while Democrats will use the Texas Governor’s race as a party building exercise, Wendy Davis is “going to...
