by Gordon Hensley | Oct 21, 2014 | Campaign 2014, GOP Politics, health care, Health Reform, Medicaid funding, Uncategorized
Ohio GOP Governor John Kasich is taking heat for saying that Obamacare will not be repealed, even if the GOP takes the Senate (it will) on election day. The truth is that Kasich is right: nine GOP governors have already expanded Medicaid for their low income residents...
by Gordon Hensley | Oct 2, 2014 | Campaign 2014, GOP Politics, Uncategorized
Cory Gardner is running one of the best GOP U.S. Senate races in the country — if not THE best. And his most recent ad saying Mark Udall’s a “real nice guy” is a terrific spot that appears positive on its face but then manages to gut Udall by...
by Gordon Hensley | Sep 6, 2014 | Campaign 2014, GOP Politics
Kansas GOP Senator Pat Roberts has a challenging race — lets establish that as a fact. But at the end of the day he will win. In campaigns, especially, things are generally never as ‘bad’ as they first appear nor as ‘good’ as they first...
by Gordon Hensley | Jul 23, 2014 | Campaign 2014, GOP Politics
In what Chris Cillizza of the Washington Post accurately characterized as a “mild surprise,” David Perdue’s win over U.S. Rep. Jack Kingston in the Georgia GOP Senate run-off will make it even harder for Democrat Michelle Nunn to win the seat —...
by Gordon Hensley | Jun 30, 2014 | Campaign 2014, GOP Politics
In the span of just hours, the national tea party community went from rubbing their collective hands in anticipatory glee about the certain defeat of incumbent Mississippi Sen. Thad Cochran, to wringing their hands in unbridled frustration that GOP challenger Chris...
by Gordon Hensley | Jun 12, 2014 | Campaign 2014, GOP Politics, polling
In an interview with The Hill, Eric Cantor’s top campaign aide Ray Allen said Democrats are to blame for the defeat — Democrats who crossed over to meddle in the GOP primary. That’s a far-fetched explanation, and simply not credible as a sole-source...
