It is now official, the Democrats will take control of the House in the 2018 midterms, and the Republicans will hold the Senate. We reported earlier that Fox News had called the House it for the Democrats, but now MSNBC has officially called it too. Just minutes ago, MSNBC also ...read more
Texas, the second-biggest state in the nation, is a tantalizing brass ring for Democrats. It has not voted for a Democratic President since Jimmy Carter in 1976 and has not elected a Democrat to statewide office since 1994. Its heavy Latino population makes it one of five ...read more
After Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation, I decided to channel my anger into activism, vowing that for every day from now until the election I would either canvas or phone bank for Democrats and if I couldn't do either of those things, I would just give $5.00 to a candidate I like. ...read more
The Donald Trump/Ted Cruz rally we saw on Monday night in Houston would have been inconceivable two years ago. But it happened, and so did the apex of Ted Cruz’s agonizingly long public humiliation.At the 2016 Republican National Convention, Cruz took a gamble. Like Mitt Romney, ...read more
Yesterday, NBC News ran a story that threatened to send fervent election-watchers into a downward spiral. Using data provided by TargetSmart, reporter Adam Edelman and the NBC News Data Analytics Lab said that Republicans were outpacing Democrats in early voting, which is now ...read more
Beto O'Rourke has turned out to be one of the most inspiring political candidates in 2018. The fresh faced Texan is dynamic, charismatic, and giving incumbent Senator Ted Cruz all he can handle in Texas. His ability to compete the deep red state is a testament to his ability to ...read more
Lost in last week's roar of Kavanaugh news was a warning sign of the blue wave coming to annihilate Republicans a little over a month from now:The Texas voter rolls have grown to 15.6 million people, a new record, and a jump of 1.6 million since the last time Texas held a midterm ...read more
There are only three areas of bipartisan consensus in America anymore: the sun is hot, water is wet, and Ted Cruz is a terrible person. Democrats have hated him since he was elected Senator in 2012, and Republicans haven't been much nicer - as Lindsey Graham said, "if you killed ...read more
The fight for control of the Senate is still up in the air with Democrats gaining ground every day that Trump and the GOP continue to be the most corrupt ruling administration in American history. Considering the Senate should have been an easy win for Republicans, this is bad ...read more