Yesterday Nancy Pelosi was sworn in as Speaker of the House. I did not want to let this momentous occasion pass without a few brief words.Pelosi becomes the first Democratic speaker of the House since ...

Just in case you were worried...WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. Joe Lieberman, who won re-election as an independent, has a message for his Senate colleagues in the next Congress: Call me a Democrat.The three ...

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Democrats officially take the Senate, although realistically I was pretty sure this one was Webb's as soon as Webb took the lead late Tuesday night.New York Times Story on the Concession ...

In 1994, I was a young volunteer and activist working on a Congressional Campaign for Walter Capps. By the time the polls had closed on the West Coast at 8 pm, there was a new Speaker of the House--Ne ...

Yes Charlie Brown ended up losing to John Doolittle on Tuesday night, but from all accounts no one was acting like this was a loss. You see, Charlie Brown went toe-to-toe with an eight term incumbent ...

Dems control both houses for the first time since 1994.Link: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15620405/ ...

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld will step down. ...

Democratic Challenger Tester has won according to the AP. If there is a recount, with a 3100 vote lead at this point, it looks like Tester will win. And Webb looks good in Virginia with an 8000 vote l ...

Democrats have picked up 28 seats in the House to take control, with a possibility of perhaps two more. Democrats hold a slight 229 to something majoirty at the moment. A narrow advantage.Democrats ha ...

Democratic Pick ups:House: (+28)Ellsworth (IN-8)Yarmuth (KY-3)Donnelly (IN-2)Murphy (CT-5)Hodes (NH-2)Sestak (PA-7)Space (OH-18)Shuler (NC-11)Mahoney (FL-16)Carney (PA-10)Giffords (AZ-8)Klein (FL-22)H ...

In the style of the Daily Kos, I thought in honor of the election day tomorrow, I'd create a place where everyone can leave their election predictions. One suggestion, I know a lot of people like to l ...

It's almost election time, and the war of words has spilled over. You can tell when a race is close, by the heat of the rhetoric. You can tell who is feeling nervous and who is feeling confident by wh ...

Someone has sent me a copy of the Op-ed from Thursday in California Aggie that attacks Charlie Brown and Jerry McNerney for failing to show up at a UC Davis campus event. The op-ed piece is filled wit ...