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GOP Feuds Over Senate Losses

Rob Quinn — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 04:24:14 CDT

While their counterparts in the House are celebrating a historic win, Senate Republicans are pointing fingers over their failure to recapture the chamber. Some prominent senators and party operatives blame Sarah Palin and South Carolina's Jim DeMint for helping candidates too conservative to win gain the GOP nominations in Colorado,...

Flip-Flopping Steele Backed Lott in '02

Harry Kimball — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:20:29 CST

If Michael Steele truly thinks Harry Reid’s current situation is similar to Trent Lott’s, he should be pushing for Reid to stay as Senate majority leader. But since he’s not, he’s flip-flopping, Mike Allen writes in Politico . In 2002, Maryland's newly elected lieutenant governor weighed in on Lott’s plight, and...

Reid Won't Be Ousted Over 'Negro' Remark

Kevin Spak — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 10:13:36 CST

Harry Reid won’t heed Republican calls to step down as majority leader following the revelation that he used some decidedly politically incorrect language to talk about Barack Obama. Reid feels he’s shored up support on the left, senior advisers tell Politico , meaning he can depict the attack launched by Michael...

It's Not Reid Who Needs to Apologize—It's Steele

Caroline Miller — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 07:20:00 CST

OK, using the term Negro was seriously last century, writes Sandy Banks, but Harry Reid didn't say anything bigoted or anything African Americans don't know to be true when he essentially said if "you're black, it is easier in this country to be light-skinned." He apologized for offending African Americans,...

RNC's Steele to Reid: Step Down

Polly Davis Doig — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 10:09:35 CST

Harry Reid has put his foot squarely in his mouth with quotes about President Obama's lack of "Negro dialect," and Michael Steele would like him to take it out long enough to say, "I quit." "Remember this is a leader who only a few weeks ago was using the context...

Senate Seats Most Likely to Flip (Only 1 to GOP)

Jonas Oransky — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:51:14 CDT

The GOP's best case-scenario sees the party losing only three Senate seats this fall. Washington Post blogger Chris Cillizza runs down the races most likely to flip a vote: Mississippi: Trent Lott replacement Roger Wicker has never been elected statewide, and Barack Obama's coattails should draw in the large black...

Democrat Nabs Unlikely Miss. House Seat

Kevin Spak — Wed, 14 May 2008 07:36:46 CDT

Democrats scored a shocking upset last night, nabbing a House seat in a deeply conservative Mississippi district. Democrat Travis Childers prevailed 54% to 46% in the special election, Politico reports, soundly overcoming a nearly $2 million GOP campaign. Coming from a county that threw Bush 62% of its support in...

In Surprising Turn, Scruggs Pleads Guilty

Nick McMaster — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 13:45:00 CDT

Dickie Scruggs, one of the nation's top class-action attorneys, entered a surprise guilty plea today in Jackson, Miss., to charges of conspiracy to bribe a judge, the Clarion-Ledger reports. Federal prosecutors said they would recommend 5 years in prison for Scruggs, who also faces a $250,000 fine. He pleaded...

Wicker Will Step Into Lott's Shoes

Rob Quinn — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 04:00:11 CST

Mississippi's governor has chosen Rep. Roger Wicker, a conservative Republican, to take Trent Lott's vacant seat in the US Senate until a special election can be called, the Jackson Clarion-Ledger reports. After 35 years, Lott quit this month, a year into his 6-year term. The timing of the special election...