AZ-Sen: NBC News/Marist Poll Has Mark Kelly (D) Leading Martha McSally (R) 53-41

Some very good news today out of Arizona courtesy of NBC News/Marist’s recent poll: The NBC News/Marist poll released Sunday found Biden with 50 percent support among registered voters in Arizona, compared to … Read More

AZ-Sen: After Telling People To Wear Masks, McSally (R) Attends Event With No One Wearing A Mask

From Dan Desai Martin at The American Independent: Sen. Martha McSally (R. AZ), Rep. Paul Gosar (R. AZ) & Arizona Republican Party Chairwoman Kelli Ward Sen. Martha McSally (R-AZ) was … Read More

AZ-Sen: McSally (R) Busted Again For Featuring Another Person With GOP Ties In Health Care Ad

This is the second time she’s done this: x YouTube Video The camera pans across pictures of a woman in the hospital before Whitney from Queen Creek begins telling viewers … Read More

CO-Sen: John McCain's Vote To Save The ACA & Praise For Hickenlooper (D) Haunts Cory Gardner (R)

From The Colorado Times Recorder: Three years ago this month, after the downward-pointing thumb of John McCain put an end to the last of three Republican attempts to kill Obamacare, … Read More

AZ-Sen: New OH Predictive Insights Poll Has Mark Kelly (D) Leading Martha McSally (R) 52-43

Some good news today out of Arizona: Retired astronaut Mark Kelly (D) holds a 9-point lead over Sen. Martha McSally (R) in Arizona, a state critical to Democrats' hopes of reclaiming control … Read More

AZ & GA-Sen B: NYT, “Republican Senators in Arizona and Georgia Have a Problem: The Base”

From The New York Times: As Representative Doug Collins went booth to booth at a recent Republican jamboree in northeast Georgia’s Rabun County, he was a hero, not an insurgent. … Read More

AZ-Sen: Martha McSally (R), “Women in the military get pregnant to 'skirt' deployment”

From Salon: x YouTube Video Arizona Republican senator and former Air Force combat pilot Martha McSally once published an academic paper in which she said military servicewomen should be counseled … Read More

AZ-Sen: MSNBC, “McSally (R), Trump haunted by their records on pre-existing conditions”

She can’t stop getting caught lying: Sen. Martha McSally released a TV ad for her campaign in which she says, “Of course I will always protect those with preexisting conditions. … Read More

How Do We Get Out of this Racial Timeshare?

On November 4, 2008, Barack H. Obama, was elected the 44th  President of the United States, needless to say, he was the first black man or woman to hold that … Read More

NYT: Bush, Romney won't support Trump; Colin Powell will vote for Biden

To be sure, I am not a fan of George W. Bush, no matter how many candies he hands Michelle Obama. But if Bush was a big, jagged kidney stone … Read More

South Carolina's Hypocrisy On Matters of Sex: Strom Thurmond and Lindsey Graham Peas in a Pod.

Will possibly outting Lindsey Graham hurt his reelection chances this year?  My extremely jaded, cynical view says “No.”  It seems to be an open secret that Graham is gay, or … Read More

AZ-Sen: Fox News Poll Has Kelly (D) CrushingMcSally (R) 50-37, Biden Beating Trump 46-42

Some good news today out of Arizona courtesy of Fox News’ latest poll: Republicans are rightly concerned about Arizona. A new Fox News Poll finds the state shading blue — … Read More

This Isn't Just 1968; It's Also 2008

There have been a lot of commentators in the past few days comparing the present mess to 1968, when there was rioting in the streets of the assassinations of Martin … Read More

Economic cratering on the 2021 horizon as Goldilocks got the Stormy Daniels treatment by Trump

Continuing the Trump economy described initially as “just right” for a second term is more Red Riding Hood than Goldilocks. Where “what was originally a frightening oral tale became a … Read More

Trump wants to shut down Twitter and national economic forecasts … what a day!

Trump looks for another distraction using the Twitter fact-check of his misinformation, hunting for some lawfare disruption, even as he withholds economic forecasts. Can’t fact check anything like an economic … Read More

CO-Sen: “Cory Gardner’s political relationship with the president reads like a tawdry romance novel”

The Atlantic has a great piece about how U.S. Senator Cory Gardner’s (R. CO) loyalty to Trump is going to cost him big time this year: These days, Trump’s hold … Read More

The Daily Beast, “A Surprising Sign of a Democratic Revival in Ohio”

Michael Tomasky at The Daily Beast has a new piece out this week that talks about certain state that went to Trump but there are some very positive signs that … Read More

SC-Sen: More Of Lindsey Graham's (R) Donors Are Abandoning Him For Jaime Harrison (D)

Ouch: Wallace Lightsey, a Greenville attorney, is a self-described “moderate Republican” who has given money over the years to members of both parties. That includes $9,500 to U.S. Sen. Lindsey … Read More

NC, ME, CO, MT, KS, MA & AZ-Sen: Slate's The Surge Lists The 7 Races For Dems To Win The Senate

Received this e-mail today from Slate Magazine’s The Surge where they list the seven top U.S. Senate races that could help the Democrats win a Majority: 1. North Carolina Let’s … Read More

AZ-Sen: Martha McSally (R) To Arizona Cities, “The cavalry isn’t coming to help you”

Wow: Martha McSally has the solution for Arizona cities that have seen a gaping hole blown in their budgets because of the coronavirus pandemic: Sit tight and hope that the … Read More

A republican gets this right. Ridge calls SAH Protestors selfish and dishonoring vets.

http://www.inquirer.com/… http://www.usatoday.com/…  A very good read. Tom Ridge: Selfish protests against stay-at-home orders dishonor America’s veterans Tom Ridge, a combat Vietnam Veteran and member of the Bush Administration and the … Read More

AK & SC-Sen: Sabato's Crystal Ball Downgrades Both Races From “Safe GOP” To “Likely GOP”

Larry Sabato’s Crystal Ball just released their Senate predictions section. They are identifying Senate races in Arizona, Colorado, Maine and North Carolina as the top four toss up races moving … Read More

GA, MT, ME, AZ, CO, IA & NC-Sen: PFAW Increases It's Number Of Top GOP Targets To Defeat

Received this e-mail today from the People For the American Way: PFAW’s Take Back the Senate Fund has added THREE critical targets to our list of top 2020 Senate races: … Read More

NC-Sen: New SurveyUSA Poll Has Cal Cunningham (D) Beating Thom Tillis (R) 41-39

Some good news today out of North Carolina courtesy of SurveyUSA’s latest poll: Incumbent Republican United State Senator Thom Tillis today finishes 2 points behind Democrat Cal Cunningham in an … Read More

AZ-Sen: New OH Predictive Insights Poll Has Mark Kelly (D) Leading Martha McSally (R) 51-42

Some very good news today out of Arizona: Retired astronaut Mark Kelly leads Sen. Martha McSally (R) by 9 points in Arizona, one of the states at the heart of … Read More

New Poll Shows A 5 Point Race Between Biden & Trump In Utah

Some big news out of Utah today: President Donald Trump leads presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden by just 5 percentage points according to a new Utah Political Trends survey. The … Read More

Steve Schmidt: 'We've never seen a president more visibly failing hour by hour'

Yes, he foisted Sarah Palin on our national politics, which was a little like bringing an uncooked moose to a dinner party instead of a nice insouciant, oaky cabernet. But Steve Schmidt, … Read More

GOP strategist: 'We built this moment. And then we looked the other way'

This Washington Post op-ed from Stuart Stevens, an author and Republican political consultant, is the mother of all mea culpas. (He’s plugging a book, so maybe some of this will seem … Read More

ME-Sen: The New Republic, “How the Media Created the 'Moderate' Susan Collins (R)”

The New Republic has a new piece out about how the media is responsible for creating the myth that U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R. ME) is a “moderate”: To portray politics … Read More

AZ-Sen: New Momouth Poll Has Mark Kelly (D) Leading Martha McSally (R) 50-44

Some good news today out of Arizona courtesy of Monmouth University’s latest poll: Arizona’s Electoral College votes could be in play in November, according to a Monmouth (“Mon-muth”) University Poll of registered voters in … Read More

AZ-Sen: New OH Predictive Insights Poll Has Mark Kelly (D) Leading Martha McSally (R) 49-42

Some very good news today out of Arizona: Retired astronaut Mark Kelly (D) leads Sen. Martha McSally (R) in the race for an Arizona seat in the United States Senate, according to … Read More

It doesn't matter who wins the primary. Russia Again ! We have to stop this.

So when do we start interfering in Russian elections?   I know ..I know… we can’t do that but this crap is an act of war.  We are a soverign nation or … Read More

Is Arizona Ready to Turn Blue? The Numbers Look Promising

Last year, the state of Virginia culminated its transformation from one of the most Republican states to electing a Democratic controlled legislature for the first time in a generation. What will … Read More

BAM!, ZONK!, WHAM!

It may be irony, schadenfreude or coincidence but we are crossing paths at the intersection of politics and  Marvel or DC Comics.  We have a blustering Joker as Head of … Read More

'Asking Trump to understand morality is like asking a person born blind to understand color'

With all due respect to Pete Wehner, an evangelical Christian, former George W. Bush White House aide, and the author of the above quote, this analogy undersells Donald Trump’s depravity by a … Read More

A look back at the impeachment and conviction of Barack Obama

As President Trump’s legal team wrapped up its impeachment defense on Tuesday, all eyes turned to the issue of witnesses. But whether or not the mounting revelations surrounding former National … Read More

Top 3 Anti-Trump Books of 2020

Below are the most anticipated anti-Trump books of 2020 as of Jan 17th 2020 Donald Trump is unfit in almost every respect for the high office he holds. But what … Read More

AZ-Sen: New PPP Poll Has Mark Kelly (D) Beating Martha McSally (R) 46-42

Some big news today out of Arizona courtesy of PPP’s latest poll: x Kelly ahead of McSally 46-42 in this poll. #AZSen https://t.co/quLcUnFcU3— Jacob Smith (@jacobfhsmith) January 8, 2020 The … Read More

An accident waiting to happen…

Once is an accident, twice is a coincidence and three times is a trend.  My kids will tell you, and a few of my readers may remember me using this … Read More

Ex-GOP strategist Schmidt: Lindsey Graham is just a pilot fish who follows bigger fish around

We’ve all puzzled and puzzled till our puzzlers were sore about what the hell happened to Lindsey Graham. The guy who used to kind of make sense (at least compared to … Read More

Biden floats the idea of picking a Republican running mate

CBS News’s Bo Erickson is reporting that Joe Biden, one of over a dozen candidates seeking our party’s nomination, is open to the idea of picking a Republican to be … Read More

push-polling a “good economy” because Trump winery has a 750 barrel wine cave

Today was a weird day as the Trump campaign tried to accuse minority whip of advocating an IMPOTUS lynching, reminding us of the George W. Bush campaign's use of push polling to plant the idea … Read More

Kavanaugh Karnival returns as #LeningradLindsey and GOP whine about process

It’s more telling that Lindsey Graham actually believed the “Golden Showers” report in his first reading of the Steele Dossier, that the Russians had something on Trump. It’s still a … Read More

AZ-Sen: New OH Insights Poll Has Mark Kelly (D) Beating Martha McSally (R) 47-44

Here’s the latest news today out of Arizona: Retired astronaut Mark Kelly (D) leads Sen. Martha McSally (R) by a narrow 3-point margin in Arizona, a state critical to Democratic chances of … Read More

Texas may begin voting like California sooner than later

Recently, Dr. Anand Bhat visited Politics Done Right to discuss his research on Texas elections. He is an engaged medical doctor, activist, and blogger who loves numbers. Texas will be … Read More

The Steve Schmidt Rehabilitation Tour On MSNBC. I Do Not Welcome Him Back.

Here we have another indictment of the collapse and corruption of the mainstream Media:  the rehabiliation tour of Steve Schmidt on MSNBC.  While his friends in the Media are giving … Read More

GOP Panic: Graham challenger broke a fundraising record, and new poll shows 7-point gap.

Maybe Lindsey’s idea to convert himself into Trump’s boot licker wasn’t such a hot idea idea after all.  Although Lindsey Graham is still currently the favorite to win in this safe Trump … Read More

old Trump video returns because body-slamming media logos is what Individual-1 does

Apparently another primitive, yet violent video was reshown at a recent meeting of American Priorities at Trump’s Doral Resort. Sadly, Trump won’t be attending the WHCA dinner to show it, and … Read More

Let None Call It Treason

I’m seeing a lot of comments lately saying Trump committed treason; this needs to stop. When I was searching for an image for this diary, I saw all kinds of … Read More

Trump throws shade at Cokie Roberts on (checks notes) the day of her death

Don’t look for a bottom. There isn’t one. It’s just elephants’ assholes all the way down. Today, Trump was asked about the death of legendary journalist Cokie Roberts and, well, … Read More