Beginning of annan opportunity in congress with a new perspective shaped by the lives that have touched mine and our campaign throughout these last three months to bring that promise of america to all americans. the californian u.s. congressman decided to end his plans. he said his campaign was unable to gain the attention or raise the money it needed to stay in the race. meanwhile on twitter several of his competitors including joe biden and kamala harris applauded his 2020 bid and work for gun safety reform. swalwell will now run for re-election for his house seat for what he is expected to face a tough primary challenger. swalwell is out but elizabeth warren is maintaining her status, hitting her stride with first-time donors, her campaign reported yesterday. in an email to donors she
To find a new primary challenger for house speaker john boehner. of course it s important to remember here that being the house speaker brings with it a tremendous amount of pow are and some of that power can be traps lated right back to your district. so many of his constituents back home may be frustrated with the speak, but it doesn t mean they will be ready to oust him in 2014. i think will is definitely a wait and see sort of promotion. and this may be more of a press than apactual serious challenge. your thought, rebecca? how big a threat does the tea par party we ve heard the chamber of commerce saying it will be redoubling its efforts to work on behalf of prohibition establishment republican, protecting them from tea party challengers. so you re being seeing a little bets of the jockeying now as 2014 develops. john boehner, if there is any question as to what will happen to him, i don t think he s
Like they ll try to settle this blood fuel between senator mcconnell and jim demint right here in kentucky. the mcconnell poll numbers, right now whether he s polling versus bevin, his primary challenger, or polling versus his democratic challenger aren t great. and he has the highest profile you can possibly have in the senate. and i m wondering why he thinks pushing hard is going to be pushing effectively. what s the battle plan? well, that was my first question as well, when mitch mcconnell unleashed this really withering attack last week on matt bevin, my first response was, wow, this will backfire. he will make matt bevin if bevin can t make himself a candidate. i think that while it looks like senator mcconnell is operating from a position of weakness, and i agree, those poll numbers are anemic at best, but he s sort of feels like he s got the moxie, he s got the blood and guts to really sort of take on the matt bevins of the world, the senate conservative fund. and he s the
War with these groups like the senate conservative fund, like heritage action, and it looks like they ll try to settle this blood fuel between senator mcconnell and jim demint right here in kentucky. the mcconnell poll numbers, right now whether he s polling versus bevin, his primary challenger, or polling versus his democratic challenger aren t great. and he has the highest profile you can possibly have in the senate. and i m wondering why he thinks pushing hard is going to be pushing effectively. what s the battle plan? well, that was my first question as well, when mitch mcconnell unleashed this really withering attack last week on matt bevin, my first response was, wow, this will backfire. he will make matt bevin if bevin can t make himself a candidate. i think that while it looks like senator mcconnell is operating from a position of weakness, and i agree, those poll numbers are anemic at best, but he s sort of feels like he s got the moxie, he s got the blood and guts to real
He may be the most threatened incumbent of all out of that whole list. no, there s no question about it. and it s hard not to see mitch mcconnell s fingerprints on this change from senator cruz. i know that you mentioned the civil war at the top of your show. well, the civil war in the republican party is coming here to kentucky. we just can t seem to avoid being in the middle of these things. i know that senator mcconnell, after it have shutdown was over, reached out to the rest of the senate republican conference, one by one, as long as their last names weren t lee or cruz, and went through and steeled them, sort of, for the battle ahead. mitch mcconnell has decided he wants matt bevin, his primary challenger, to serve as sort of a proxy opponent, as he goes to war with these groups like the senate conservative fund, like heritage action, and it looks like they ll try to settle this blood fuel between senator mcconnell and jim demint right here in kentucky. the mcconnell poll num