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McConnell told reporters on Tuesday the GOP should proceed with caution in goading Sanders’ supporters and assuming the socialist senator leading the ticket would make it easier for the GOP to maintain a majority in the Senate. The Senate majority leader compared the situation to Democrats dismissing former President Ronald Reagan in 1980. … [Read more...] about Mitch McConnell Warns GOP: It ‘May Be a Bit Foolish’ to Dismiss Bernie Sanders as Easiest to Beat

The group's campaign manager Dennis Lennox acknowledged that it’s a “communication challenge” to distinguish their movement from the Democratic push by Sens. Elizabeth WarrenElizabeth Ann WarrenWinners and losers from the South Carolina debate Five takeaways from the Democratic debate Sanders most searched, most tweeted about candidate during Democratic debate MORE (D-Mass.) and Bernie SandersBernie SandersWinners and losers from the South Carolina debate Five takeaways from the Democratic debate Sanders most searched, most tweeted about candidate during Democratic debate MORE (I-Vt.) to completely abolish the Electoral College. … [Read more...] about Push for national popular vote movement gets boost from conservatives

But among those challenging Loeffler in a Nov. 3 special election is Rep. Doug Collins, a four-term congressman popular with the GOP's conservative base. Collins, 53, who makes frequent appearances on the right-leaning Fox News Channel, was one of Trump's fiercest defenders during the impeachment fight as the top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, and he's portraying himself as more conservative and loyal to Trump than Loeffler is. … [Read more...] about Fight by 2 Republicans for Georgia Senate seat unnerves GOP

Political observers differ as to whether Strange, who has looked like a dead man walking during the entire special-election campaign, is salvageable. But there is little question that Big Luther’s doom would be assured without Trump, despite his lavish backing from McConnell and the Alabama business community. And it’s not like the president had to do any of this: Even after he tweeted an endorsement of Strange, he could have walked away as his close friends at Breitbart and former aides Stephen Bannon and Sebastian Gorka worked to take down McConnell a few notches by sending him the grim theocrat Moore as a new and abrasive member of his caucus. … [Read more...] about So Much for the ‘Bipartisan’ Trump: He’s the Congressional GOP’s Best Friend Again

Schiff strenuously denies accusations by Trump and congressional Republicans that he or other House Intelligence Committee Democrats have ever leaked classified information. But these claims are hard to take seriously given efforts since 2017 by Schiff and other Democratic intelligence committee members to weaponize intelligence to hurt Trump politically, including frequent committee leaks to the press. … [Read more...] about Fred Fleitz: Trump should stop sharing sensitive intelligence with leaker Adam Schiff