March 2013
By Eric Ostermeier on March 29, 2013
When Don Young was 18 years old, President Truman used the term "wetbacks" in a written message to Congress.
By Eric Ostermeier on March 29, 2013
Republicans are eying to control all partisan statewide elected offices in the Mount Rushmore State for the first time since 1962.
By Eric Ostermeier on March 27, 2013
At 26+ years and counting, Senator Tim Johnson has already eclipsed Tom Daschle but will fall six years short of the Mount Rushmore State's all-time record set by Karl Mundt.
By Eric Ostermeier on March 26, 2013
Hillary and Joe are ranked 1-2 in eight of 11 outlets under analysis with Andrew Cuomo solidly in third.
By Eric Ostermeier on March 25, 2013
Twenty-three GOPers have been listed as 2016 contenders across a dozen media outlets; only two candidates appear on all 12 lists (Rubio and Christie).
By Eric Ostermeier on March 21, 2013
Incumbent DFL U.S. Representatives have faced primary challengers only 30 percent of the time in party history; Ellison has faced at least one every cycle.
By Eric Ostermeier on March 20, 2013
Only 17 House freshmen have been elected to the Senate over the last century, and just two in the last 40 years.
By Eric Ostermeier on March 19, 2013
The state with the lowest level of voter support for Democratic gubernatorial candidates in the 20th and 21st Centuries is...Minnesota?
By Eric Ostermeier on March 18, 2013
New Mexico's races have been the most narrowly decided followed by Indiana and Ohio; Illinois captures top honors since the Reagan Revolution with Rhode Island the one to watch since the Republican Revolution.
By Eric Ostermeier on March 15, 2013
Laura Bush receives a 29 percent longer write-up than any other First Lady on the White House website's official bio pages.
By Eric Ostermeier on March 14, 2013
Herbert Hoover was president the last time Democrats won a Senate race in Kansas; Nixon was in his second year in office when Democrats last won Wyoming and Utah.
By Eric Ostermeier on March 12, 2013
It has been a combined 141 years since the GOP won a U.S. Senate race in West Virginia (1956), Hawaii (1970), and New Jersey (1972).
By Eric Ostermeier on March 11, 2013
Twenty percent of Republicans on the Hill incorporate "debt clocks" on their official congressional websites, compared to just one Democrat; GOPers also feature clocks related to the Keystone Pipeline, gas prices, and Raúl Castro.
By Eric Ostermeier on March 7, 2013
Bernie Sanders' daily fundraising tally increased by 61-fold for the fortnight after his December 10, 2010 eight-and-a-half hour speech.
By Eric Ostermeier on March 6, 2013
House Democrats release 31 percent more press statements per member than Republicans; GOPer Illeana Ros-Lehtinen ranks #1 but Democrats hold 11 of the Top 15 spots.
By Eric Ostermeier on March 4, 2013
On a recent episode of Jeopardy!, none of the contestants could identify the state from which Coleman served as U.S. Senator and mayor - but had no problem with Loretta Sanchez, Jim Webb, Arlen Specter, or Michael Bloomberg.
By Eric Ostermeier on March 3, 2013
Did the president hint at his potential career ambition of becoming a Supreme Court justice during a recent news conference?
By Eric Ostermeier on March 1, 2013
For the last nine gubernatorial elections since 1977 Virginians have voted into office a governor from the opposing party of the sitting president.
