DEMOCRATS MIDTERM ELECTIONS

POLITICS
What the Democrats Need to Do to Avoid Another Bad Result in 2016
By Jeff Santos, Contributor
Nationally syndicated talk show host, Revolution Radio Network
Maybe just maybe the Democrats can save themselves and find a strategy to win in 2016.
POLITICS
DCCC Chair Steve Israel To Step Down
By Sam Levine
POLITICS
Democrats, Meet the Minimum-Wage Movement
By Richard (RJ) Eskow, Contributor
Host, The Zero Hour; Sr. Fellow, Campaign for America's Future
If the minimum wage had kept pace with increases in productivity since 1968, it would be $21.72. Instead, corporations and wealthy individuals have kept those gains for themselves.
POLITICS
Former Goldman Sachs VP Named Dems' Finance Chair
By Chelsea Kiene
WORLDPOST
Could Defeat For Democrats Be Good For The World?
POLITICS
Full Speed Ahead! (The Chasm Be Damned)!
By R.O. Blechman, Contributor
Animator, illustrator
POLITICS
The Close Races in the House
By Mike Lux, Contributor
President at Mike Lux Media
The traditional media loves to create sweeping narratives about elections. But little things like who actually controls Congress are decided by narrower margins than the sweeping-narrative writers like to admit.
POLITICS
The Scariest Words in the English Language: "Speaker Boehner" and "Majority Leader McConnell"
By Miles Mogulescu, Contributor
Entertainment attorney, producer, writer and political activist
Whatever the shortcomings of Obama and the Congressional Democrats, anything is better than Republicans in power. If they're as successful as predicted, the country and the world will be far worse off Wednesday morning.
POLITICS
Does Anti-Reid Obit Foretell Dem Demise?
By Michael L. Millenson, Contributor
Writer, consultant and analyst
COMEDY
New Rule: Christine O'Donnell Has to Stop Saying "I'm You" in Her Campaign Ads
By Bill Maher, Contributor
Host of HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher"
New Rule: Christine O'Donnell has to stop saying, "I'm you" in her campaign ads. It doesn't get truer the more you say it. Because it's not a spell.
POLITICS
How Much Are Tea Party Candidates Hurting the GOP?
By Brendan Nyhan, Contributor
Assistant Professor of Government at Dartmouth College
Despite the influence of the Tea Party movement, the GOP actually has more House candidates who have previously held elected office running for open seats than the Democrats do.
POLITICS
Democrats Served Two Helpings Of Bad News With Two New Polls
By Nick Wing
POLITICS
What Created the Populist Explosion and How Democrats Can Avoid the Shrapnel in November
By Drew Westen, Contributor
Professor, Departments of Psychology and Psychiatry at Emory U...
Republicans are running Tea Party candidates who are so far to the right you can't see Middle America from their porch. Some endangered Democrats will likely see victory in November from theirs if they understand the public mood and speak to it.
POLITICS
The Best Hope Democrats Have Is Republican Chaos
By Byron Williams, Contributor
Columnist, author, and theologian
It would seem bad news abounds for the Democrats' midterm fortunes this year. In fact, I can think of only one reason for Democrats to be hopeful: the internal chaos within the Republican Party.
POLITICS
Democrats Demand GOP Candidates And Incumbents Take A Stand On Tea Party Caucus
By Elyse Siegel
POLITICS
Democrats' 2010 Strategy: Republican Party, Tea Party Are 'One And The Same' (VIDEO)
By Elyse Siegel
POLITICS
David Plouffe: Prospect Of Republican Takeover 'Will Help Us With Turnout,' 'Enthusiasm Gap'
POLITICS
Less Than Six Months Before the Next Election
By Leo Hindery, Jr., Contributor
Co-chair of the Task Force on Jobs Creation
Yes, it's less than six months before the next election, but if Obama will quickly take action with the same conviction and tenacity with which he gave us health care reform, then voters will have their faith reaffirmed that he and his administration care deeply about and will diligently work to alleviate the plight of America's workers and the middle class. With that, voters' concerns, and in some cases their outright disappointment, about what the new administration should have tackled first will recede. It will sweep away the cloud that is hanging over far too many able Democratic incumbents and preserve the Democratic majorities in Congress.
POLITICS
Forty Percent Of Democrats Say They 'Probably Won't Vote' Next Year: Poll
By Elyse Siegel
POLITICS
Dems In 2010 Have To Fight Hard, Win Ugly: Strategists