Old guy covering a Hill. Current: The Washington Sun. Formerly: WashPost, Roll Call. Forever: Philly sports, Springsteen and Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens.
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Evangelical organizers worry that the Republican Party's campaigning has overlooked conservative Christians.
Lack of an authentic message + disappointment with admin's abortion policies has some concerned it'll affect turnout.
Full story in thread:
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ICYMI: An unpublished federal document obtained by @nicolebelcastro of @washingtonsun sheds light of Kimberly Guilfoyle’s personal finances — including her debts.
Here’s what we discovered: washingtonsun.com/influence/…
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I wrote this 3 years ago today, when Rs picked a guy so little known that a Google search of his name yielded a retired NHL player, a Toyota car dealer in NC, a country music steel guitarist. But not @SpeakerJohnson …
He’s covered “over” bet on how long he’d last in job …
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… link to my Oct 25, 2023 column:
washingtonpost.com/politics/…
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In a year when Democratic candidates arguing for new generation of progressives to take the reins two older Democrats in Ohio argue for "fighting blood" not "new blood" from @pkcapitol washingtonsun.com/campaigns/…
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The people that hold Congress together are the Laura Lytle’s of the world. Not high profiles but doing critically important jobs so rest of us can function. Here’s a tribute to her as told through her good friend Joe Keenan. Full interview here:
piped.video/watch?v=pgM9MkIM…
Joe Keenan remembers his friend and successor Laura Lytle, who directed the Senate Daily Press Gallery. He says she was funny, brilliant and the kind of coworker who could solve any problem.
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Dems have two old-timers running in Ohio when the public mood is yet again change. But Sherrod Brown and Marcy Kaptur have been doing the new change thing — blue-collar populism — since Reagan had two more years in his term. @pkcapitol takes a look. washingtonsun.com/campaigns/…
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No one has walked the walk on worker issues like @SherrodBrown @Marcy_Kaptur - Dems are rushing to embrace their ethos.
Yet their legitimacy (more than 75 years in Congress pushing agenda) could be their kryptonite.
My @washingtonsun column ...
washingtonsun.com/campaigns/…
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Supporters in OH told me age & tenure in Washington doesn't matter.
Their mantra: "We need fighting blood", not "new blood."
Brown & Kaptur have fought that fight. Now the issue is whether Rs unyielding ads about how old they are will turn voters away.
washingtonsun.com/campaigns/…
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Dick Durbin is one of the GOATs. @pkcapitol profiles the retiring Senator. washingtonsun.com/congress/d…
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Retiring after 44 year career on the Hill Sen Durbin tells @pkcapitol he wants to walk out front door instead of being carried out the back - also talks about early battle he won to ban smoking on planes - washingtonsun.com/congress/d…
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If you’re not into reading, you can watch the full Durbin podcast exit interview here. It’s an interesting ride.
washingtonsun.com/podcast
Read @pkcapitol on Durbin, the longest serving party whip in Senate history, who wanted to end his career walking out the front door "rather than be carried out the back.”
On Harry Reid going nuclear:
“He was warned ahead of time there would be retribution. It all occurred and we’re still suffering from that."
And on why Dems shouldn't follow McConnell rule on SCOTUS: washingtonsun.com/congress/d…
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Scoop - House Majority PAC begging donors for more cash, per private memo, as it looks to expand the map.
Memo has polling from 13 districts that Trump won by 8 to 21 percentage points in 2024.
All races within MOE, Ds up in half.
On the map shifts:
washingtonsun.com/campaigns/…
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I think we all need a reset on what a wave/tsunami looks like in 2026.
If Dems net 20 seats, that’s half as many as they flipped in the 2018 blue wave, but would still tie their final margin from 8 years ago. Dems start this midterm with a much higher floor.
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Yesterday was the 25th anniversary of the first anthrax letter being opened in Hart Senate Office Building.
Like has happened across the country, my Minnesota office was sent a letter containing a suspicious substance, and we were promptly notified by the Capitol Police and postal inspectors. Thanks to the postal workers and investigators who identified and intercepted it, no one in our office was in immediate danger. We’re grateful to everyone involved for their quick response and we will continue working closely with law enforcement as the investigation continues.
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Tom Daschle literally just wrote a WSJ oped about the anniversary:
wsj.com/opinion/a-deadly-let…
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