Hong Kong Democrat Leader: Gov #39;t Has Two Choices
Hong Kong Democrat Leader: Gov #39;t Has Two Choices.
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Concealed Carrying Democrat Lawmaker Exchanges Fire With Armed Robber
Pennsylvania state Rep. Marty Harris (D) opened fire on an armed group trying to rob him and a colleague last night. Nobody was harmed, the legislators were able to escape their attackers,...
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Democrat Irv Halter
Irv Halter, the Democratic candidate for Colorados 5th Congressional District, will likely debate a chicken on Thursday.
The outlandish notion is the latest attempt to get Republican Congressman Doug Lamborn to debate the retired Air Force general. A political-action committee called Colorado Springs Citizens For A Congressman Who Wont Chicken Out is scheduled to host a debate at the Colorado Springs Penrose Library Thursday. Members of the committee have been going around the city dressed in chicken suits handing out leaflets imploring Lamborn to debate Halter. The committee even showed up at the Colorado Springs city council meeting Tuesday.
According to a press release, if Lamborn doesnt show up to the debate, a trained chicken will take his place.
Lamborn has declined Halters challenge to a debate since besting Bentley Rayburn in the GOP primary in June. Lamborns campaign spokesman Jarred Rego told The Gazette the congressman has no desire to provide Halter with a platform to spread his deceptive rhetoric and uncivil tone.
Lamborns refusal to debate has come under heavy fire from Halter, El Paso County Democratic Party Chair Kathleen Ricker, and now the political action committee is the latest to urge Lamborn to debate.
As the race for the Colorado Springs seat nears the homestretch, Halter has continued to outpace the incumbent congressman according to Federal Election Commission records.
U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn (Bloomberg)
Lamborn raised $91,806.09 in the third quarter of 2014. The amount brings Lamborns total cash on hand to $171,428.77 with $100,000 of that number coming from a loan from Lamborns personal funds. The congressman loaned the money March 31.
Halter by contrast raised $191,617.55 raised with $363,425.38 cash on hand. Halter has outpaced Lamborn in fundraising throughout the entire year. Though the massive discrepancy between the funds in each camp can be attributed to Lamborn spending $150,000 in the primary. Halter ran unopposed.
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Democrat Irv Halter will likely debate a chicken Thursday
The two words Republican Sen. Pat Roberts wanted Kansans to remember from his Wednesday night debate against Greg Orman were "liberal Democrat."
"Kansans know they have a choice to make. They can make a choice between a trusted conservative Republican with integrity or my opponent, who is a liberal Democrat who still wont shoot straight," Roberts, who's running for his fourth term, said at the outset of the debate.
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The Kansas Republican tells CBS News congressional correspondent Nancy Cordes that if he wins in November against independent candidate Greg Orma...
Faced with an unexpectedly robust challenge from Orman, a businessman running as an independent, Roberts is doing everything he can to convince voters that Orman isn't really an independent by tying him to President Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada. Only a vote in his favor would result in a Republican majority, he argued.
"[Orman] ran against me as a Democrat in 2008 and he gave contributions, $174,000 to Hillary Clinton, to Barack Obama, and yes, even Harry Reid," Roberts said. "By deed and by word and by campaign contribution he cannot stand up to the Reid-Obama agenda."
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Greg Orman, an independent Senate candidate from Kansas, tells CBS News' Nancy Cordes how he'll decide which party to caucus with if he wins.
That's the argument Roberts has made for weeks, although Orman hasn't made it easy to prove: he refuses to say which party he would caucus with if elected to the Senate, and says that both parties are responsible for the gridlock in Washington. But he did accuse Roberts of "making up facts" about his political donations.
"Tonight, Senator Roberts is going to tell you that President Obama and Harry Reid are the reason Washington's such a mess and you know what? He's half right," Orman said before Roberts even launched the first attack.
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Sen. Mary Landrieu greets candidates Rep. Bill Cassidy (left) and Rob Maness after Tuesday's debate. Most observers don't see how Landrieu can pull enough support to avoid a runoff in the state's open primary. Gerald Herbert/AP hide caption
Sen. Mary Landrieu greets candidates Rep. Bill Cassidy (left) and Rob Maness after Tuesday's debate. Most observers don't see how Landrieu can pull enough support to avoid a runoff in the state's open primary.
Listening to Sen. Mary Landrieu's opponents, you might think President Obama was up for re-election. Tuesday night in Shreveport, the three candidates faced off in a debate for the first time.
Democrat Landrieu is waging hard-fought battle for re-election in a race that could help decide which party has control of the U.S. Senate. Republican Rep. Bill Cassidy and a Tea Party candidate, Rob Maness, are her main challengers in Louisiana's open primary on Nov. 4.
At the debate, whether the question was about fighting terrorism or curtailing student debt, Cassidy managed to tie Landrieu to the nation's top Democrat and her vote for his signature health care plan.
"We need a better economy than the Obama and the Obamacare economy. Sen. Landrieu, when she voted for Obamacare essential vote in a sense put a wet blanket over that economy," he said.
Cassidy is a physician from Baton Rouge, and is Landrieu's top challenger. He wants to repeal the Affordable Care Act, which he claims is costing consumers. "Clearly this is the unaffordable health care act," he said.
Landrieu defends her vote for the law, but says it needs some tweaks. The three-term incumbent Democrat would rather talk about positions that distinguish her from the president her support for the Keystone pipeline, and for expanding domestic energy production, for instance and that are popular in a state where the oil and gas industry dominates.
Landrieu, chair of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, wants to make the race more about how her seniority can help the state.
"While President Obama is not on the ballot, the future of Louisiana is, and electing a senator that can get the job done when it comes to energy, building a middle class in our country and in Louisiana. Using my influence and my clout, which is really the people's influence and the people's clout in Louisiana," she said.
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In Increasingly Red Louisiana, Democrat Landrieu Struggles To Hold On