
Independents fuel GOP victories in Va., N.J.
McDonnell, Christie lead party momentum
The independent voters who powered President Obama and Democrats to victory in 2008 fled to Republicans in Tuesday's elections.


The independent voters who powered President Obama and Democrats to victory in 2008 fled to Republicans in Tuesday's elections.

"Tea party" activists say Tuesday's elections show that the Republican Party needs conservatives for victory, but the results suggest solidarity is more important: unified Republicans steamrolled in Virginia, while they fractured in New York and ... Continue reading »

Former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee said Wednesday that his party's election victories was no off-year fluke and that congressional Democrats face more losses because voters are increasingly dissatisfied with how Democrats are running the ... Continue reading »

Voters in the northeastern state of Maine repealed a state law that would have allowed same-sex couples to wed, dealing the gay rights movement a heartbreaking defeat in the corner of the country most supportive ... Continue reading »
Top Democrats predicted that the backlash against the Republican Party in a New York congressional election Tuesday marked the start of a wave that will continue in key 2010 Senate races, saying they think independent ... Continue reading »

At the exact minute polls closed in Virginia -- 7 p.m. -- the first song of the night came on the loudspeakers in a completely empty ballroom at the Westin Hotel, where not one supporter ... Continue reading »

NOV 03, 2009
Elephants are supposed to have long memories, but not all do. The royal household in ...