Since we won’t have the late, great Tim Russert to guide us in reading the tea leaves on Election Night, here are three things to watch for as you try to guess whether donkeys or elephants will run the halls of Congress next year. 1. Whither goes New York and Pennsylvania? Four upstate New York [...]
Lost amid all the hubbub of higher profile Senate and Gubernatorial primary races last week was a come-from-behind victory in a little-noticed Southern Congressional race that illustrates an important trend—and opportunity—in the realm of credit union political action. In Georgia’s 7th Congressional District, the Republican primary in July to replace retiring U.S. Rep. John Linder [...]
What are this year’s Midterm Elections about? Well, it depends on whom you ask. Ask Republican Congressional candidate John Doe, and the answer will be something like this: “I’m running against Congresswoman Mary Smith, who has been lockstep with President Obama, Nancy Pelosi and Congressional Democrats. In the middle of a recession and rising unemployment, [...]
Primary election season is in full swing, and for those of us who follow politics for a living, 2010 is shaping up to be an odd year indeed. There are a lot of fascinating story lines, but one trend is apparent across states and districts so far: the voters are angry. And not just at [...]
With the power Congress holds over our industry’s future, it is no wonder that credit unions across the country are paying close attention to this fall’s midterm elections, in which all 435 U.S. House seats and 36 U.S. Senate seats will be up for grabs. Indeed, the political junkies among us are salivating over the [...]
