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Derrick Van Orden and a Brief Electoral History of Wisconsin Freshman US Reps

Doug Mastriano Eyes Unusual US Senate Bid in Pennsylvania

Democrats and Republicans Have Record US Senate Winning Streaks in 26 States

Jay Inslee: Moving Up the Ranks

A Record Out of Reach? Dianne Feinstein to Retire with Most Votes in US Senate Electoral History

I Can’t Quit You: Omar, Swalwell, Schiff Still Identify As Serving On Foreign Affairs, Intelligence Committees

Budget and taxes

Clockwatchers: Capitol Hill Republicans Showcase ‘Debt Clocks’ on Websites

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | March 11, 2013 | 2

Twenty percent of Republicans on the Hill incorporate “debt clocks” on their official congressional websites, compared to just one Democrat; GOPers also feature clocks related to the Keystone Pipeline, gas prices, and Raúl Castro.

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Forerunners of the Fiscal Cliff

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | November 27, 2012 | 0

Chuck Grassley, Jeff Flake, Jim DeMint, and Kent Conrad have warned about budgetary fiscal cliffs for years.

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From Bowles-Simpson to Simpson-Bowles: Or, the Evolution of Co-Chair Billing

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | September 27, 2012 | 0

Alan Simpson has received top billing in 75 percent of media coverage of the debt commission this year after playing second banana to his fellow co-chair in 2010.

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GOPer Bills Would Engage Grover Norquist in “Verbal or Physical Confrontation” Over Taxes

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | September 18, 2012 | 0

A champion of the ‘great compromise,’ Minnesota’s GOP U.S. Senate nominee is open to tax increases and vows, “I don’t care if I have to have a verbal or physical confrontation with Grover Norquist.”

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Through the Dark-Colored Lenses of Mark Dayton

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | September 13, 2012 | 2

“Death,” “dead end,” “decline” and “grim future” were but a few of the words and phrases Minnesota’s governor used to frame the problems of his state and country.

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Did Ozzy Osbourne Make the First “Satan Sandwich?”

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | August 1, 2011 | 2

Emmanuel Cleaver was not the first public figure to use this devilish metaphor.

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Obama the Most Veto-Shy President Since James Garfield

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | June 9, 2011 | 12

Obama has issued just one veto every 435 days; the presidential average since 1881 is once every 20 days.

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Extra! Hollywood Casting Call for “Budget Battles” (House Republicans Edition)

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | April 13, 2011 | 1

Who would Hollywood cast to play the key House Republicans as D.C. sorts out its accounting mess?

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Fortune Cookie Politics: Bachmann Delivers Budget Message to Obama from the Chinese

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | April 8, 2011 | 3

“You shouldn’t overspend at the moment. Frugality is important.’

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Could Walker Have Used Redistricting as a Stick to Keep Wisconsin Senate Democrats in Madison?

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | February 25, 2011 | 0

Would Senate Democrats have left the state in the first instance if they knew Wisconsin’s new legislative and congressional district maps could be created and voted on without any of their input?

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