From The Roots

Ron Johnson has taken a good deal of heat over the past several weeks for his ownership of up to $315,000 worth of British Petroleum stock, given BP’s role in the Gulf Coast oil disaster. Johnson’s stake in BP (and his avowed support of Big Oil) came under further scrutiny when he admitted he was open to drilling in the Great Lakes.

Initially Johnson said that he would place his BP stock in a blind trust, but upon further review, he appears to have come up with a better solution: he plans on selling the BP stock to fund his Senate campaign.

Then after a campaign rally days later, Johnson told reporters he planned to sell the BP PLC stock to help finance his campaign against Democratic Sen. Russ Feingold. Monday, he said the sale wasn't certain.

"I think that will eventually happen, but I'm going to do it based on market conditions," Johnson said after a lunch hosted by the political website wispolitics.com. "I'm going to have to finance this campaign. ... At some point in time, to get my message out, that will probably happen. But it's going to be based on market conditions."

When asked if he would not sell the stock if the price was low, Johnson said, "We'll just watch. I haven't made a decision on that ... 

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06:16 PM Jul 29, 2010 - 0 comments permalink

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Boxer Expands Lead, Hodes Closing

Public Policy Polling’s latest survey of New Hampshire shows Kelly Ayotte’s numbers flagging in the wake of the FRM scandal.

The poll gives Ayotte 45% of the vote, to 42% for Democratic candidate Paul Hodes. This is within the margin of error and the smallest advantage seen for Ayotte all year, in any poll. The gap between the two candidates has shrunk by four points since PPP’s last survey in April.

Meanwhile in California, incumbent Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer posted a nine point lead over failed Republican CEO Carly Fiorina, 49% to 40%. This represents a six-point expansion of her lead from PPP’s last California poll from May.  

The more voters get to know Kelly Ayotte and Carly Fiorina, the less they like about them.

 

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07:30 PM Jul 27, 2010 - 0 comments permalink

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Impeccable Timing

Well, this is unfortunate: Florida Republican Jeb Bush held a fundraiser for tea-powered Kentucky Senate candidate Rand Paul today, which just happens to be the 20^th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

The ADA, a landmark piece of legislation which was signed into law by Jeb Bush’s father (the first President Bush), made it illegal for employers to discriminate against the disabled. Yet Rand Paul has his reservations:

Tucked away in that same interview was a similar question about ADA. Did the legislation go too far, asked NPR's Robert Siegel.

"I think a lot of things could be handled locally," Paul said. "For example, I think that we should try to do everything we can to allow for people with disabilities and handicaps... I think if you have a two-story office and you hire someone who's handicapped, it might be reasonable to let him have an office on the first floor rather than the government saying you have to have a $100,000 elevator. And I think when you get to solutions like that, the more local the better, and the more common sense the decisions are, rather than having a federal government make those ... 

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07:30 PM Jul 26, 2010 - 0 comments permalink

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Run, Sharron, Run

After more than a month of shunning the press, Sharron Angle has finally
come out of her shell to meet the media...and upon doing so, promptly
ran away.

Angle (who had been available only to media she viewed useful for
fundraising purposes) finally invited reporters to a campaign event, her
first major availability since her primary victory.

Alas, the presence of reporters proved to be a bit too much for her:

In the warehouse of a family-owned clean diesel manufacturer in Sparks,
Angle delivered a three-minute speech on her desire to permanently
repeal the estate tax. When invited by the final speaker to stay and
answer a few questions, she turned on her heel and rushed out a back
door with a small cadre of staff members."

Apparently the Angle campaign's MO is: "When the going gets tough, turn
tail and run away."

 

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08:21 PM Jul 22, 2010 - 0 comments permalink

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Sen. Robert Menendez on Meet The Press

Senator Robert Menendez, Chairman of the DSCC, appeared on Meet The Press with David Gregory on Sunday.

Highlights from the interview follow, and you can watch the interview here:

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06:32 PM Jul 19, 2010 - 0 comments permalink

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