Breaking: Dem Senator Byron Dorgan (ND) set to retire at the end of his term this year
A pick-up opportunity in the Senate has just landed in the laps of the GOP:
Cook Political Report: Dodd’s chances at reelection do not look good – plus other polling news
His polling numbers have been looking bad for over a year now, ever since the stories of his Countrywide sweetheart mortgage deal and his role in the economic meltdown broke. Cook Political Report’s Jennifer Duffy has gone out on a limb and predicted that his chances of getting elected again to yet another term in the US Senate are slim (via The Scorecard):
Why did you have to go there, Sarah?
The divine Ms. Sarah has stepped into a minefield, thanks to remarks she made yesterday to conservative radio talk show host Rusty Humphries regarding the “Birther” issue (transcript via AJ Strata):
Informal poll: Are Mike Huckabee’s 2012 presidential ambitions now DOA?
In light of the news that the suspect wanted in the Lakewood, WA ambush – which left four police officers dead – was granted clemency upon a time by then-Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, can he effectively kiss any 2012 presidential hopes he may have had goodbye? Bloomberg takes a look at the potential political fallout for Huck: