Posts tagged elections

• 14 May

  Episode: TPMtv

  TPMtv: GOP House of Cards

  GOP House of CardsYour Daily Politics Video Blog: Last night the Democrats snatched up the open House seat in Mississippi's heavily Republican 1st district, their third pickup this year of an open seat previously held by a Republican. In each case, the national GOP threw everything they had at holdi

• 02 Jan

  Blog: Veracifier

  Bhutto planned to meet with Specter and Kennedy day of assassination

  Benazir Bhutto had plans to hand over an intelligence document last Thursday after the political rally where she was assassinated. The document allegedly showed Pakistan's intelligence agencies were planning to rig the upcoming elections in favor of Musharraf. Bhutto chose to meet with Sen.

• 05 Nov

  Blog: Veracifier

  Putin limits international surveillance: December elections will be held in the dark

  For so long Putin has been pretending his hold on Russian politics is democratic, but now that elections loom a month away, he has given up any attempt at proper presentation. Russia is slashing by two-thirds the number of international observers in December's parliamentary elections, the cou

• 20 Sep

  Episode: TPMtv

  TPMtv: Jumping Ship

  Jumping ShipForget about the presidential race. How are things looking for the GOP in the House and Senate for 2008? Not so good, at least when you add up the number of Republicans retiring and leaving once secure seats open to possible Democratic takeover.Report: GOP Congressman Jerry Weller Will R