Mitch Mcconnell

Mitch Mcconnell

Supreme Court blockage by GOP if they win 2022 midterms

Election Odds Imply GOP Attains Senate Majority Required To Block Biden’s SCOTUS Pick

Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer’s upcoming retirement has President Joe Biden poised to appoint his replacement, but Senate Republicans are gearing up to block his recommendation should they receive a majority following the midterm elections of 2022. Right now, the Democrats are clinging to a slim
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2022 US Senate Midterm Election Odds Favor The DNC

Political Odds Imply DNC Senate Majority Following 2022 Midterm Elections

The Democratic Party currently controls the US House, Senate, and the White House, and now they are setting their sights on retaining that power by taking care of business in November of 2022. The DNC and the Republican Party each hold 50 seats in the US Senate, and the Democratic Vice President/Senate President
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Supreme Court Nominee

Amy Barrett Confirmation Vote Takes Place While Presidential Election Odds Vary

The US Senate prepares to vote to confirm Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett in a Senate session Monday night. Senate Republicans closed the SCOTUS hearings last week, voting 12-0 in unanimous support to move the confirmation onto the full Senate floor. Democrats boycotted the vote. Sunday was the last day of
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GOP hammers SCOTUS

Rudy Giuliani’s Daughter and Ben Sasse Question GOP

A motley crew of public figures has criticized President Donald Trump and his administration, and it is not your usual slew of hardcore liberal social justice warriors. Recent dissent from Republican officials such as Cory Baker, Mitt Romney, and Ben Sasse calls into question the GOP’s future. Even with
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg

US House Odds Appear As Senate Mulls SCOTUS Confirmation

On Friday, September 18th, the Supreme Court of the United States lost longtime member Ruth Bader Ginsburg, as she passed away at the age of 87. The Notorious RBG had been sitting on the bench of the SCOTUS since 1993, and seemed determined to outlive Donald Trump’s Presidency, her final act of defiance toward
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GOP Senate leadership gathered at a podium

US Senate Betting Lines Debut As State Campaigns Heat Up

Just yesterday, we were lamenting the fact that US Senate and House odds had disappeared from the boards and that there were no betting lines available for Mitch McConnell and Lindsey Graham and their reelection chances. Today’s sunrise brought with it much more than a heaping helping of Vitamin D, as
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Mitch McConnell and Lindsay Graham walking together with masks on

McConnell Ahead, Graham Close In Senate Reelection Races

For some reason, betting lines for which political party would control the US House of Representatives and the US Senate disappeared from international sportsbooks over the past few weeks. The DNC has had a stranglehold on control of the US House since they gained a majority during the 2018 election cycle, a grip
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Lindsey Graham standing to the left of Mitch McConnell facing the press

US House And Senate Odds Favor DNC Control For The Next Two Years

Political betting odds suggest that both the US Senate and the US House will be controlled by a Democratic Party majority after all votes are counted in early November. Control of the US House has been a foregone conclusion for some time now. Even with Congressional term limits set at two years, districts are
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Amy McGrath in front of an American flag

Amy McGrath Advances To Face Off Against Mitch McConnell for Kentucky US Senate Seat

What at first seemed to be a foregone conclusion became a very tight race in Kentucky’s US Senate Democratic Primary election. Amy McGrath, a retired Marine fighter pilot, narrowly defeated Kentucky State Representative Charles Booker, on Tuesday, as was declared by CNN. Booker had recently received a groundswell
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