GOP Opponents

Interesting news in the New York Senate race, where some GOPers are publicly pushing for former NYC Mayor (and presidential nominee) Rudy Giuliani to throw his hat in the ring.

EMILY's List candidate Kirsten Gillibrand was appointed to fill the seat of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in January. She's facing her first statewide election in 2010 to keep the seat in Democratic hands.

From the New York Post:

Today, right-winger New Mexico gubernatiorial candidate Susana Martinez has put herself in some pretty extreme company: along with Michele Bachmann, Sharron Angle, and Christine O’Donnell, she’s accepted the endorsement of the extreme Susan B. Anthony List – solidifying her credentials as a candidate who would turn back the clock on women’s health care and their private, personal decisions.

100th anniversary of the Triangle Fire: Women, Unions, and Reform

100 years after the terrible tragedy that took the lives of 146 workers, it’s important to reflect on the connections between labor laws, the well-being of women, and workers’ rights. We need look no further than the recent events in Wisconsin to understand how interrelated these issues are.

EMILY's List candidate Tarryl Clark wants to makes sure the people of Minnesota's sixth district know what their future will look like if Cong. Michele Bachmann has her way. One thing it won't include? Social Security as we know it.

Tarryl's campaign released a very telling web video this week about Bachmann's stance on privatization of social security, and we wanted to make sure you saw it:

"A cast of insiders."

That's what Marc Ambinder called a number of GOP candidates in key races this election cycle. In a recent post on The Atlantic's Politics blog, Ambinder said exactly what we've been noticing in tight races across the country -- tried-and-true GOP loyalists repeating much of the same mantra we've heard before (