Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) "will announce this afternoon that he plans to push ahead with a public option vote -- one that includes an opt-out provision for states -- even though he's currently short several votes for passage, ...

A new CNN/Opinion Research poll finds the Republican Party's favorable rating is at lowest level in at least a decade. Just 36% of those questioned say they have a favorable opinion of the GOP, with 54% viewing the party negatively. In contr...

Though the Obama administration's fight to reform health care hasn't been easy, this is the week it gets harder. "After months of collaboration on President Obama's attempt to overhaul the nation's health-care system, the insura...

The Hill notes that Republicans "have touted 2010 as their comeback year, but the GOP lacks one key ingredient that could turn a good election night into a great one: open seats to win." "In the last three 'wave elections,'...

In an interview with the Greenville News, South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford (R) said that "he has no plans to resign, will fight any attempt at impeachment and believes he may have the best chance next year at pushing for government restructuring...

Interesting point from the Raleigh News & Observer: "North Carolina has maintained the strongest Democratic Party in the South during the past decade by siphoning off moderate Starbucks Republicans."

A new Denno-Noor poll in Michigan finds Lt. Gov. John Cherry (D) leading the Democratic pack to replace Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D), "but he's generating little enthusiasm among voters." Cherry leads with just 20%, followed by Andy Dillon (D) at 6% and...

Frank Rich: "Culture is politics. Palin is at the red-hot center of age-old American resentments that have boiled up both from the ascent of our first black president and from the intractability of the Great Recession for those Americans who haven't...

In an interview on CNN, Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) was asked whether he would vote in favor of health care reform even if "every piece of evidence tells you, if you support that bill you will lose your job." Replied Bennet: "Yes."

Sources tell Hotline OnCall that Katie Couric's producer sent two requests to Sarah Palin's publisher for interviews during the Going Rogue book tour, and so far, Couric has been denied. "It's not surprising -- Palin has not agreed to sit down with...