FILE – In this June 26, 2012 file photo, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. At the top of their roosts in Washington, leaders of Congress are, as usual, turning out to be niche players on the national campaign stage. More junior House and Senate…

As I’ve already said repeatedly, I’m still stunned that anybody bought this nonsense about "skewed polls" throughout the presidential campaign. Actually, I should rephrase that. There’s was about five weeks from the conventions through the first debate that there was no escaping insanely silly talk about public polling being "skewed towards Democrats."  Then, from the…

220 marijuana cases dismissed in King, Pierce counties | Politics Northwest | Seattle Times. In King County, 175 cases are being dismissed involving people 21 and older and possession of one ounce or less. I-502 makes one ounce of marijuana legal on Dec. 6, but King County Prosecutor Dan Satterberg decided to apply I-502 retroactively.

Election 2012 Data: The Impact on the House | Brookings Institution. The 2012 election halted the trend of tumultuous, power-shifting elections in the U.S. House of Representatives, dramatic movements in the makeup of the House that we’ve been witnessing since 2006. Despite disapproval of Congress hitting an all-time high after the debt ceiling debate and…

Associated Press. David Petraeus has resigned as director of the CIA after admitting he had an extramarital affair.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The man behind an anti-Muslim film that led to violence in many parts of the Middle East agreed to spend a year in federal prison for unrelated probation violations, but afterward issued a statement that appeared to reinforce his stern stance against Islam. The man who calls himself Mark Basseley Youssef…

No, you cannot have your country back. America is moving forward. That’s the message voters sent the Republican Party and its Tea Party wing Tuesday night when they re-elected President Obama and strengthened the Democrats’ control of the Senate. No amount of outside money or voter suppression or fear mongering or lying — and there…