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Maddow mourns ‘strange’ McCotter’s sudden exit from Congress
Friday night on “The Rachel Maddow Show,” host Rachel Maddow reacted to Congressional Rep. Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI)’s abrupt resignation from Congress. Tonight, she said, Washington got a little less strange. “And if you’re like me and you like a little ‘strange’ in your politics, you may feel some sadness about…
Lame duck Congressman Thaddeus McCotter unexpectedly resigns
Representative Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI) resigned late on Friday following a term of nearly ten years in Congress that had ended with what he himself described as a “nightmarish month and a half” marked by scandal and ridicule. In his resignation statement, McCotter explained that his office will continue to operate…
Radio ad urges Iowans to write in Rick Perry on Ames Straw Poll
A political action committee founded by former New York Senate candidate David Malpass is running radio advertisements in Iowa urging people to write in Texas Governor Rick Perry’s name on the Ames Straw Poll ballot, according to the Des Moines Register. Politico reported that Iowa Republican leaders left Perry and…
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