When Senator John Kerry was named U.S. secretary of state, it opened a vacancy in the Senate. Now, with a special election approaching, campaigning is ramping up. The Republicans, seeing how vulnerable they were among Latinos last November, have chosen a candidate who could be straight out of central casting.
U.S. Sen. Scott Brown and likely Democratic challenger Elizabeth Warren want to keep negative ads out of their race and they're trying to reach an agreement to do just that. But before you hold it up as a shining example of fixing what's wrong with politics, you might look at if it's really enforceable.
We speak with Elizabeth Warren about her campaign (and ask her about Bank of America's announcement that they'd impose a new monthly fee of $5 for some debit card customers.)
Todd Zwillich, Takeaway Washington correspondent says Brown needs Democrats as much as they need his vote, and in the end it means President Obama gets a big legislative victory.
The Personal Democracy Forum gets under way on Thursday, and many leaders of American politics and social networking will meet to discuss what happens when technology intersects with policy. We hear more from Mindy Finn and Jane Hamsher.
Modest jobs bill moves forward in Senate, thanks to a rare bit of bi-partisanship.
Vice President Joe Biden was traveling his old stomping grounds yesterday on Capitol Hill to swear in Senator Scott Brown. He had some interesting things to say about the filibuster rule in the Senate.
After Scott Brown's surprise victory in Massachusetts, an already tough battle to legislate a cap on greenhouse gasses gets tougher.