Swing State Project's DavidNYC has a new poll from Quinnipiac University testing incumbent Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd - the longest-serving United States Senator in Connecticut history - against former CT-02 Rep. Rob Simmons, who lost reelection to Democrat Joe Courtney in 2006, as well as two othe...

The Republican long knives are out for Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd, whose favorability in the Nutmeg State has been dropping since he moved his family to Iowa as part of his quixotic presidential campaign...and Dodd's position as Chairman of the Senate Banking Committee during the financial crisis, ...

As rumors of nationalization swirl about Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) and Citigroup (NYSE:C), the market indices have fallen. On Feb. 23, Larry Kudlow, co-host of CNBC's "The Call," asked CNBC Chicago Mercantile floor reporter Rick Santelli if the government should be involved in propping th...

Advantage Rick Santelli -- and Larry Kudlow. CNBC reporter Santelli's Thursday morning "Shout Heard Round the World" (CNBC's term) objecting to the Obama administration's mortgage modification program on the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange quickly went viral, and struck two nerves...

It's been called "the rant heard around the world," after The Drudge Report linked to the video with a screaming red headline. However Rick Santelli may have given CNBC viewers a preview of what effects Obamanomics will have on the populace. On CNBC's "Squawk Box" Feb. 19, the Ch...

"CNBC Reports" host Larry Kudlow believes free-market capitalism is the best path to prosperity. Too bad CNN "Lou Dobbs Tonight" host Lou Dobbs doesn't. Dobbs attacked Kudlow during the Jan. 14 broadcast of "Lou Dobbs Tonight" for commenting on a dinner meeting of conse...

Feeling a little bailout fatigue? Tired of the assault on the taxpayer from the federal government to pacify those influenced by the United Auto Workers? CNBC's Larry Kudlow feels your pain. Call this red meat for the troubled anti-bailout soul. Kudlow, now performing a role as a co-host on CNBC's m...

You can win in a court of law and still get attacked in the court of public opinion. That's what former New York Stock Exchange Chairman Dick Grasso would have learned from MSNBC's "Morning Joe" July 2. Host Mika Brzezinski called Grasso a "poster child for Wall Street excess" in...

Dick Armey, chairman of FreedomWorks, slammed Senator Barack Obama for his lack of experience and his liberal voting record on CNBC’s Kudlow and Company last night. Here is the full quote: It’s very hard to predict what the future behavior would be of a person who’s had no past record of a...

Okay, for anyone who doesn’t remember English Lit 101, let’s take a quick journey to remember what a “strawman” is.  Commenters, take note. A strawman argument is used when someone is arguing against something.  Instead of directly arguing the point, the person making their...