Political Crumbs

It has been 16 years since the last member of a presidential cabinet died in office – the sixth longest stretch in the nation’s history. Overall, 15 cabinet members have died in office including three Secretaries of State, two Attorneys…

As electoral map gurus put forth their latest projections, here is one tidbit to consider: the major party nominee from the most populous home state has won nearly twice as many presidential elections in U.S. history (32) as the nominee…

With many congressional retirements already announced and more incumbents likely to be unseated this fall, get ready to scratch several dozen new names onto the list of individuals to have served as U.S. Representatives next January. More than 10,700 individuals…

Exit polls found Mitt Romney winning over several key demographic groups in his defeat of Rick Santorum in the Wisconsin primary Tuesday, and they can perhaps best be summed up as follows: he dominated in the state’s biggest Republican strongholds….

While Barack Obama may be pulling for a Rick Santorum long-shot bid on the Republican side of the presidential ticket, it is unlikely any underdogs will make it on the president’s Final Four bracket in the men’s college basketball tournament….

Although he served on Capitol Hill for four years in the U.S. House and 12 years in the U.S. Senate through 2006, Rick Santorum – like his former colleague Newt Gingrich – isn’t exactly having a difficult time keeping track…