Brian Schweitzer

Who says the Republicans are doomed?

2013-04-30 03:00:00

Since Mitt Romney lost to President Obama on Nov. 6, the conventional wisdom has been that the Republican Party is in trouble. The less conventional truth is that it is the Democrats whose chances may be more bleak. Yes, Republicans are currently...

O'Malley sharply critical of GOP at convention

2012-09-04 19:49:00

Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley offered pointed criticism of Republicans in an address to the Democratic convention on Tuesday, arguing that President Barack Obama is best suited to right the U.S. economy while GOP nominee Mitt Romney's policies would...

Will it be Clinton? Cuomo? Warren?

2012-12-13 00:00:00

Shortly after the 1988 presidential election, pollsters asked Democrats whom they favored to be their party's nominee in 1992. The strongest candidates were Sen. Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts and Gov. Mario M. Cuomo of New York. The governor of...

O'Malley did his job — on and off stage

2012-09-05 13:41:29

Gov. Martin O'Malley did his job Tuesday night in Charlotte. He fired up the party faithful with a call and response: "Forward, Not Back." He hit the Republican nominee hard on his Swiss bank accounts — reinforcing a campaign message that Mitt...

Romney breaks the stained-glass ceiling

2012-06-21 13:27:00

If Mitt Romney wins the presidential election this fall, he'll have Harry Reid partly to thank. The Republican presidential nominee and the Senate Democratic leader don't have much in common politically. But they're both members of the Church of Jesus...

O'Malley under scrutiny as he serves in two roles

2012-01-22 15:41:00

On Monday, Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley is set to unfurl the most ambitious legislative agenda of his six years in office. By Thursday evening, he's scheduled to be 200 miles north in a Midtown Manhattan hotel, schmoozing with contributors to the...

Sen. Max Baucus announces retirement plans

2013-04-23 08:24:00

WASHINGTON -- In a surprise move that deals a serious blow to Democratic chances of holding the Senate, veteran Montana Sen. Max Baucus has decided not to seek reelection next year, Democratic officials said Tuesday. Baucus chairs the Senate Finance...

Brian Schweitzer to weigh bid for Max Baucus' Montana Senate seat

2013-04-23 09:41:00

The surprise retirement of Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) immediately swung attention to the state’s former Democratic governor, Brian Schweitzer, who declined to say Tuesday if he would seek the job. The two-term governor left office in January and...

Fiscal cliff, Timothy Geithner take center stage Sunday

2012-11-30 16:45:18

Bill Maher welcomes Ben Affleck, Ann Coulter

2012-10-09 16:43:00

PPP poll: If Romney loses, how about Marco v. Hillary in 2016?

2012-09-05 16:36:53

COLUMN: Who's on Democrats' 'short list'?

2012-12-13 22:38:00

Soon after the 1988 presidential election, pollsters asked Democrats whom they favored to be their party’s nominee in 1992. The strongest candidates were Sen. Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts and Gov. Mario M. Cuomo of New York. The governor of...

The former Montana governor and colorful character -- he once used a branding iron to burn "veto" messages on to bills -- is not well known outside of his home state. But Schweitzer earned high approval ratings as he led an otherwise red state. Like Virginia Sen.

2013-04-16 00:00:00

Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer speaks at Democrat Day at the Illinois State Fair .

2011-08-17 00:00:00