I love the "politicswire.com" part of the domain, but I am unsure of the "the" part of the domain. I have already registered this domain and am using it, but should I search for a better one.
Sounds like a "fair" newspaper domain, however undeveloped reg. fee at maxIMO. Also I haven't check for TM, so make sure there is no trade mark conflict, otherwise it would worth just a troubles. Good luck.
The "the" part of the domain don't do much so don't wurry about it to much, Google can filter these words to the main keywords. But I have to agree that undeveloped its reg fee. Sorry.