Obama Aide Admits Bain Attacks on Romney Haven’t Stuck
Emmanuel Dunand/AFP/Alex Wong/Getty Images(CHICAGO) — A top Obama campaign strategist made a surprising admission Wednesday about Democrats’ efforts to undermine Mitt Romney’s economic chops: they haven’t worked. “No one h…
Even with Calculators, Senate Still Comes Up with Zero on the Budget
Photodisc/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — Despite beginning the day with a vote permitting the use of calculators on the Senate floor, Wednesday turned out to be less than productive for the U.S. senators.The Senate spent the whole day Wednesday, with over s…
Even with Calculators, Senate Still Comes Up with Zero on the Budget
Photodisc/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — Despite beginning the day with a vote permitting the use of calculators on the Senate floor, Wednesday turned out to be less than productive for the U.S. senators.The Senate spent the whole day Wednesday, with over s…
House Passes Violence Against Women Act
Architect of the Capitol(WASHINGTON) — The House voted Wednesday evening to approve the Republican version of the Violence Against Women Act, also known as VAWA, 222-205. The bill would have failed had it not won the support of six Democrats.Twenty-th…
Joe Biden Lays Into Romney, GOP: ‘They Don’t Get Who We Are!’
Joe Raedle/Getty Images(YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio) — At a campaign stop in Youngstown, Ohio, Wednesday, Vice President Joe Biden lit into Republicans and their presumed presidential nominee Mitt Romney for what he described as a failure to understand the pligh…
Herman Cain Evolves, Endorses Mitt Romney
Ethan Miller/Getty Image(WASHINGTON) — Former Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain formally endorsed Mitt Romney for president of the United States Wednesday, telling reporters that he was making the endorsement now “for unity” wi…
Romney’s Dog On The Roof Story Gets Book Tour
Darren McCollester/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — That infamous and seemingly immortal tale of Mitt Romney crating his dog on the roof of his car during a 14-hour road trip has already weaseled its way into the narrative of the 2012 campaign and is now sp…
Osama Bin Laden Compound Model on Display at Pentagon
Luis Martinez/ABC News(WASHINGTON) — Turning a lot of heads Wednesday in a Pentagon hallway is the once-classified scale model of Osama bin Laden’s compound used to plan last year’s Special Forces raid. It marks the first public disp…
Obama Pushes ‘To-Do List’ For Congress
JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — President Obama is urging lawmakers to put politics aside and act on his “handy to-do list” for Congress in order to sustain the economy’s momentum.“One of the ways we can sustain momen…
Romney Won’t Name Bush When Talking about Debt Crisis
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.) – Never once mentioning President George W. Bush by name, or acknowledging that the former president endorsed his candidacy Tuesday, Mitt Romney spent the morning in Florida railing President Ob…
Boehner Presses Obama for Presidential Plan to Avert Fiscal Crisis
MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — As congressional leaders prepare to meet with President Obama at the White House on Wednesday, House Speaker John Boehner said he will urge the president to put forward his own ideas to deal with a range of e…
Deb Fischer Wins Republican Nomination in Nebraska Senate Race
Douglas Graham/Roll Call(WASHINGTON) — Mitt Romney picked up two more states on Tuesday, winning the presidential primaries in both Oregon and Nebraska. But the main focus that evening was on Nebraska’s Republican senate primary.State Sen. Deb F…
Poll: Views on Romney Policy Proposals Underscore Challenges
Joe Raedle/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Two of Mitt Romney’s key campaign proposals fall short of majority approval, according to the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll, with swing-voting independents especially cool on his plan to repeal health c…
Obama, Dems Raise $43.6 Million in April
JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — President Obama’s reelection campaign raised $43.6 million in April, the campaign announced Wednesday morning.That’s down from the $53 million raised in March — the Obama camp’s best fundraising month of the…
Biden Pushes ‘Obama Economics’ in Ohio Swing
Joe Raedle/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Vice President Joe Biden kicks off a two-day campaign swing through eastern Ohio on Wednesday, pushing a populist economic message — dubbed “Obama economics” — that he’ll use to draw sharp cont…
Chris Christie Jokes About VP Spot in Web Video: ‘I Got This’
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie put on his acting hat and joked around about receiving a call from Mitt Romney about the vice president spot, saying, “I got this.”The web video plays off of Democra…
Obama Favored to Beat Romney, Despite Even Split in Support
Emmanuel Dunand/AFP/Alex Wong/Getty Images(PRINCETON, N.J.) — A majority of Americans surveyed said President Obama would win re-election in November, according to a new Gallup poll released Tuesday.The polling numbers — 56 percent for Obama, 36 perc…
Republicans Attack Obama on Debt, Repeat ‘No Experience’ Accusation
MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — In conference calls around the country Tuesday, the Republican National Committee attacked President Obama on the nation’s deficit, government spending, and the unemployment rate.In calls with reporters…
Christie: No More VP Questions
Ramin Talaie/Bloomberg via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is letting everyone know he’s tired of getting questions about whether he’ll be on Mitt Romney’s ticket this fall.One of the reasons Christie is so wi…
Article Cites Elizabeth Warren As First Woman of Color Hired by Harvard Law School
Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — A 1997 piece from the Fordham Law Review lists Massachusetts Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren as the “first woman of color” hired by Harvard Law School, according to reports.The article…
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