President Barack Obama is spending his time these days hobnobbing with the likes of George Clooney, Tobey Maguire and Dave Matthews at posh fundraisers where the entrance fee can be as high as $40,000. Meanwhile, the nation’s economic news keeps getting worse,
Today the Obama campaign, in obvious coordination with the Washington Post, expected to launch a new attack against presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney from the steps of the Massachusetts state capital. The Post wrote a story critical of Romney’s time
Planned Parenthood, panicked that their funnel of money from the federal government will close under a Romney Administration, has filmed a new ad attacking Romney that will run in three pivotal states. The organization that performs over 200,000 abortions every year is
Soledad O’Brien and CNN beclowning themselves to shill for Obama is hardly news. What is news, though, is Romney surrogate John Sununu aggressively pushing back against CNN and O’Brien for carrying and enabling the Obama campaign’s talking points regarding Donald
(AP) Romney ready to claim GOP nomination after TexasBy STEVE PEOPLESAssociated PressCRAIG, Colo.Mitt Romney is poised to clinch the Republican presidential nomination after Tuesday’s Texas GOP primary, a largely uncontested election that will formalize the former Massachusetts governor’s status as
Labor’s gubernatorial challenger to Scott Walker, Tom Barrett, has resorted to campaigning with notorious anti-speech Democrat Russ Feingold. It was former senator Feingold who, along with John McCain, criminalized speech for a class of Americans in their campaign finance witch
(AP) THE RACE: Presidential race is most costly everBy TOM RAUMAssociated PressThe battle between President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney will be the most expensive presidential contest ever _ by a long shot. There are two main reasons. It’s
(AP) Powell not ready to endorse Obama for re-electionWASHINGTONFormer Secretary of State Colin Powell declined Tuesday to renew the presidential endorsement he gave Barack Obama four years ago, saying he wasn’t ready “to throw my weight behind someone” at this
No Republican has ever won the presidency without carrying the state of Ohio. Given the state’s shale gas reserves, Ohio stands on the verge of a possible natural gas-backed economic and employment boom. Therefore, in an effort to block Mitt
A billionaire whose family owns the Chicago Cubs is considering a proposal to help fund a strongly provocative campaign against Barack Obama. Joe Ricketts, the founder of the brokerage firm TD Ameritrade, may get behind a group of high-profile Republican
Van Jones: “When the oil spill had happened in the spring of 2010, there was another moment to say, ‘Hold on a second, let’s relook at energy policy in America. Should we be subsidizing companies who are risking our health
College students are being played for suckers by the Democratic Party again. Barack Obama’s 2013 budget indicates that the interest rate on federally backed student loans will jump from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent in the summer of 2013. This
(AP) Obama basks again in Hollywood glory, but at cost? By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer Under a tent on George Clooney’s basketball court, the cheers were loud and warm for President Barack Obama. It can’t feel too shabby to
(AP) Against Obama, even a jailbird gets some votesBy LAWRENCE MESSINAAssociated PressCHARLESTON, W.Va.Just how unpopular is President Barack Obama in some parts of the country? Enough that a man in prison in Texas got 4 out of 10 votes in
A new poll shows that Barack Obama is losing support among American Jews. Knowledge Networks for the American Jewish Committee did a survey in March that shows Obama leads Mitt Romney by a margin of 61%-28%. In 2008, Obama led
Sen. Dick Lugar (R-IN) has released a new radio spot featuring Sen. John McCain (R-AZ). Here’s the transcript: Announcer: Senator John McCain. McCAIN: Indiana is fortunate to have a Senator like Dick Lugar. He knows the importance of getting our country’s
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) has picked up on the latest political internet meme: when President Obama was a boy, he ate dog. The Senator chimed in via Twitter today: It appears that it’s now a Senator-eat-President-eat-dog world.
Republicans should rejoice. When it comes to understanding the threat of the media, in a news-making interview with our own Larry O’Connor yesterday, Governor Mitt Romney proved he is no John McCain. Whether the story is true or not,
“I’m not somebody who, when we’re in a political contest, suggests somehow that one side or the other has a monopoly on love of country,” claimed Barack Obama yesterday at a posh, $10,000-a-plate “intimate” Palm Beach fundraiser held in the home of
Diplomatic efforts to halt Syria’s bloodshed have “failed” and the world must send military aid to rebels to stop further slaughter, US Senator John McCain said Tuesday at a refugee camp in Turkey. The two lawmakers visited the Syrian refugee
Tension escalated on Monday between Turkey and Syria after shots from the Syrian side into Turkey injured three people, angering Ankara a day before a visit by international envoy Kofi Annan. Two Syrians and a Turkish translator were wounded near
White House officials held talks with representatives of the Muslim Brotherhood in Washington this week, as the Islamist group threw itself into the fray in Egypt’s presidential election. The meeting on Tuesday with low-level National Security Council staff was part
(AP) GOP’s McCain to Santorum: Time for ‘graceful exit’WASHINGTONSen. John McCain says Rick Santorum should recognize “it’s time for a graceful exit” from the Republican presidential campaign in the wake of Mitt Romney’s sweep of primaries in Wisconsin, Maryland and
The twisted road to the Republican presidential nomination — thanks in part to the party’s decision to apportion delegates in the March primaries and caucuses — runs through Louisiana Saturday, giving the state a higher profile than in primaries past.
The decennial redistricting process always creates interesting match-ups for congressional seats and 2012 is no exception. As you look around at the most interesting races resulting from this process, the battle over Florida’s 7th District, which features freshman Republican Sandy Adams against
