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OBAMA RAILS AGAINST GRIDLOCKThe president sounds off on obstructionist tactics and turns up the heat on the GOP....Date: 28 Jan 2012 08:10:30 ESTDEMS BASH, BANK SECRET CASHTeam Obama blesses a network of super PACs trying to raise the same seven-figure checks as Romney’s....Date: 28 Jan 2012 08:10:30 ESTKEVIN WHITE, EX-BOSTON MAYOR, DIESWhite, who led the city for 16 years, is credited with putting it on a path to prosperity....Date: 28 Jan 2012 02:10:48 ESTMCCAIN: STOP THE DEBATESJohn McCain, speaking at a rally for Mitt Romney in Orlando, just said it's time to stop with the GOP debates. There have been "enough," McCain told the crowd of about 500 people. "Nineteen of them...I'm tired of the mud-wrestling, and aren't you? Let's stop that,&quo...Date: 27 Jan 2012 22:12:34 ESTOBAMA HOSTS GEORGE H.W. AND JEB BUSH AT WHITE HOUSEWhite House photo Unbeknownst to the press, President Obama met Friday evening with former president George H.W. Bush and his son, former Florida governor Jeb Bush, in the Oval Office. White House officials did not list the meeting on the president's schedule but released a photo on Flickr...Date: 27 Jan 2012 22:12:34 ESTROMNEY MOCKS NEWT OVER DEBATE CROWD COMPLAINTSA visibly happy Mitt Romney, taking the stage at an Orlando rally just now, told the crowd how much he enjoyed the debate the night before, and then proceeded to mock Newt Gingrich for his complaints about how the crowd was silenced in one debate, and then "too loud" in the next. "I...Date: 27 Jan 2012 22:12:33 ESTTIFF ON THE TARMAC: OBAMA FIGHTS BACKThe enduring image of the president's tour of five key states will be his confrontation with Brewer....Date: 27 Jan 2012 22:12:25 ESTTOP LOBBYISTS NIX EGYPT CONTRACTThe trio split a $90,000-plus per month contract....Date: 27 Jan 2012 22:12:25 ESTOBAMA HOSTS H.W., JEB BUSH AT W.H.The meeting with the former president and his son was not on the Obama's public schedule....Date: 27 Jan 2012 20:30:36 ESTINOUYE: EGYPT AID CONDITIONS PRUDENTThe appropriations chair says they demand 'firm evidence of progress" by Cairo toward democracy....Date: 27 Jan 2012 20:30:36 ESTENER1 CRITICS SING SOLYNDRA TUNEThe company is inspiring a familiar Beltway routine....Date: 27 Jan 2012 20:10:33 ESTBREAKING: OBAMA HOSTS GEORGE H.W. AND JEB BUSH AT WHITE HOUSEWhite House photo Unbeknownst to the press, President Obama met this evening with former president George H.W. Bush and his son, former Florida governor Jeb Bush in the Oval Office. White House officials did not list the meeting on the president's schedule but released a photo through Flic...Date: 27 Jan 2012 20:10:32 ESTRAISING MONEY WITH THE 'FIRST AMERICANS'President Obama's campaign fundraiser at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel this afternoon was with the Native American Leadership Council, and in remarks to the group, he characterized the fight for fairness that he outlined in the State of the Union address as a "turning point&quo...Date: 27 Jan 2012 20:10:32 ESTBREWER SETS THE GIFFORDS SPECIALArizona Gov. Jan Brewer has set the dates for the special elections to replace retiring Rep. Gabby Giffords. The primary will be held April 17 and the general will follow two months later on June 12. GOP state Sen. Frank Antenori became the first person to officially announce a candidacy for th...Date: 27 Jan 2012 20:10:32 EST2012 REMAINDERS: OUTNUMBEREDRepublican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum sits for an interview after appearing at the Latin Builders Association luncheon in Miami, Friday, Jan. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) House GOP can't believe Newt's rise in the primary. Pat Toomey is disappointed w...Date: 27 Jan 2012 18:20:51 ESTREMAINDERS: MIXED MEDIAReuters Photo TransCanada Tweets tweak Obama on Keystone. (The Hill || Ben Geman) Another witness weighs in on the Jan Brewer tarmac tiff. (TPMMuckraker || Nick R. Martin) White House circumvents press corps with social media. (POLITICO || Josh Gerstein) VP Joe Biden wasn't the...Date: 27 Jan 2012 18:20:51 ESTRICK SANTORUM: I'M IN FOR THE LONG HAULAs he prepares to go home to do his taxes and faces questions about durability, Rick Santorum insisted to CNN's Wolf Blitzer that he is staying in the race: "We're in this for the long haul. We just weren't going to go out and spend every dime in a huge state like Florida wh...Date: 27 Jan 2012 18:20:51 ESTCHAFFETZ VS. NEWT SPOKESMAN, ROUND 2POLITICO's Ginger Gibson sends over this colorful dispatch about a second day's go-around between Newt Gingrich spokesman R.C. Hammond and Rep. Jason Chaffetz, a Mitt Romney surrogate who's been trying to rattle the candidate by crashing his events. The full exchange is very much worth a...Date: 27 Jan 2012 18:20:51 ESTREMAINDERS: WEAKENEDSlate explains Twitter's new censorship policy, the talk of the Twitterverse today and a new challenge for global Internet firms. Romney's debate coach wins the week. Gingrich goes passive. He looks like he might be finished. Conservatives criticize Drudge for going against him. James...Date: 27 Jan 2012 18:20:51 ESTTV GUIDE, FRIDAY PRIMETIME• Rick Santorum is scheduled to be on Fox News's "Hannity" at 9:00 p.m. • Newt Gingrich is scheduled to be on Fox News's "On The Record with Greta Van Susteren" at 10:00 p.m. Submissions for 2012 TV Guide? Email 2012LIVE@politico.com...Date: 27 Jan 2012 18:20:51 EST
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HUFFINGTON POST
FEISTY GINGRICH STAKES CAMPAIGN ON ELECTABILITYSARASOTA, Fla. -- Newt Gingrich has staked his presidential bid on one idea: that he is best positioned to defeat President Barack Obama. Even some of his supporters seem to be struggling to buy the former House speaker's claim, an indication that chief rival Mitt Romney's efforts to underc...Date: 28 Jan 2012 09:00:48 ESTFORMER BOSTON MAYOR DIES AT 82BOSTON — Former Mayor Kevin H. White, who led the city for 16 years including racially turbulent times in the 1970s and was credited with putting it on a path to prosperity, died Friday, a family spokesman said. He was 82. White, who had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 200...Date: 28 Jan 2012 01:30:35 ESTDEFENSE SECRETARY: PAKISTANI DOCTOR PROVIDED KEY INFORMATION TO U.S. IN ADVANCE OF BIN LADEN RAIDWASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is acknowledging publicly for the first time that a Pakistani doctor provided key information to the U.S. in advance of the successful Navy SEAL assault on Osama bin Laden's compound last May. Panetta told CBS's "60 Minutes," in a profile to be...Date: 27 Jan 2012 23:20:33 ESTTWITTER'S NEW CENSORSHIP POLICY IGNITES GLOBAL OUTRAGENEW YORK -- Twitter, a tool of choice for dissidents and activists around the world, found itself the target of global outrage Friday after unveiling plans to allow country-specific censorship of tweets that might break local laws. It was a stunning role reversal for a youthful company tha...Date: 27 Jan 2012 23:00:55 ESTHARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL DEMOCRATS: THE REPUBLICAN APPROACH TO FOREIGN POLICY: LESS IS MOREIn November 2008, President Obama's election was celebrated not just in the United States but around the world. Crowds in Berlin cheered in the streets while Kenya declared a national holiday after Barack Obama. The president of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso, sent his congrat...Date: 27 Jan 2012 23:00:55 ESTROMNEY COMPARES GINGRICH TO 'GOLDILOCKS' FOR DEBATE CROWD GRIPESORLANDO, Fla. -- Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney was upbeat and energetic after his solid debate performance in Jacksonville the night before, telling the crowd at a rally on Friday evening, "I had fun last night, I gotta tell 'ya!" He used the opportunity to take a shot at former H...Date: 27 Jan 2012 22:41:33 ESTCHRIS WEIGANT: FRIDAY TALKING POINTS -- SOTU REVIEWWell, that was an eventful week in politics, wasn't it? On the Republican side, we've endured two more of a seemingly-unending series of televised debates between the candidates. Newt Gingrich did not physically attack either Mitt Romney or a member of the media, for which we can all be th...Date: 27 Jan 2012 22:12:21 ESTNORTH DAKOTA LAW RESTRICTING MEDICATION ABORTION IS CHALLENGED ON 'UNDUE BURDEN' GROUNDSThere is only one abortion clinic in North Dakota, and state lawmakers passed a bill last summer that would effectively ban medication abortions across the state. After the Center for Reproductive Rights filed a challenge, seeking to overturn the measure, a judge in July issued a temporary...Date: 27 Jan 2012 20:20:31 ESTFLORIDA PRIMARY MAY SAVE FEDERAL JUDGES FROM NEWTWASHINGTON -- Newt Gingrich's lackluster performance in Thursday night's debate darkened the already dim chances of seeing Justice Anthony Kennedy hauled before a congressional committee to account for his occasional left-leaning fifth votes in politically charged Supreme Court cases. But...Date: 27 Jan 2012 20:00:45 ESTJAN BREWER SETS DATE FOR SPECIAL ELECTION TO FILL GABRIELLE GIFFORDS' SEATPHOENIX, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Arizona Governor Jan Brewer on Friday ordered a special general election to be held on June 12 to fill the congressional seat vacated by Tucson Democrat Gabrielle Giffords, who resigned to focus on recovering from her gunshot wound of last year....Date: 27 Jan 2012 20:00:45 ESTSTEWART J. LAWRENCE: POST-FLORIDA, EXPECT A NASTY DOGFIGHT FOR THE GOP NOMINATIONLook at the latest GOP polls coming out of Florida. It appears that Mitt Romney is slowly pulling away from Newt Gingrich, opening up a 9-point lead in the most recent poll, with just four days left before next Tuesday's critical, winner-take-all primary. You might think that means that Ro...Date: 27 Jan 2012 19:40:42 ESTELIZABETH WARREN TURNS OUT TO BE A MEMBER OF THE 1 PERCENTA crusader for the middle class, U.S. Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren's personal finances were bound to come under scrutiny. But Warren may have slipped up when she claimed Thursday that she isn't wealthy. "I realize there are some wealthy individuals -- I'm not one of them -- but some...Date: 27 Jan 2012 19:40:42 ESTPRESIDENT MAY HAVE TO VACATE OVAL OFFICE NEXT YEARBarack Obama, Newt Gingrich, and Mitt Romney are already knee-deep in what many observers are saying could be the nastiest presidential bid in decades -- but a year from now, the ultimate victor, no matter who he is, may not get to claim the ultimate prize: the Oval Office. According to so...Date: 27 Jan 2012 19:30:37 ESTHUFFPOST FUNDRACE - SUPER PAC BATTLE ROLLS ONWinning Our Future, the pro-Newt Gingrich super PAC, released a seven minute long documentary attacking Mitt Romney for profiting from a health care company, Damon Corporation, that engaged in a scheme to defraud Medicare of huge sums of money. The super PAC doesn't blunt their attacks: the...Date: 27 Jan 2012 19:30:37 ESTEDIBERTO ROMAN: SENATOR MARCO RUBIO, THE GOP GOLDEN BOY, IMPRESSESSen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), delivered an impressive speech today on what is, or what surely will be one of the hot-button issues in this year's presidential election -- immigration. The speech, at the Hispanic Leadership Network, did not start easily for what many believe is on a short list...Date: 27 Jan 2012 19:11:00 ESTTHE SUNLIGHT FOUNDATION: GINGRICH SUPER PAC SUPER DONOR SHELDON ADELSON HAS BUSINESSES UNDER SCRUTINY BY IRS, JUSTICEThis post was written by Bill Allison, editorial director of the Sunlight Foundation. Billionaire casino mogul Sheldon Adelson and his wife, Miriam, who have reportedly given a combined $10 million to Winning Our Future, the super PAC that supports and is run by former staffers of Republi...Date: 27 Jan 2012 18:50:25 ESTHUFFPOST HILL - GINGRICH PINNING HOPES ON MOON BOUNCENewt Gingrich's support is declining, though he'll gain ground later when those Moon delegates start to roll in. In what might be the most confusing Friday news dump ever, the government announced that it's helping people afford homes. And Elizabeth Warren continues her noble crusade to lim...Date: 27 Jan 2012 18:50:25 ESTELIZABETH WARREN MAKES QUESTIONABLE CLAIMA crusader for the middle class, U.S. Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren's personal finances were bound to come under scrutiny. But Warren may have slipped up when she claimed Thursday that she isn't wealthy. "I realize there are some wealthy individuals -- I'm not one of them -- but some...Date: 27 Jan 2012 18:50:25 ESTLAS VEGAS MAYOR GOES ON FOOD STAMPSCarolyn Goodman may be the only mayor in the United States on food stamps, but it's only temporary. Goodman is taking part in a local food bank's challenge to live on $4.06 per day -- the amount a single person who qualifies for food stamps receives....Date: 27 Jan 2012 18:20:40 ESTWALL STREET POLITICAL DONATIONS HAVE SKYROCKETEDIt's influence in Washington can be debated, but Wall Street's growing interest in the nation's capitol cannot. The number of political donors working in the finance, insurance and real estate sectors and giving more than $10,000 has skyrocketed 405 percent over the past two decades, acco...Date: 27 Jan 2012 18:20:40 EST -
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OBAMA TOUTS HIGHER ED REFORMS IN MICHIGANThe White House insists that the three-day, five-state tour upon which President Obama embarked on Wednesday was intended to sell his State of the Union message, and wasn't directed toward campaign purposes....Date: 27 Jan 2012 13:51:24 ESTBIDEN PREDICTS SECOND OBAMA TERM, DEM MAJORITY IN HOUSEVice President Biden on Friday predicted re-election for himself and President Obama, along with a regained majority for Democrats in the House of Representatives....Date: 27 Jan 2012 13:51:24 ESTNBC/WSJ POLL: GINGRICH LEADS ROMNEY, BUT BADLY TRAILS OBAMANewt Gingrich leads Mitt Romney among Republicans, but he is the weakest of the GOP presidential hopefuls against President Obama, according to an NBC News-Wall Street Journal poll released Thursday evening....Date: 26 Jan 2012 20:51:40 ESTOBAMA TURNS ATTENTION TO ENERGY IN KEY STATESPresident Barack Obama was returning Thursday to two states key to his re-election, Nevada and Colorado, promoting his energy agenda while grabbing some of the political spotlight ahead of his Republican rivals....Date: 26 Jan 2012 14:01:33 ESTNBC/WSJ POLL: MAJORITY WOULD VOTE OUT ENTIRE CONGRESSFirst Read: In a country sharply divided on almost every issue, most Americans agree on one thing: they don’t like Congress, and they would vote to replace every single member — even their own....Date: 26 Jan 2012 13:21:14 ESTGIFFORDS OFFICIALLY RESIGNS FROM CONGRESSOn the House floor Wednesday morning, the day after her appearance at the president’s State of the Union address in the same chamber, Arizona Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords formally offered her resignation to Speaker John Boehner....Date: 25 Jan 2012 11:51:39 ESTOBAMA SIGNALS RE-ELECT MESSAGE WITH STATE OF THE UNIONFirst Thoughts: The president strikes an optimistic, populist tone and takes credit for accomplishments ... but he also draws a line in the sand with Republicans....Date: 25 Jan 2012 09:42:02 ESTRATE THE STATE OF THE UNION SPEECHHow would you rate President Obama's State of the Union address?...Date: 25 Jan 2012 09:30:41 ESTOBAMA: DEBT CEILING FIGHT HURT THE ECONOMYThe president says Washington's dysfunction is partly to blame for slow economic recovery in his State of the Union address....Date: 24 Jan 2012 23:20:57 ESTOBAMA: DEBT CEILING FIGHT CONTRIBUTED TO POOR ECONOMYThe president says Washington's dysfunction is partly to blame for slow economic recovery in his State of the Union address....Date: 24 Jan 2012 23:20:57 ESTDANIELS' GOP RESPONSE TO STATE OF THE UNION SPEECHRead the full text, as prepared for delivery, of Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels' Republican response to the president's State of the Union address to the nation....Date: 24 Jan 2012 23:20:57 ESTOBAMA: MILLIONAIRES SHOULD PAY AT LEAST 30 PERCENT IN TAXESFirst Read: People earning over $1 million per year should pay an effective tax rate of no less than 30 percent, President Obama said in his State of the Union address Tuesday night....Date: 24 Jan 2012 23:20:57 ESTGOP RESPONSE: STATE OF THE NATION IS 'GRAVE'Indiana governor says the country is in trouble but that Republican policies are the right way back....Date: 24 Jan 2012 23:20:56 ESTOBAMA DECLARES 'WE'VE COME TOO FAR TO TURN BACK NOW'President Barack Obama offered his proposals for this session of Congress and painted a sharp contrast with his Republican foes during the annual State of the Union speech....Date: 24 Jan 2012 21:50:36 ESTOBAMA LAYS OUT BLUEPRINTS FOR AN ECONOMY 'BUILT TO LAST' IN SOTUPresident Barack Obama offered his proposals for this session of Congress and painted a sharp contrast with his Republican foes during the annual State of the Union speech....Date: 24 Jan 2012 21:30:50 ESTOBAMA TO LAY OUT BLUEPRINT FOR ECONOMY 'BUILT TO LAST' IN SOTUPresident Barack Obama will go before a joint session of Congress at 9 p.m. ET to offer his proposals for this session of Congress and to paint sharp contrasts with his Republican foes....Date: 24 Jan 2012 18:41:01 ESTOBAMA TO LAYOUT BLUEPRINT FOR ECONOMY 'BUILT TO LAST' IN SOTUPresident Barack Obama will go before a joint session of Congress at 9 p.m. ET to offer his proposals for this session of Congress and to paint sharp contrasts with his Republican foes....Date: 24 Jan 2012 18:21:14 ESTAHEAD OF STATE OF THE UNION, RATING OBAMA'S PAST PROMISESFor all the forward-looking posturing, the decisions voters make in November will be as much about how the country fared during the president’s first term as what he proposes for a second. ...Date: 24 Jan 2012 13:01:36 ESTSECRET TAPES OF JFK'S LAST DAYS RELEASEDPresident John F. Kennedy's library has released 45 hours of privately recorded meetings and phone calls, providing a window into the final months of his life....Date: 24 Jan 2012 05:10:27 ESTGIFFORDS' MEETING WITH FELLOW SURVIVORS IN TUCSONIn one of her last acts in office, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords met Monday with other survivors and supporters more than a year after gunfire interrupted a spontaneous meet-and-greet with constituents outside a Tucson grocery store....Date: 23 Jan 2012 13:31:55 EST
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SUNUNU TALKS UP GRANITE STATE TRADITIONHAMPTON FALLS, N.H. - The Granite State may be just a slight clip behind Iowa in launching momentum in the GOP presidential primary race, which is picking up this week, but it is poised to hold on to its traditions in the ever-evolving process. Former Gov. John Sununu, who just finished a stint chai...Date: 08 Jan 2012 01:30:42 ESTBARBOUR CRITICIZES OBAMA ON COLLECTIVE BARGAININGMississippi Gov. Haley Barbour on Wednesday defended his Republican colleague, Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin, and suggested that President Obama had been hypocritical in boasting about freezing pay for federal employees while at the same time expressing support for the collective bargaining rights...Date: 06 Jan 2012 04:50:43 ESTGINGRICH COULD REAP REWARDS IF HE JUMPS IN FIRSTA statement released by Newt Gingrich spokesman Rick Tyler late Tuesday night raised more questions than it answered when it denied widespread reports that the former House speaker would announce the formation of a presidential exploratory committee on Thursday in Georgia. Still, even if there is no...Date: 06 Jan 2012 04:50:43 ESTPAWLENTY RELEASES TEA PARTY-THEMED VIDEOOn the heels of his speech at the Tea Party Patriots' policy summit in Phoenix over the weekend, former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty has released a new video designed to highlight his solidarity with the tea party movement's cause. Titled, "Tea Party: A New Birth Of Freedom," the online video opens w...Date: 06 Jan 2012 04:50:43 ESTO'MALLEY: DEM GOVERNORS FOCUSED ON ECONOMYRealClearPolitics caught up with Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley at the 2011 National Governors Association Winter Meeting in Washington. RCP: The 29 Republican governors are developing a group identity as vocal budget cutters, especially after the recent election. Can you describe the group ident...Date: 06 Jan 2012 04:50:43 ESTDECISION DAY LOOMS FOR GINGRICHFormer House Speaker Newt Gingrich is preparing to announce in a matter of days whether he will form an exploratory committee for a presidential campaign. Earlier this month, Gingrich told Fox News that he would decide about a White House run by early March. A Gingrich adviser told the Atlanta Journ...Date: 06 Jan 2012 04:50:43 ESTPARNELL: PALIN IS QUALIFIED TO SERVEAlaska Gov. Sean Parnell on Friday cited state ethics laws in stopping short of endorsing a potential presidential campaign by his predecessor, former Gov. Sarah Palin. But Parnell had nothing but kind words for the woman under whom he served as lieutenant governor for two-and-a-half years. "You're...Date: 01 Jan 2012 01:30:39 ESTFLASHBACK GIVES GLIMPSE OF DANIELS' POLITICAL SKILLSAs Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels navigates what appears to be an increasingly treacherous political minefield as he contemplates a presidential run, it may be instructive to view how he's handled himself in past political situations. Right after the 1986 midterm elections, when the GOP lost eight Senat...Date: 01 Jan 2012 01:30:39 ESTPAWLENTY URGES SUPPORT FOR GOV. WALKERFormer Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty has ramped up an aggressive campaign to come to the defense of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker as the ongoing political standoff in Madison continues to make headlines nationally. On Wednesday, Pawlenty appeared on Fox News and chastised Wisconsin Democrats who have fl...Date: 01 Jan 2012 01:30:39 ESTSHERROD BROWN MAY PROVE TOUGH TARGET IN 2012Ohio Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown, a self-described progressive, has had a target on his back since the day he ousted two-term Republican Sen. Mike DeWine by an eye-popping 12-point margin in 2006. But as he gears up to run for a second term in 2012, even Republicans who thought he'd be easy to kno...Date: 01 Jan 2012 01:30:39 ESTSUNUNU TALKS UP GRANITE STATE TRADITIONHAMPTON FALLS, N.H. - The Granite State may be just a slight clip behind Iowa in launching momentum in the GOP presidential primary race, which is picking up this week, but it is poised to hold on to its traditions in the ever-evolving process. Former Gov. John Sununu, who just finished a stint chai...Date: 08 Dec 2011 01:31:41 ESTBARBOUR CRITICIZES OBAMA ON COLLECTIVE BARGAININGMississippi Gov. Haley Barbour on Wednesday defended his Republican colleague, Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin, and suggested that President Obama had been hypocritical in boasting about freezing pay for federal employees while at the same time expressing support for the collective bargaining rights...Date: 06 Dec 2011 01:30:56 ESTGINGRICH COULD REAP REWARDS IF HE JUMPS IN FIRSTA statement released by Newt Gingrich spokesman Rick Tyler late Tuesday night raised more questions than it answered when it denied widespread reports that the former House speaker would announce the formation of a presidential exploratory committee on Thursday in Georgia. Still, even if there is no...Date: 06 Dec 2011 01:30:56 ESTPAWLENTY RELEASES TEA PARTY-THEMED VIDEOOn the heels of his speech at the Tea Party Patriots' policy summit in Phoenix over the weekend, former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty has released a new video designed to highlight his solidarity with the tea party movement's cause. Titled, "Tea Party: A New Birth Of Freedom," the online video opens w...Date: 06 Dec 2011 01:30:56 ESTO'MALLEY: DEM GOVERNORS FOCUSED ON ECONOMYRealClearPolitics caught up with Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley at the 2011 National Governors Association Winter Meeting in Washington. RCP: The 29 Republican governors are developing a group identity as vocal budget cutters, especially after the recent election. Can you describe the group ident...Date: 04 Dec 2011 01:31:12 ESTDECISION DAY LOOMS FOR GINGRICHFormer House Speaker Newt Gingrich is preparing to announce in a matter of days whether he will form an exploratory committee for a presidential campaign. Earlier this month, Gingrich told Fox News that he would decide about a White House run by early March. A Gingrich adviser told the Atlanta Journ...Date: 04 Dec 2011 01:31:12 ESTPARNELL: PALIN IS QUALIFIED TO SERVEAlaska Gov. Sean Parnell on Friday cited state ethics laws in stopping short of endorsing a potential presidential campaign by his predecessor, former Gov. Sarah Palin. But Parnell had nothing but kind words for the woman under whom he served as lieutenant governor for two-and-a-half years. "You're...Date: 01 Dec 2011 01:30:42 ESTFLASHBACK GIVES GLIMPSE OF DANIELS' POLITICAL SKILLSAs Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels navigates what appears to be an increasingly treacherous political minefield as he contemplates a presidential run, it may be instructive to view how he's handled himself in past political situations. Right after the 1986 midterm elections, when the GOP lost eight Senat...Date: 01 Dec 2011 01:30:42 ESTPAWLENTY URGES SUPPORT FOR GOV. WALKERFormer Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty has ramped up an aggressive campaign to come to the defense of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker as the ongoing political standoff in Madison continues to make headlines nationally. On Wednesday, Pawlenty appeared on Fox News and chastised Wisconsin Democrats who have fl...Date: 01 Dec 2011 01:30:42 ESTSHERROD BROWN MAY PROVE TOUGH TARGET IN 2012Ohio Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown, a self-described progressive, has had a target on his back since the day he ousted two-term Republican Sen. Mike DeWine by an eye-popping 12-point margin in 2006. But as he gears up to run for a second term in 2012, even Republicans who thought he'd be easy to kno...Date: 01 Dec 2011 01:30:42 EST -
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HERE’S VIDEO REMINDER OF WHY POLITICIANS SHOULD REALLY BE REQUIRED TO RAP IN EVERY CAMPAIGN ADWhite guys! Rapping! About Newt Gingrich! In 1994! That is all we can say about this, because we can’t understand anything else about this old campaign ad from the Dukes of Hazzard guy whose congressional seat Newt stole. There should be a CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT requiring all political attac...Date: 27 Jan 2012 20:50:38 ESTPENNSYLVANIA HOUSE VOTES TO DECLARE BIBLE AWESOMEST BOOK OF 2012Oh thank goodness, IT WAS ABOUT TIME: Pennsylvania lawmakers unanimously approved a resolution declaring 2012 the “Year of the Bible” in their state, to publicly recognize some of the important famous people in American history who have owned Bibles and talked about Bibles — you kn...Date: 27 Jan 2012 19:30:49 ESTOBAMA SAYS COLLEGE WILL BE AFFORDABLE AGAIN ONE DAY, MAYBEGreetings old friends! It’s your Wonkabout on Special Assignment for your Wonkette to report on Obama’s college affordability speech at the University of Michigan where she just happens to be doing some learning of her own these days. So what did our dear President have to say to a crowd...Date: 27 Jan 2012 17:40:59 ESTTENNESSEE BIGOT: AIDS CAUSED BY ONE MONKEY-LOVING AIRLINE PILOTArguably the worst person permitted to make laws on behalf of America, Tennessee State Senator Stacey Campfield, author of the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, recently took part in an interview on Sirius in which he not only defended his already nightmarish views on homosexuality and AIDS, b...Date: 27 Jan 2012 16:50:51 ESTTENNESSEE BIGOT: AIDS IS ALL THE FAULT OF THIS ONE MONKEY-LOVING AIRLINE PILOTArguably the worst person permitted to make laws on behalf of America, Tennessee State Senator Stacey Campfield, author of the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, recently took part in an interview on Sirius in which he not only defended his already nightmarish views on homosexuality and AIDS, b...Date: 27 Jan 2012 16:21:40 ESTPALIN DEFENDS ‘ANGRY LITTLE MUFFIN’ NEWT AGAINST RIGHT-WING CONSPIRACYInternet mean girl Sarah Palin is forgoing her usual illiterate tweeting in order to defend, on teevee, Newt Gingrich, a multimedia huckster who may or may not have illegally promised Palin a cabinet position in his fantasy moon presidency. The former governor must have really pissed someone off at...Date: 27 Jan 2012 15:51:53 ESTSARAH PALIN DEFENDS ‘ANGRY LITTLE MUFFIN’ NEWT AGAINST VAST RIGHT-WING CONSPIRACYInternet mean girl Sarah Palin is forgoing her usual illiterate tweeting in order to defend, on teevee, Newt Gingrich, a multimedia huckster who may or may not have illegally promised Palin a cabinet position in his fantasy moon presidency. The former governor must have really pissed someone off at...Date: 27 Jan 2012 15:21:27 ESTOH, LOOK, ROMNEY ATTACKED KENNEDY’S BLIND TRUST DURING 1994 SENATE RACEMitt Romney, who was slightly more humanoid in 1994 than he is today, also thought blind trusts, of which he has one, and which he passionately defended during Thursday night’s Jacksonville debate, were terrible, devious things. How exactly did he put it? Oh yes, a blind trust is an “age...Date: 27 Jan 2012 14:41:21 ESTARIZONA COP NOT SURE WHAT BIG DEAL IS OVER HIS BULLET-RIDDLED OBAMA PHOTOWhat had we gone, a whole week or so without a news story about a public official cracking jokes online about murdering Barack Obama? That’s kind of a long time! Don’t “worry,” however, Mexico still does not want Arizona back, so we will never go too long without one of these...Date: 27 Jan 2012 14:13:51 ESTNORTH CAROLINA REPRESENTATIVE: LET’S BRING BACK PUBLIC HANGINGSRepublican Representative Larry Pittman of Cabarrus County, NC thinks, sort of like Newt Gingrich did back in the ’90s, that capital punishment is the only way to scare people like “abortionists, rapists and kidnappers” (what, no murderers?) into being better citizens (and more con...Date: 27 Jan 2012 12:11:16 ESTCONSERVATIVES DUMB, SAYS SCIENCENEW YORK—Hey look! It’s that time of year again, and the semi-annual release of some or another study claiming that conservatives are stupid has finally landed on liberal doorsteps across America. Perfect timing, really! Since, you know, the one thing the country needs right now more than just...Date: 27 Jan 2012 09:23:21 ESTLIVEBLOGGING THE LAST GOP DEBATE (UNTIL THE NEXT ONE, WHICH IS SOON)Welcome to the last GOP presidential debate of …eh, “tonight” is about all we can say for certain these days. UGH. Here’s a preview: Newt Gingrich will sneer at some minority and the audience will gnaw its fingers off with excitement, Mitt Romney will be asked to compare and...Date: 26 Jan 2012 22:51:55 ESTLIVEBLOGGING THE LAST GOP DEBATE (UNTIL THE NEXT ONE IN A FEW DAYS)Welcome to the last GOP presidential debate of …eh, “tonight” is about all we can say for certain these days. UGH. Here’s a preview: Newt Gingrich will sneer at some minority and the audience will gnaw its fingers off with excitement, Mitt Romney will be asked to compare and...Date: 26 Jan 2012 20:21:47 ESTDID ROMNEY SECRETLY BAPTIZE HOLOCAUST VICTIMS TO MAKE THEM MORMON?Here’s a wacky fun-time ritual thing the Mormons do that you may or may not have heard about: they love to baptize dead people and thus declare them members of their magic moon faith, mostly so that the Mormons can claim a 7 billion person membership similar to the way that those McDonald̵...Date: 26 Jan 2012 17:31:05 ESTFLORIDA CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE LIKENS OBAMA’S TERM TO SLAVE SHIPMark Oxner, a Republican running for Congress in Florida’s brand new 27th district, which will include parts of Orlando, just released this ad, which he promises to be the first of many. It depicts President Obama as a pirate who enslaves children to row his ship to its demise over a waterfall...Date: 26 Jan 2012 17:10:55 ESTFLORIDA CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE LIKENS OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO SLAVE SHIPMark Oxner, a Republican running for Congress in Florida’s brand new 27th district, which will include parts of Orlando, just released this ad, which he promises to be the first of many. It depicts President Obama as a pirate who enslaves children to row his ship to its demise over a waterfall...Date: 26 Jan 2012 17:02:35 ESTNEWT’S GOP PAL DUKE CUNNINGHAM OFFERS SUPPORT, FROM FEDERAL PRISONRandy “Duke” Cunningham was a fantastic Republican congressman. After a career bombing peasants in Vietnam, he came back to teach pilots at an ugly suburban theme park based on the Tom Cruise movie Top Gun, and then “Duke” became a congressman from San Diego, until his inevit...Date: 26 Jan 2012 17:02:35 ESTNEWT’S GOP PAL DUKE CUNNINGHAM OFFERS HIS SUPPORT, FROM FEDERAL PRISONRandy “Duke” Cunningham was a fantastic Republican congressman. After a career bombing peasants in Vietnam, he came back to teach pilots at an ugly suburban theme park based on the Tom Cruise movie Top Gun, and then “Duke” became a congressman from San Diego, until his inevit...Date: 26 Jan 2012 16:41:32 ESTAUSSIE POLITICIAN PLAGIARIZES MICHAEL DOUGLAS TO ATTACK OPPOSITIONAnthony Albanese, the transport minister of Australia’s leading Labor Party, recently went on the offensive in a speech targeted at the country’s opposition party leader Tony Abbott, and for inspiration, looked to the B movie The American President written by our beloved cinematic fabuli...Date: 26 Jan 2012 16:01:53 ESTAUSTRALIAN POLITICIAN PLAGIARIZES MICHAEL DOUGLAS TO ATTACK THE OPPOSITIONAnthony Albanese, the transport minister of Australia’s leading Labor Party, recently went on the offensive in a speech targeted at the country’s opposition party leader Tony Abbott, and for inspiration, looked to the B movie The American President written by our beloved cinematic fabuli...Date: 26 Jan 2012 15:40:58 EST
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WASHINGTON POST
DONATIONS FLOWED TO GINGRICH’S NONPROFIT AFTER HE SHIFTED ON ENERGY ISSUES IN 2008A month after joining Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi in a televised call to fight climate change in 2008, Newt Gingrich pivoted to a much different message: Increase domestic drilling and block legislation aimed at implementing a “cap-and-trade” system to curb carbon pollution. Read full article &...Date: 28 Jan 2012 01:30:17 ESTSCHOOL CHOICE IN COLORADOGeorge F. WillCASTLE ROCK, Colo. The red stone outcropping that gives this community its name is just a facet of the histrionic geology of Douglas County that sprawls prettily along the front range of the Rockies south of Denver. The county is named, Lord knows why, for Stephen Douglas, who defeated Abraham Linc...Date: 28 Jan 2012 01:30:13 ESTINUNDATED BY A RIVER OF WORDSGeorge F. WillYou step onto an airport’s moving walkway, a flat metal conveyor belt that conveys travelers down an airport concourse, sparing them the indignity of burning a few calories by walking a bit. And soon a recorded voice says: “The moving sidewalk is coming to an end. Please look down.” Read full arti...Date: 28 Jan 2012 01:30:12 ESTTHE 9TH CIRCUIT’S PROPER CALL ON BONE MARROW DONATIONSGeorge F. WillThe U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit is famously liberal and frequently reversed. Recently, however, a unanimous three-judge panel of this court did something right when it held that bone marrow donors can be compensated. In effect, it revised a law, the National Organ Transplant Act (NOTA...Date: 28 Jan 2012 01:30:10 ESTA DREAM STILL OUT OF REACHEugene RobinsonAs the nation honors the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. with a stirring new memorial on the National Mall, let’s not obscure one of his most important messages in a fog of sentiment. Justice, he told us, is not just a legal or moral question but a matter of economics as well. Read full article >&g...Date: 28 Jan 2012 01:30:09 ESTOBAMA TO THE NATION: ONWARD CIVILIAN SOLDIERSGeorge F. WillWar, said James Madison, is “the true nurse of executive aggrandizement.” Randolph Bourne, the radical essayist killed by the influenza unleashed by World War I, warned, “War is the health of the state.” Hence Barack Obama’s State of the Union hymn: Onward civilian soldiers, marching as to war. Rea...Date: 28 Jan 2012 01:30:09 EST7 FORMER LAWMAKERS LOBBIED FOR GROUPS THAT RECEIVED EARMARKS, REPORT SAYSSometimes earmarking government money pays off for U.S. lawmakers — even after they’ve left office. A new report has found seven former lawmakers who have lobbied Congress on behalf of organizations that they funded while in office. Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington found that fo...Date: 27 Jan 2012 22:50:00 ESTPAUL PURSUED STRATEGY OF PUBLISHING CONTROVERSIAL NEWSLETTERS, ASSOCIATES SAYRon Paul, well known as a physician, congressman and libertarian , has also been a businessman who pursued a marketing strategy that included publishing provocative, racially charged newsletters to make money and spread his ideas, said three people with direct knowledge of Paul’s businesses. Read f...Date: 27 Jan 2012 22:50:00 ESTROMNEY SAYS GINGRICH IS ‘LIKE GOLDILOCKS’ORLANDO – After getting the better of Newt Gingrich in Thursday night’s debate, Mitt Romney is trying to rub it in. The increasingly confident, and increasingly punchy, former Massachusetts governor took a fresh swipe at the former House speaker at a campaign rally here Friday night, likening h...Date: 27 Jan 2012 22:00:01 ESTOBAMA ALLY SUGGESTS ADMINISTRATION IS UNDERMINING ENDANGERED SPECIES ACTThe Obama administration is setting too high a threshold for listing an imperiled plant or animal under the Endangered Species Act, according to Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass). Markey, one of the White House’s closest congressional allies, late Thursday sent a letter to Dan Ashe, director of the U....Date: 27 Jan 2012 21:30:05 ESTRICK PERRY’S BACK IN TEXAS, AND SOME WONDER IF HE’S LOST POLITICAL POWER THEREYes, to the non-Texan eye, it looks like Republican Gov. Rick Perry has slunk home from his last rodeo, having humiliated himself and his home state with a presidential run that will go down in history as one big “Oops.” Read full article >>...Date: 27 Jan 2012 21:10:00 ESTOBAMA OUTLINES INCENTIVE PLAN TO REIN IN COLLEGE TUITION COSTSANN ARBOR, Mich. — President Obama offered a plan Friday to reduce the costs of higher education by increasing the amount of federal grant money available for low-interest loans and tying it directly to colleges’ ability to reduce tuition. Read full article >>...Date: 27 Jan 2012 21:10:00 ESTOBAMA, BIDEN RALLY DEMOCRATS AT ANNUAL RETREATCAMBRIDGE, Md. — President Obama and Vice President Biden on Friday worked to rally congressional Democrats preparing to do battle with Republicans leading into the 2012 election. In remarks at the annual House Democratic retreat near the shore of Chesapeake Bay, Obama rallied the House Democrats w...Date: 27 Jan 2012 20:40:00 ESTNEWT GINGRICH’S TWEET-WORTHY WEEK | @MENTIONMACHINEWant to get attention on Twitter? Win big in a Republican primary, then propose colonizing the moon. It is working for Newt Gingrich. Gingrich was mentioned more times on Twitter and in the media during the past week than any of his other Republican rivals, according to @MentionMachine data. R...Date: 27 Jan 2012 19:20:03 ESTIN FLORIDA, GOP CANDIDATES PRAISE MARCO RUBIO, A FAVORITE FOR RUNNING MATEIt seemed like the softball question of the night when the Republican candidates for president were asked at Thursday’s debate to name a Hispanic politician they would appoint to their Cabinet. Of course, the near universal answer was Sen. Marco Rubio, the popular freshman senator from Florida who...Date: 27 Jan 2012 19:10:00 ESTWALTER ISAACSON LEAVING BBG, SAYS HE’S BUSY WITH ‘BIG WRITING PROJECT’Walter Isaacson, who penned a best-selling book about the late Apple cofounder Steve Jobs, resigned Friday as the chairman of the Broadcasting Board of Governors to work on another book. “I'm taking on another big writing project, so I won't be able to give the BBG the time it needs and deserves,”...Date: 27 Jan 2012 18:50:01 ESTMITT ROMNEY ON SPACE COAST PROMISES ‘COMMITMENT TO AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM’ — NOT MOON COLONIESCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The day after Newt Gingrich came to Florida’s Space Coast to lay out an ambitious plan to establish a U.S. colony on the moon, Mitt Romney journeyed here to offer a plan of his own. Read full article >>...Date: 27 Jan 2012 18:40:04 ESTGREG SARGENT: HAPPY HOUR ROUNDUP* High crimes and misdemeanors? Fun times as Grover Norquist seems to suggest that letting the Bush tax cuts for the rich expire, as signed into law by Bush himself, could constitute an impeachable offense for Obama: Read full article >>...Date: 27 Jan 2012 18:20:20 ESTWHAT WOULD MITT ROMNEY’S OFFSHORE ACCOUNT FILINGS SHOW?Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign has said it filed disclosures required by the Treasury Department involving the Romney family’s offshore holdings, but the campaign has not responded to requests from The Washington Post over the past two days for copies of those documents. Read full article >...Date: 27 Jan 2012 18:10:00 ESTWALTER ISSACSON LEAVING BBG, SAYS HE’S BUSY WITH ‘BIG WRITING PROJECT’Walter Issacson, who penned a best-selling book about the late Apple cofounder Steve Jobs, resigned Friday as the chairman of the Broadcasting Board of Governors to work on another book. “I'm taking on another big writing project, so I won't be able to give the BBG the time it needs and deserves,”...Date: 27 Jan 2012 17:50:06 EST -
NEW YORK TIMES
THE EARLY WORD: REBUTTALThe CaucusPolitical news from today's Times and around the Web, plus a look at the president's weekly address and happenings in Washington....Date: 28 Jan 2012 06:10:29 ESTSLEEPING BARRY AWAKESMaureen DowdWelcome to Opposite Day in Washington: The president is fierce and the House Republicans are compromising....Date: 28 Jan 2012 03:10:20 ESTPAGING HISTORYMaureen DowdYears of history and a relatively tiny budget could not save the House page program thanks to all those fears of temptation....Date: 28 Jan 2012 03:10:20 ESTO.K., NOW RON PAULGail CollinsIt’s time for another meeting of the Republican Presidential Book Club. And lucky for you readers, Ron Paul has written a ton of stuff!...Date: 28 Jan 2012 03:10:20 ESTCOUNTING REALLY SMALL BLESSINGSGail CollinsThis year, don’t forget to give thanks for the Republican presidential debates. Seriously, they have given us so many truly interesting TV moments....Date: 28 Jan 2012 03:10:20 ESTDAY OF THE ARMADILLOGail CollinsI bet you didn’t know that Herman Cain and the British monarch have something in common. They really do!...Date: 28 Jan 2012 03:10:20 ESTTHE LIFE REPORTSDavid BrooksAfter a few thousand readers over 70 wrote in with personal histories, here are some of the lessons they shared....Date: 28 Jan 2012 03:10:19 ESTTHE WRONG INEQUALITYDavid BrooksThe most troubling problems that leave many Americans at a disadvantage have gotten lost in the debate over the top 1 percent of earners vs. the bottom 99 percent....Date: 28 Jan 2012 03:10:19 ESTFEEL FREE TO IGNORE IOWAGail CollinsThe first-in-the-nation caucuses are only a few days away! Frankly, people, it will be the first big nonevent of 2012....Date: 28 Jan 2012 01:30:41 ESTTHE REAL LEGACY OF NEWT GINGRICHGail CollinsThe public doesn’t mind misbehavior. It’s the other politicians who care....Date: 28 Jan 2012 01:30:40 ESTGINGRICH RELEASES TWO ATTACK ADSThe CaucusNewt Gingrich goes on the full offensive, and so does his "super PAC."...Date: 27 Jan 2012 20:10:31 ESTFIRST DAY FOR NEW CHIEF OF STAFFThe CaucusAt midday Friday, William M. Daley, a former commerce secretary, passed the baton as White House chief of staff to Jacob J. Lew, the former budget director....Date: 27 Jan 2012 16:31:11 ESTSANTORUM'S ATTACKS ON ROMNEY HEALTH PLAN COULD HELP DEMOCRATSThe CaucusIf Democrats wants a step-by-step instruction manual for how they might try to neutralize Mitt Romney on the health care issue, they might want to watch Rick Santorum's coldly efficient critique....Date: 27 Jan 2012 16:21:24 ESTPOLLS HIGHLIGHT FLORIDA'S DIVERSE ELECTORATEThe CaucusThe challenges for Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney in Florida are far different than they were in earlier state contests....Date: 27 Jan 2012 16:01:36 ESTGINGRICH UNLEASHES AD ATTACKING ROMNEYThe CaucusNewt Gingrich accuses Mitt Romney of being dishonest and untrustworthy....Date: 27 Jan 2012 15:21:13 ESTGINGRICH UNLEASHES AN AD ATTACKING ROMNEYThe CaucusNewt Gingrich accuses Mitt Romney of being dishonest and untrustworthy....Date: 27 Jan 2012 15:11:13 ESTTOP TECHNOLOGY OFFICIAL LEAVING THE WHITE HOUSEThe CaucusAneesh Chopra, the White House's first-ever chief technology officer, was charged with spearheading the modernization of the federal government's technology....Date: 27 Jan 2012 14:41:06 ESTTIMESCAST: GINGRICH LOSES MOMENTUMThe CaucusNewt Gingrich's momentum from the South Carolina wanes days ahead of the Florida primary. Paul Volpe reports....Date: 27 Jan 2012 14:41:06 ESTAT RETREAT, BIDEN RALLIES HOUSE DEMOCRATSThe CaucusVice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. delivered an overtly political speech challenging the economic pronouncements of Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney while setting the bar high for his ticket's re-election....Date: 27 Jan 2012 13:32:04 ESTSOME STATE OF THE UNION VIEWERS TUNED OUT FASTThe CaucusAccording to a new analysis of viewing patterns during the speech, interest was on the decline from the beginning. More than a quarter of the people who started watching on network television at 9 p.m. Eastern tuned out within the first five minutes....Date: 27 Jan 2012 12:02:56 EST -
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