Politics Nov 09 Labor, Democrats Score Big Win in Ohio; ‘Personhood’ Rejected in Mississippi Ohio voters repealed Senate Bill 5. Photo by wisaflcio via Flickr. Two high-profile ballot measures headlined this year's off-year elections, and both were resoundingly defeated Tuesday. In Ohio, voters overwhelmingly turned back Senate Bill 5, which sought to…
Politics Nov 08 Voters Head to Polls With Union Rights, Abortion at Stake A sign in favor of Initiative 26 is displayed near the capitol building in Jackson, Miss. Voters will decide Tuesday whether the state's constitution will recognize a fertilized human egg as a person. Photo by Esme E. Deprez/Bloomberg via Getty…
Politics Nov 07 Poll Shows Why Romney Isn’t Gaining Traction With GOP Voters A new poll shows GOP voters believe Mitt Romney is the candidate most likely to beat President Obama. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. Mitt Romney is clearly the man to beat for the GOP presidential nomination, and new ABC/Washington Post…
Politics Nov 04 Unemployment Barely Budges in October, Rate Ticks Down to 9% People wait in line for a job fair in New York City last month. Photo by Emile Wamsteker/Bloomberg via Getty Images. President Obama's presence at the G20 in France and his work there with European partners to help bring the…
Politics Nov 03 Cain Launches Blame Game, Regroups on Strategy Herman Cain is questioned by reporters Wednesday about sexual harassment allegations. Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call. Herman Cain has stopped talking about the sexual harassment allegations against him. It's a new strategy for the embattled GOP contender who has…
Politics Nov 02 Cain Struggles to Contain Sexual Harassment Story Herman Cain addresses the accusations of sexual harassment against him at the National Press Club on Monday. Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images. From the moment Politico broke the Herman Cain story on Sunday evening, it seemed inevitable that more…
Politics Nov 01 Cain’s Consistency Questioned After Day of Public Appearances "I have never sexually harassed anyone," Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain told Judy Woodruff on Monday's NewsHour. Heading into the second 24 hours of a candidacy consuming story, Herman Cain has several things going for him. Foremost, there have been…
Politics Oct 31 Cain Faces Scrutiny After Allegations of Sexual Harassment GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain will face tough questions this week. Photo by Toni Sandys/Pool/Bloomberg via Getty Images. This was supposed to be the week that Herman Cain took his anti-establishment, gravity-defying, front-running presidential campaign inside the Beltway to win…
Politics Oct 28 Despite Rhetorical Gridlock, House Leaders Claim to Want a Deficit Deal A man walks past tents near the U.S. Capitol on Thursday set up as part of the "occupy" movement. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. A day after Democrats on the bipartisan supercommittee leaked a proposal to "go big" and reduce…
Politics Oct 27 The Cain Conundrum Presidential candidate Herman Cain. Photo by Joshua Lott/Getty Images. He is leading in the national polls. He is running a close second to Mitt Romney in the critical early states of Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Florida.