Mar 15 Republican Strategist Cites Clinton as Chance for GOP Comeback During the 40th annual Conservative Political Action Conference, political consultant Whit Ayres said that it's time the Republican Party shifted its message and started focusing on new strategies and ideas to build up popular support for American conservativism. Photo… Continue reading
Mar 15 Democrats, GOP Grapple With Internal Divisions By Christina Bellantoni Political campaign buttons and memorabilia at the 2013 Conservative Political Action Conference at the National Harbor. Photo By Chris Maddaloni/CQ Roll Call. Republicans and Democrats end a week focused on bipartisanship with signs they are far from united within their… Continue reading
Mar 15 Watch Live: Conservative Activists Discuss Party Goals on Day Two of CPAC NewsHour's livestream of CPAC, scheduled to begin at 8:45 a.m. ET, will bring you highlights from some of the key speakers throughout the day. Over the next three days, more than 8,000 right-leaning political activists are expected to… Continue reading
Mar 15 Gwen's Take: Is Washington Not As Bad As You Think? At first I was terribly impressed. While reading this excellent column by my friend Ruth Marcus, I was taken aback by this statistic: Members of Congress report that they work 70 hours a week. What's more, the… Continue reading
Mar 15 Watch News Wrap: CR Intrinsic to Pay $600 Million in SEC Insider Trading Settlement In other news Friday, trading group CR Intrinsic will pay $600 million in a settlement with the SEC over allegations that a manager made trades on a drug for Alzheimer's disease. Also, the Vatican struck back at claims that Pope… Continue watching
Mar 14 Watch Young Republican Attends CPAC for Rising Stars of the GOP Young Republican Attends CPAC to See Rising Stars of the GOP… Continue watching
Mar 14 Watch Michigan Gov. Puts Detroit Under Emergency Fiscal Management Michigan's Gov. Rick Snyder announced an emergency financial manager will take over Detroit's finances. The city has faced economic struggles as residents and businesses left for suburbs and it saw reductions in state aid. Margaret Warner talks to Gov. Snyder… Continue watching
Mar 14 Judy's Notebook: What Is Happening In Washington? Republicans and Democrats are talking to each other. The president spent an hour this week answering questions from his biggest critics -- House Republicans. This on the heels of a dinner with a dozen Senate Republicans, as yet another… Continue reading
Mar 14 President's Outreach to Hill Republicans Collides with CPAC Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, arrives in the basement of the Capitol for a meeting with President Barack Obama and House Republicans Wednesday. Boehner described the 80-minute session as a "very frank and candid exchange of ideas" that he found "productive."… Continue reading
Mar 14 Watch Live: Conservatives Congregate for Annual Political Action Conference Over the next three days, more than 8,000 right-leaning political activists are expected to attend the 40th annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) and according to sponsor American Conservation Union, they'll receive the "intellectual and training tools… Continue reading