Apr 20 Watch Political Planking: Everything You Wanted to Know About Shad Political Planking: Everything You Wanted to Know About Shad… Continue watching
Apr 20 The Curse of the Political Surrogate: When Silence Should Be Golden By Gwen Ifill It took the 2012 presidential campaign to throw Democrat Hilary Rosen and conservative Ted Nugent into the same sentence. Rosen made more of a splash last week than she ever did in 17 years at the powerful Recording Industry Association… Continue reading
Apr 20 GOP Establishment Gets Behind Romney By Christina Bellantoni Mitt Romney speaks at a campaign stop Wednesday in Charlotte, N.C. Photo by Rainier Ehrhardt/Getty Images. It's a big day for Mitt Romney, who will be embraced by GOP establishment figures during the Republican National Committee's meeting of state chairmen… Continue reading
Apr 20 Watch News Wrap: Zimmerman's Bail Set at $150,000 in Trayvon Martin Case In other news Friday, a Florida judge set bail at $150,000 for George Zimmerman, the man accused of shooting unarmed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. Zimmerman apologized to Martin's parents at a court hearing in Sanford, Fla. Also, a commercial airliner crashed… Continue watching
Apr 19 Watch How Romney, Obama Camps Use Google Search Ads to Target Voters How Romney, Obama Camps Use Google Search Ads to Target Voters… Continue watching
Apr 19 Watch Congress Agrees on 1 Thing: GSA Scandal an Outrage A General Services Administration Inspector General report spurred an uproar in Congress when it detailed spending on an $823,000 conference in Las Vegas that included a mind reader, a clown and a $31,000 reception. Kwame Holman updates the GSA spending… Continue watching
Apr 19 Just Ask: What Health Benefits Do the Supreme Court Justices Receive? By Jason Kane The Supreme Court Building. Photo by Tim Sloan/AFP/Getty Images. Rob Rabie has some health care advice for the Supreme Court, straight from St. Johns, Ariz. "Perhaps the justices would better appreciate the problem if they were to forego their health… Continue reading
Apr 19 Shad Happens: Planking and Politicking in Rural Virginia By Kwame Holman Joe Crockett pulls nails from smoked shad at the 64th annual Ruritan Club Shad Planking in Wakefield, Va. Photo By Chris Maddaloni/CQ Roll Call. Updated April 20, 2:30 p.m. Politics wasn't always a main item on the menu at the… Continue reading
Apr 19 Obama, Romney Set Sights on Battleground Ohio By Christina Bellantoni From left, David Palmer, Bronson Hardwood and Duane Sutton meet with President Obama during a round table discussion Wednesday at Lorain County Community College in Elyria, Ohio. Photo by Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images. President Obama marked his 20th trip to Ohio… Continue reading
Apr 18 Virginia Ends Budget Standoff With Senior Democrat Bucking Party By Katelyn Polantz This report is part of our ongoing Divided by D.C. project, exploring two governors, two visions, one election year. Virginia's budget crisis ended Wednesday when a longtime Democratic senator sided with Republicans to pass the state's budget. As… Continue reading