Oct 18 The Morning Line: Money Advantage Puts Republicans in the Driver’s Seat Republican supporters attend the Republican National Committee "Victory Rally with Sarah Palin" in Anaheim, Calif., on Saturday. Photo by Valerie Macon/AFP/Getty Images. If money usually follows momentum in politics, then Republicans are the ones with the wind at… Continue reading
Oct 04 Democrats Set Fundraising Record President Obama greets supporters in Chicago during a Democratic Party fundraiser. Photo by Jeff Haynes/Getty Images. The Democratic National Committee announced Monday morning that it raised a record setting $16 million in September, by far the party's… Continue reading
Oct 01 President Obama’s Change at the Top: Out Goes Rahm, In Comes Rouse President Obama and senior adviser Pete Rouse bump fists at the White House in April 2009. Photo by Pete Souza/White House via Getty Images. When President Obama takes to the East Room of the White House at 11:05… Continue reading
Sep 30 Cornyn: GOP Congress Would Take Aim at Health Care, Financial Reform Bills If in 33 days American voters put Republicans back in power on Capitol Hill, the head of the Senate Republican campaign arm predicts his party will "pretty quickly" introduce bills to repeal two of President Obama's major legislative accomplishments… Continue reading
Sep 28 Remembering Rahm White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images. Just hours after President Obama said on NBC's "Today" show that White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel would soon make a decision about whether to… Continue reading
Sep 27 The Backyard Campaign Strategy President Obama speaks about health care reform last week in a backyard in Fall Church, Va. Photo by Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images. Vice President Joe Biden is expected to hit a backyard in New Hampshire on Monday to raise… Continue reading
Sep 24 Senate Democrats: Extension of Tax Cuts Will Have to Wait American flags stand at the U.S. Capitol on Thursday. Photo by Scott J. Ferrell/Congressional Quarterly/Getty Images. Senate Democratic leaders announced Thursday they were deserting plans to extend tax cuts until after November's midterm elections when the political atmosphere… Continue reading
Sep 23 GOP’s ‘Pledge to America’: Extend Bush Tax Cuts, Repeal Health Care Bill Rep. Mike Pence. R-Ind., speaks at Tart Lumber in Sterling, Va., where House Republicans will unveil their "Pledge to America," their agenda for the upcoming 111th Congress. Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images. House Republican leaders will unveil their… Continue reading
Sep 22 FLOTUS to the Rescue First lady Michelle Obama. Photo by Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images. A handful of Democratic candidates will get a visit this fall from the Obama they've been asking for: first lady Michelle Obama. Mrs. Obama will hit the campaign trail… Continue reading
Sep 21 Vote on Defense Spending Might Hinge on ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,’ Immigration Gay rights activists protest against the military's "Don't Ask Don't Tell" policy during a hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee last week. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images. A bill authorizing defense spending next year may once again… Continue reading