Nov 07 Poll Shows Why Romney Isn’t Gaining Traction With GOP Voters By David Chalian 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… Continue reading
Nov 04 Unemployment Barely Budges in October, Rate Ticks Down to 9% By David Chalian 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… Continue reading
Nov 03 Cain Launches Blame Game, Regroups on Strategy By David Chalian 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… Continue reading
Nov 02 Cain Struggles to Contain Sexual Harassment Story By David Chalian 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… Continue reading
Nov 01 Cain’s Consistency Questioned After Day of Public Appearances By David Chalian "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… Continue reading
Oct 31 Cain Faces Scrutiny After Allegations of Sexual Harassment By David Chalian 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… Continue reading
Oct 28 Despite Rhetorical Gridlock, House Leaders Claim to Want a Deficit Deal By David Chalian 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… Continue reading
Oct 27 The Cain Conundrum By David Chalian 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. Continue reading
Oct 26 Romney Provides Fodder for Opponents After Ohio Visit By David Chalian Presidential candidate Mitt Romney. Photo by Richard Ellis/Getty Images. Mitt Romney stopped by an Ohio Republican Party phone bank on Tuesday to support a get-out-the-vote effort for an off-year, big ballot initiative in a couple of weeks. The support he… Continue reading
Oct 25 The Perry Re-Launch By David Chalian GOP presidential candidate Rick Perry. Photo by Scott Eells/Getty Images. Updated 1:44 p.m. Watch a video clip below from Perry's economic plan announcement: // Texas Gov. Rick Perry is adding a bevy of senior advisers to his campaign team, preparing… Continue reading