Aug 19 Huntsman Seeks to Steal Some of Perry’s Spotlight By David Chalian Jon Huntsman addresses a Republican town hall meeting in Charleston, S.C., earlier this month. Photo by Richard Ellis/Getty Images. Texas Gov. Rick Perry's first substantial New Hampshire campaign swing since stopping in the Granite State on his announcement tour last… Continue reading
Aug 18 President Obama’s Approval Rating Hits New Low on Handling of Economy By David Chalian President Obama greets people Wednesday after speaking at the Country Corner Farm Market in Alpha, Ill. Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images. President Obama's approval rating on his handling of the economy has sunk to a new, very low 26 percent,… Continue reading
Aug 17 President Obama to Present Jobs Plan in Post-Labor Day Speech By David Chalian President Obama feeds the press as he walks out of Kernel Cody's Popcorn Shoppe in LeClaire, Iowa. Photo by Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images. In addition to flooding the airwaves and newspapers with images of President Obama in the heartland hearing from… Continue reading
Aug 16 President Obama to Unveil Economic Plan in September By David Chalian President Obama speaks at a town hall meeting Monday at the Seed Savers Exchange in Decorah, Iowa. Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images. In front of a picturesque red barn in Iowa on Monday, bathed in the early evening summer light,… Continue reading
Aug 15 Reshuffled GOP Field Takes Form By David Chalian Texas Gov. Rick Perry addresses a Republican fundraiser dinner in Waterloo, Iowa. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. WATERLOO, Iowa | With Texas Gov. Rick Perry's entrance into the race, Tim Pawlenty's departure from it and Rep. Michele Bachmann's weekend straw… Continue reading
Aug 12 Debate Shows Pawlenty, Bachmann Have Most at Stake in Straw Poll Tim Pawlenty and Michele Bachmann square off at the Iowa GOP/Fox News Debate. Photo by Charlie Neibergall/Pool-Getty Images. DES MOINES, Iowa | The Iowa GOP Straw Poll has a terrible track record at predicting the winner of the… Continue reading
Aug 11 Iowa Debate, Straw Poll Will Set Stage for Fall Campaign Michele Bachmann steps off her campaign bus in Humboldt, Iowa, ahead of Thursday night's debate. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. There will be eight candidates seeking the 2012 Republican presidential nomination on the debate stage Thursday night in… Continue reading
Aug 10 Wisconsin Republicans Keep Control of Senate as Democrats Come Up Short Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker. File photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images. Democrats in Wisconsin came up one seat short of ousting Republicans from control of the state Senate in Tuesday's recall elections. While two of the Republican state… Continue reading
Aug 09 Perry Looks to Steal Some Thunder Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks at the Republican Leadership Conference in June. Photo by Gage Skidmore via Flickr. As soon as advisers to Texas Gov. Rick Perry confirmed to POLITICO that he would make his presidential… Continue reading
Aug 08 Credit Downgrade Becomes Political Football A ticker in Times Square gives the news Friday evening about S&P downgrading the U.S. credit rating. Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images. The intensity and scale of the Obama administration pushback against Standard & Poor's downgrading of… Continue reading