Sep 29 Obama blames bad intel for underestimating Islamic State group By Domenico Montanaro, Rachel Wellford, Simone Pathe President Obama told CBS’ 60 Minutes that the intelligence community “underestimated what had been taking place in Syria” with the Islamic State group and that the U.S. overestimated the Iraqi army’s capabilities. Meanwhile, an NBC/WSJ/Annenberg poll out over the weekend… Continue reading
Sep 23 Republicans doing everything they can to save Kansas, Senate By Domenico Montanaro, Simone Pathe, Rachel Wellford Today in the Morning Line: Sarah Palin, Jeb Bush to campaign for Pat Roberts Orman would be among richest members of Congress U.S., allies begin airstrikes in Syria Obama talks climate Cracking down on offshore tax breaks Mending fences:… Continue reading
Sep 22 Outside spending eclipses all past midterms By Domenico Montanaro, Rachel Wellford, Simone Pathe Today in the Morning Line: Outside money breaks record Where’s the money going? North Carolina might be election night’s Rosetta Stone Obama to preside before UN Security Council Lois Lerner breaks her silence The Outsiders: Back in April,… Continue reading
Sep 19 Kansas court rules with Democrat, shaking up race for control of U.S. Senate By Domenico Montanaro, Terence Burlij, Rachel Wellford, Simone Pathe The Kansas state Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Democrat Chad Taylor, who dropped out of the Senate race at the beginning of September, will no longer show up on the ballot on Nov. 4. Republican Secretary of State Kris Kobach… Continue reading
Sep 18 President Obama says no to ground troops — again By Domenico Montanaro, Terence Burlij, Rachel Wellford Today in the Morning Line: Obama reiterates there will be no U.S. ground troops fighting Islamic State group Poroshenko makes the rounds in D.C. Biden veers off course on Iowa trip House approves plan to arm Syrian opposition; Senate… Continue reading
Sep 17 Obama heads to CENTCOM as top military adviser won’t rule out ground troops By Domenico Montanaro, Terence Burlij, Rachel Wellford President Obama heads to U.S. Central Command, otherwise known as CENTCOM, in Tampa, Florida, Wednesday. He will be briefed by commanders at 10:05 am EDT and deliver remarks at 11:40 am EDT. His trip comes a day after Joint Chiefs… Continue reading
Sep 16 Morning Line’s mid-September top 10 Senate races By Domenico Montanaro, Rachel Wellford Poll after poll finds Republicans more interested and engaged in this election than Democrats, and that means those post-Labor Day polls, using narrower screens of who’s most likely to vote, are giving the GOP an even bigger boost than they… Continue reading
Sep 12 There are more Islamic State group fighters than U.S. thought By Domenico Montanaro, Terence Burlij, Rachel Wellford, Simone Pathe Today in the Morning Line: When it comes to war, what’s in a name? President promising to “go as far as he can” on immigration by end of the year Boehner tries to show a united front… Continue reading
Sep 11 ‘Light footprint’ president makes case for intervention By Domenico Montanaro, Terence Burlij, Rachel Wellford, Simone Pathe Today in the Morning Line: Obama tries to sell the public on fighting Islamic State group A shift from ‘light footprint’ West Point speech Looking for an ‘Obama Doctrine’? Keep looking (or stop) Obama just ramped up the ‘Global… Continue reading
Sep 10 Obama’s prime-time challenge to sell the country on action against the Islamic State By Domenico Montanaro, Terence Burlij, Rachel Wellford, Simone Pathe Today in the Morning Line: Obama set to address country at 9 p.m. ET Public says military action in ‘national interest’ President tells leaders he has authority to act, but will continue to consult The 2014 primary season officially… Continue reading