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$642.5 billion defense bill is approved by House May 19, 2012
The House approved a bill Friday that would provide $642.5 billion in defense spending for the next fiscal year, despite a veto threat from the White House, which objected to a series of provisions that would limit the president’s authority and challenge administration policies. Read full article >> […]
Walter Pincus
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Biden on West Virginians’ vote for felon Keith Judd: ‘I don’t blame people’ for frustration over economy May 18, 2012
Why did four-in-ten Democratic primary voters in West Virginia earlier this month cast their ballots for felon Keith Judd over President Obama? To hear Vice President Biden tell it, it’s because those voters are taking out their frustration and anger about the economy on Obama. Read full article >> […]
Felicia Sonmez
Scott Brown raising money off Elizabeth Warren Native American questions May 18, 2012
Scott Brown raising money off Elizabeth Warren flap, Al Gore is dating, and George W. Bush is returning to the White House (for a portrait). Make sure to sign up to get “Afternoon Fix ” in your e-mail inbox every day by 5 (ish) p.m! Read full article >> […]
Rachel Weiner
North Carolina same-sex marriage amendment: Confusion over domestic partner benefits May 18, 2012
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Mecklenburg County commissioner Bill James survived his own primary race on May 8. But it was the marquee fight over Amendment One that topped his agenda the following day. It was predicted that the change to the state constitution, with its broad language proclaiming “marriage between one man and one woman … the only domestic legal union t […]
Mary C. Curtis
Mitt and Ann Romney each give $75,000 to Romney Victory Fund May 18, 2012
Republican candidate Mitt Romney and his wife have each given $75,000 to the Romney Victory Fund, the joint fundraising group that collects money for his presidential campaign and the Republican National Committee, campaign sources said Friday. Read full article >> […]
Dan Eggen
Mitt Romney plans restful break after busy week May 18, 2012
Mitt Romney wrapped up a very busy week (Iowa, Florida, New Hampshire) with a very short speech (barely nine minutes) Friday afternoon in New Hampshire. On Saturday, the former Massachusetts governor will spend the day opening his Wolfeboro, N.H., home on Lake Winnepesaukee. Read full article >> […]
Nia-Malika Henderson
Birtherism isn’t dead May 18, 2012
Discussion of President Obama’s place of birth died down significantly when he released his long-form birth certicate. But birtherism still lives, even if it no longer gets as much attention. Nationally, conservative bloggers have seized an opportunity to raise the issue. In some places disbelief in Obama’s America origins is still strong, and politicians ar […]
Rachel Weiner
Wisconsin recall slipping away from Democrats May 18, 2012
Just two and a half weeks remain in the recall of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R), and momentum seems to be firmly on the GOP’s side. All three polls out this week show Walker leading Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett (D) by between 5 percent and 9 percent. Perhaps more illustrative, though, are the candidate’s personal favorability and approval numbers. Read full […]
Aaron Blake
Following Obama meeting, France’s Hollande promises different approach to Afghan aid May 18, 2012
President Obama welcomed new French President Francois Hollande to the White House on Friday, an initial meeting that came as world leaders feel a renewed sense of urgency to contain the European debt crisis. Read full article >> […]
David Nakamura

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Obama And Big States Shake Up The Race

Senator Barack Obama is doing something I admittedly did not forsee in a new and very much improved primary system, making the next year and a half extremely unpredictable and exciting to watch. While Hillary was able to raise $26 million in the first quarter of 2007, Obama has exceeded the fundraising expectations of many [...]

Romney, Hillary Lead Fundraising Pack

Between the two of them, approximately $47 million was raised between New Year’s Day and last weekend. Imagine if there were real campaign finance measures in place and that money went to more worthwhile causes? Instead, we merely have two more politicians sold to the highest bidder.

Isn’t this exactly what Senator McCain sought to [...]

Watch McCain Waffle

Senator John McCain will officially announce his candidacy for President of the United States next month. One issue that repeatedly surfaces in any attempt for higher office is the race to raise the most money (former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack recently admitted as much when he dropped out of the race). It will be interesting [...]

Three And Out For Vilsack

After only being in the race for three months, Iowa’s former Democratic Governor Tom Vilsack has announced that he is dropping out of the upcoming presidential race. If there is anyone that fits the bill of what a successful presidential candidate looks like, it was Vilsack. He is a governor from a bellweather state with [...]

“Lots of People Don’t Wear Shirts”

Thank you Loren for perfectly summing up what the 2008 Presidential campaign should be all about. We are truly relapsing back to a 19th Century class-based socioeconomic model where there is a clear delineation of power (via the government’s distribution of wealth) between the haves and the have nots. Since the Bush tax cuts were [...]