There’s a crucial difference between the president’s and the vice president’s plane: The stewards don’t serve alcohol on Air Force Two. Perhaps even more jarring for frequent fliers aboard the president’s plane, on Air Force Two, they require Blackberries...
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The vice president's plane, Air Force Two.
The Pros and Cons: Air Force One v. Air Force Two
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Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama arrive to participate in a presidential debate at the University of Denver in Colorado on Oct. 3, 2012.
Commission Announces Oct. 22 Presidential Debate Topics
The day after the only vice presidential debate this year, the Commission on Presidential Debates has announced the topics for the third session between President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney on Oct. 22 in Boca Raton, Florida. CBS...
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Congressman Paul Ryan at Oakland University Athletic Center on October 8, 2012 in Rochester, Michigan.
Ryan’s Post-Debate Morning: ‘I Feel Great’
Vice Presidential candidate Paul Ryan is upbeat after last night’s debate in which a pointed Ryan held his ground against an especially forceful Vice President Joe Biden. “I feel great,” the Wisconsin congressmen told reporters as he headed to breakfast...
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A veiled Pakistani lawyer tries to beat a U.S. flag with his shoe near the U.S. embassy in the diplomatic enclave during a protest against an anti-Islam film in Islamabad on September 28, 2012.
Poll: Americans Split on Partisan Lines Gauging Turmoil in Mideast
As with so many other matters, Americans split along partisan lines when it comes to assessing the anti-U.S. turmoil in the Mideast. That’s according to a poll out this week from the University of Maryland’s Anwar Sadat Chair and the...
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President Barack Obama at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida, on October 11, 2012.
Obama Shouldn’t Despair Over ‘Misery Index’
The “Misery Index” shouldn’t give President Barack Obama reason to despair. Economic misery, measured as a combination of unemployment and inflation, is lower now than before the Democrat won the race for the presidency in 2008. Such a decline suggests a “narrow re-election”...
Read more »Nielsen: 28.4 Million Debate Viewers on 4 Major Networks
Full data coming later today, but so far the tally is that the Biden-Ryan contest attracted an audience of 28.4 million viewers on the four major broadcast networks. Bloomberg’s Andy Fixmer reports that CBS drew 8.37 million viewers, to lead broadcasters showing last night’s...
Read more »Wrestling Magnate McMahon Renews Assaults in Debate Ring
In one corner: Republican Linda McMahon, a former professional wrestling executive who sometimes entered the ring. In the other: her Democratic opponent, Chris Murphy. The setting was their second debate last night in the contest for a U.S. Senate seat...
Read more »U.S. Growth: An October Surprise Welch Missed
Here’s an October surprise for former General Electric Co. Chief Executive Officer Jack Welch: “On a scale of one to 10, the economy is at a fairly firm six and may be heading higher,” says Robert Brusca, president of Fact...
Read more »Federal Court to Hear Filibuster Challenge
A federal court plans to hear arguments Dec. 3 on a legal challenge to the Senate’s filibuster rule. That date puts a decision in the case off until deep into the lame-duck session or for the next Congress, reports Bloomberg...
Read more »A Response to Schumer on Taxes
From Congresstracker and Bloomberg BNA’s Brett Ferguson. You saw what the No. 3 Senate Democrat had to say about tax reform. The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget says it has laid out the case for how income tax rates could...
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