Lauren Vicary
is the political editor for Bloomberg.com and Political Capital. Previously she was an editor at PoliticsDaily.com and political editor at MSNBC.com.
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Sen. Olympia Snowe in Washington, DC.
Snowe Voices Frustration With Congress’ Early Recess Idea
Let’s assume Senate Democrats can work with their Republican colleagues to pull off a six-month stopgap measure to keep the federal government operating past Oct. 1. If they kick that can down that road, Majority Whip Dick Durbin of Illinois...
Read more »CR: Discontent on the Right
There are rumblings from the right as the House prepares to vote on the six-month continuing resolution. Some members of the Republican Study Committee, including the group’s chairman, Jim Jordan, are sounding unenthusiastic as they pick through the written details...
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Be Careful What You Tweet: Osama? Obama?
This afternoon Grover Norquist had a slip of the tongue — or rather, finger. Was it a Freudian slip by the president of Americans for Tax Reform? Or just a simple mistake. You decide. Just before 3 p.m., Norquist – known for the...
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David Peters displays a jacket with a painting of the Twin Towers outside of the World Trade Center site on the eleventh anniversary of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2012 in New York City.
Obama, Romney Mark 9/11 Anniversary With Somber Statements, No Negative Ads
To mark the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, Mitt Romney stopped on the tarmac of Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport to greet about 20 firefighters and emergency workers. On hand to provide security for Romney, the first responders took part in a...
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Rep. Todd Akin leaves a news conference after he announced his plans to stay in the race for the U.S. Senate.
Akin: Will Do ‘Everything in his Power’ to Work with GOP in Senate
Though disavowed by many in his own party for his comments about “legitimate rape,” Missouri Republican Todd Akin is hoping for some reconciliation with the GOP. In an interview on Fox Business Network tonight, the Senate candidate, who is trying...
Read more »Obama Expected in Arena for Clinton’s Speech, While Delegates Wait to Get In
Updated at 9:15, 9:23 and 9:35 p.m. Long lines of people are waiting to enter the Time Warner Arena to see and hear the speakers on the second official night of the Democratic convention in Charlotte. But not everyone is...
Read more »Julian Castro: ‘America Makes Our Story Possible’ — Keynote Address
“My family’s story isn’t special,” Democratic National Convention keynote speaker Julian Castro plans to say tonight in Charlotte. “What’s special is the America that makes our story possible.” And Castro’s story is one the Democratic party seeks to highlight as...
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A "Bloomin' Onion" by Outback Steakhouse.
Bloomin’ Onion! That’s Mitt’s, Too
While the political season has zeroed in on a small handful of companies Bain controlled during Mitt Romney’s tenure, the impact of the $65 billion private-equity firm is felt far and wide. Take Tampa. Now that Isaac has cleared out,...
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Rep. Todd Akin addresses members of the media in Chesterfield, Mo., on Aug. 24, 2012, where he confirmed his plans to remain in Missouri's U.S. Senate race despite a political uproar over remarks he made about rape and pregnancy.
Akin Tackling Republican ‘Bosses’
As the Republican Party celebrates its nominees for president and vice president in Tampa, one of the party’s candidates for another one of its most important elections is having some words for the party “bosses.” Yesterday, Rep. Todd Akin, the Republican...
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President Barack Obama at the home of John and Nicole Armstrong and their neighbors in Fairfax, Virginia.
DC Suburb, Bellwether County, Critical to Winning Commonwealth
It’s affluent, it’s a suburb of the nation’s capital and it’s the land of the independent voter. And it’s a critical county for President Barack Obama to carry big in November if he wants to win the election. Republican Mitt...
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