The firearm regulation debate spurred by December’s massacre of 20 first-graders and 6 adults by a young gunman at a Connecticut elementary school ultimately may be remembered for heightening the divide between Democratic-leaning “blue” states and Republican-prone “red” states. A bill that cleared...
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People celebrate in front of the White House on Nov. 7, 2012.
Reddest Reds, Bluest Blues: Obama-Romney Contest
Now that we’ve left behind the obsessive coverage and minute slicing-and-dicing of the swing states that constituted the end-all and be-all of the 2012 presidential election, we were left wondering: Where did the landslides occur? Defining that as any place where one of...
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In addition to Mitt Romney's favorite, meatloaf cakes, pictured, who turned 65 on Monday, his traditional birthday meal also includes mashed potatoes, corn on the cob and carrots.
Sixty-Five Candles in a Bowl of “Cheesy Grits”
Mitt Romney, holding more delegates for the nomination of the next Republican candidate for president than anyone else, turns 65 today. The former governor of Massachusetts may have less to celebrate tomorrow, however, with Mississippi and Alabama holding primary elections. Results of...
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Representative Spencer Bachus, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee and a Republican from Alabama, left, speaks with Timothy Geithner, before a hearing in Washington.
Bachus Facing Five Challengers and Tough Ads
U.S. Representative Spencer Bachus, the Alabama Republican who heads the House Financial Services Committee, faces criticism for his votes to raise the federal debt ceiling and for the $700 billion rescue of the financial industry. Bachus “is a debt-raising, status-quo politician,” a...
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Political ads with Newt Gingrich and his wife Callista at an appliances store in Urbandale, Iowa.
Super-PACs Airing 98 Percent of Ads in Alabama, Mississippi
Almost all of the presidential campaign ads in Alabama and Mississipi are coming from surrogates for the Republican presidential candidates rather than from the White House hopefuls. Of the 3,613 presidential campaign ads that aired on broadcast television stations in the two states...
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