Colbert and politics. It started as a joke — the popular host of Comedy Central’s Colbert report running for president of South Carolina and opening his own super-PAC. Now it’s no joke — Stephen Colbert’s sister, Elizabeth Colbert Busch,...
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Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford speaks with reporters at Hay Tire & Automotive in Mount Pleasant, S.C., on April 22, 2013.
Mark Sanford Down 9 Points in S.C.
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Hollingsworth v. Perry Plaintiffs Kris Perry and Sandy Stier, left, and Paul Katami and Jeff Zarrillo are pictured on the steps of the National Archives in Washington, DC, on March 25, 2013.
Live Blog: Tuesday’s Gay Marriage Arguments at Supreme Court
5:10 p.m. Today’s coverage of Hollingsworth v. Perry is ending. Check back with Political Capital early Wednesday morning for our live blog of the oral arguments in U.S. v. Windsor, a challenge to the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). 4:35 p.m....
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Priebus: ‘Traveling Circus’ Out — ‘Biologically Stupid’ Talk Forbidden
It was Bobby Jindal who warned his party to “stop being the stupid party.” And Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican National Committee, said today that his party needs to stop running around saying “biologically stupid things” — and avoid...
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In a private Senator's Only room in the Capitol, Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), center, is surrounded by her fellow women Senators, Senators Lisa Murkowski (I-AK), Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), Susan Collins (R-ME), and Claire McCaskill (D-MS), in celebration of her record years of service as the longest serving female lawmaker in Congress, on March 20, 2012.
Women Would Have Fixed It By Now — Senate’s Female Class of ’12 Says
If the women of the House were in charge, this cliff business would be taken care of already. That’s the message from the women of the Senate — with a record-setting 20 ready to take office in January — who...
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Fiscal Landslide: Nose-Pinching Time
The way around the fiscal cliff involves some nose-pinching. So says Haley Barbour, a former Republican National Committee chairman and governor from Mississippi who considered running for president this year. “I, as a Republican, I would take raising the rates...
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U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri speaks at the Missouri Farm Bureau in Jefferson City, Mo.
McCaskill: Record Haul, Polling Gain
Good news for Sen. Claire McCaskill: The embattled Missouri Democrat raked in $5.8 million for her re-election campaign in the past three months, a sign that she is widening the money gap with Republican Rep. Todd Akin. Not so great...
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A military helicopter buzzes past the Branch Davidian compound where David Koresh and others were holed up in Waco, Texas in 1993.
Akin’s Campaign, Koresh’s Compound — Following the Story Line?
Sen. Claire McCaskill can’t count the ways Rep. Todd Akin has helped her. First the Republican congressman seeking to unseat the one-term senator from Missouri said in a televised interview that “legitimate rape” rarely results in pregnancy. Akin apologized for...
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Sen. Claire McCaskill in Washington.
Akin: Election `Not About Words’
Missouri Republican Todd Akin’s assertion that “legitimate rape” rarely leads to pregnancy “opened the window” to his views, Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill said today. At a debate in Columbia, Missouri, McCaskill said Akin’s Aug. 19 remarks “say a lot about...
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Senate candidate Rep. Todd Akin, R-Missouri, speaks during a forum at a Republican conference in Kansas City, Mo.
Akin Links McCaskill to Obama in Ad
Updated 3:30 p.m. with the McCaskill campaign Rep. Todd Akin is trying to go back on offense in the Missouri U.S. Senate race after spending weeks apologizing and doing damage control following his controversial comments about rape and abortion. Akin’s...
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Missouri Congressman and Republican senate candidate Todd Akin speaks to about 50 members and visitors at the Columbia, Mo. Pachyderm Club at Jack's Gourmet Restaurant on Sept. 7, 2012.
Akin Returns to D.C. and Mingles With Fellow Republicans
For the first time since his infamous utterance on rape and pregnancy, Senate candidate Todd Akin of Missouri was back today on the floor of the U.S. House in Washington – the city where many of his fellow Republicans want nothing to do with him....
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