Jeb Bush has called Asian-Americans the canary in the Republican Party’s coal mine. Look past the 71 percent of Hispanic voters who sided with President Barack Obama in November, the Florida Republican has suggested, and one will find the 74...
Read more »
Photograph by Charles Dharapak/AP Photo
Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney greets Asian American supporters as he campaigns at Van Dyck park in Fairfax, Va., on Sept. 13, 2012.
RNC’s Asian-American Outreach: Hires
Photograph by Scott Eells/Bloomberg
Villaraigosa Mum as L.A. Term Closes
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, a 60-year-old Democrat and one of the most prominent Latino politicians, gets asked a lot about his future these days. After eight years of leading the second-largest city, Villaraigosa must leave office at the end...
Read more »
Photograph by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images
Voters at a polling station in the garage of the Los Angeles County lifeguard headquarters on Nov. 6, 2012 in Los Angeles.
Bloomberg by the Numbers: 2,216,903
That’s how many votes President Barack Obama received in Los Angeles County, California, in the Nov. 6 election, or 70 percent of the total vote in the nation’s most populous county. The president won more votes in Los Angeles County...
Read more »`La-La Land:’ Boehner Sees LA in DC
La-La Land: Merriam-Webster defines it as “a euphoric dreamlike mental state detached from the harsher realities of life.” House Speaker John Boehner today called President Barack Obama’s proposal of $1.6 trillion in taxes as part of a solution to averting the...
Read more »
Photograph by Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images
President Barack Obama chats with host Jay Leno during a break in the taping of "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" on Oct. 24, 2012 at NBC Studios in Burbank, California.
Obama’s `Joy Ride,’ Tigers Pitch, Swing-State Hershey Bars: Jay Leno
When a president rides, it’s in an armored limousine. When he flies, it’s Air Force One. Yet President Barack Obama did get out for a little “joy ride” recently — taking a friend’s electric Chevy Volt for a spin. “That...
Read more »
Photograph by Mario Tama/Getty Images
Mitt Romney addresses the Latino Coalition's 2012 Small Business Summit at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on May 23, 2012 in Washington, DC.
Romney’s Latino Pitch: `Politics Has Been Put Ahead of People’
Republican Mitt Romney, the winner of a party presidential primary contest that tested how tough candidates were willing to talk about illegal immigration, will try to make amends today with a speech in Los Angeles embracing “a nation of immigrants.”...
Read more »
Romney’s `Makeover’ Show: Obama
In the fashion of a TV game show, the Obama campaign is welcoming Republican Mitt Romney to Los Angeles, where today he plans to address the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce: Romney, the Obama campaign says, is making “one of...
Read more »
Photograph by Christopher Polk/AMA2010/Getty Images
Singer Pink performs onstage at the 2010 American Music Awards held at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on November 21, 2010 in Los Angeles.
Cancel Dentist, Singing for President
In the Pink? Not as much as President Barack Obama counted on in rallying gay donors in L.A. While Obama still plans to raise some re-election campaign money at a gay-rights gala tomorrow night in Los Angeles, the event —...
Read more »
Contributors
-
Al Hunt
is a columnist for Bloomberg View and host of the weekly show "Political Capital with Al Hunt" on Bloomberg TV. -
Mark Silva
is deputy managing editor for government news in Washington and editor of Political Capital. He has covered the White House and national politics. -
Emma Fidel
is political editor for Bloomberg.com in Washington. She previously covered financial regulation as a Bloomberg intern. -
Don Frederick
edits political and government coverage for Bloomberg News. He previously worked for more than a decade at the Los Angeles Times' Washington bureau. -
Gregory Giroux
analyzes elections, financing of congressional and presidential elections, political advertising and demographics in Bloomberg's Washington Bureau. -
Julie Bykowicz
covers the influence of money and lobbying in Washington, and covered the state legislature and city crime for the Baltimore Sun for 10 years. -
Jonathan Salant
covers campaign finance and lobbying in Washington. He was president of the National Press Club and started in Washington in 1987. -
Richard Rubin
covers federal tax policy. He worked at Congressional Quarterly and The Charlotte Observer before joining Bloomberg News in 2010. -
Julie Hirschfeld Davis
is a senior political reporter for the Washington Bureau. She covered the 2012 campaign for Bloomberg News and previously covered the White House for the Baltimore Sun. -
Lisa Lerer
covers the White House and covered the 2012 campaign for Bloomberg News. She covered Congress, lobbying and the 2008 campaign for Politico. -
John McCormick
is a national political reporter looking forward to the 2016 presidential campaign, which will be the fifth he's covered. He's also reported for The Des Moines Register and Chicago Tribune. -
Julianna Goldman
covers the White House for Bloomberg News and Bloomberg Television. -
Hans Nichols
covers the White House for Bloomberg News and Bloomberg Television. -
Margaret Talev
covers the White House for Bloomberg News and covered the White House for McClatchy Newspapers. She has covered California and Florida politics. -
Cary O'Reilly
is Editor at Large at Bloomberg First Word and is Washington Daybook columnist for Bloomberg Government and Bloomberg News.
