Senate Democrats plan to put forward an immigration proposal next week, with President Barack Obama telling Hispanic lawmakers that he intends to push legislation as quickly as possible. Obama will begin a public campaign to build support for an immigration...
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Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, seen speaking at the 2012 Republican National Convention in Tampa, is working with Senate Democrats on an immigration package.
Immigration: Obama, Senate Leaders Pushing Reforms at ‘Starting Gate’
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Haley Barbour
Barbour: Dividing Electoral Votes Wrong
Former Republican National Committee Chairman Haley Barbour is not a supporter of Republican proposals to allocate electoral votes in some states by congressional district rather than winner-take-all. “I don’t think it’s a good idea,” he says in an interview on...
Read more »New Orleans Mayor Sees One Area of Agreement in Gun Debate
With both President Barack Obama and the National Rifle Association calling for more police, providing federal funds for more law enforcement officers should be an easy lift for Congress, New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu said. “If you all both agree...
Read more »Obama’s `Mandate:’ Political Capital Earns No Long-Term Interest
At his first post-reelection news conference in 2004, a clearly emboldened President George W. Bush proclaimed at his podium in the West Wing: “I earned capital in the campaign, political capital, and now I intend to spend it.” At President...
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Deval Patrick, governor of Massachusetts, speaks at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Charlotte.
Political Capital: Partisan Predictions
Presidential surrogates Gov. Deval Patrick of Massachusetts and Gov. Bob McDonnell of Virginia both predicted their party’s nominee will win the White House on this week’s “Political Capital with Al Hunt.” “He’s going to earn this win,” Patrick, a Democrat,...
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Hofstra University students Josh Ettinger, left, and Tevon Hyman act as stand-ins for Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama during stage rehearsals for the second presidential debate, on Oct. 15, 2012 in Hempstead, New York.
Political Capital: Surrogates Predict More Forceful Obama in Debate
Former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland and former New Hampshire Gov. John Sununu agree President Barack Obama will likely be more aggressive in tomorrow’s second presidential debate. Their predictions about the outcome, though, predictably differ. “The president just simply needs to...
Read more »Obama’s Empty Chair: NYer Cartoon
Clinton Eastwood lectured an imaginary Barack Obama in an empty chair. So did Mitt Romney — the way the cover cartoon of The New Yorker magazine next week portrays the first of the season’s presidential debates in Denver this week....
Read more »Political Capital TV: Barbour Says Romney Must Focus on Obama Failings
Missed Sunday’s sit-down with Haley Barbour? The former Mississippi governor critiqued Mitt Romney‘s presidential campaign, defended his call for Representative Todd Akin to drop out of the Senate race, and predicted Republican victories in Virginia, Montana and North Dakota. Watch that interview...
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Alec Poitevint speaks with former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, right, during the Republican National Convention.
Barbour: Romney’s `Mistake’ — Should Acknowledge, Move On
While Mitt Romney still can defeat Barack Obama, he must shift the focus of the last six weeks of the race to the president’s “policies, the failures of those policies, and what Romney would do to get the country back...
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Rep. Paul Ryan at a campaign event at Walsh University on August 16, 2012 in North Canton, Ohio.
Romney’s Cheney: Norquist’s View
Paul Ryan could be to economics and tax policy what Dick Cheney was to national security — should Republican Mitt Romney win election as president. That’s how Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform, sees it. “I think that...
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Al Hunt
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Richard Rubin
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