Republican Ted Cruz, as our friends at Politico point out this morning, will be roughly the same age as Democrat Joe Biden was when he launched his first campaign for president in 1987, should the freshman senator from Texas declare...
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Vice President Joe Biden at the South Carolina Democratic Party's Jefferson Jackson Dinner May 3, 2013, in Columbia, SC.
Cruz, Biden: Early Eyes on Second-Tier Race, New Attacks, Old School
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, right, speaks with Speaker of the House John Boehner on Capitol Hill in this file photo.
Boehner vs. Reid: Barroom Brawl
Updated at 3:45 pm EST The rift between Republican John Boehner, speaker of the House of Representatives, and Democrat Harry Reid, majority leader of the Senate, has surfaced behind closed doors as well as in public. Accusing the Senate of...
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Former President Bill Clinton, right, introduces his wife Hillary Clinton, at the annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) in New York.
Hillary Clinton’s $200,000-Plus Talking Points: Major League Speaker
As secretary of state, Hillary Clinton made $186,000 a year. As a former secretary of state, senator from New York, first lady and generally a “Friend of Bill” involved in her husband’s foundation work, she will make more than $200,000...
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Secretary of Treasury Timothy Geithner arrives at the Capitol for meeting with congressional leaders on Nov. 29, 2012.
Geithner: Republicans Cede Debt Lever
This is Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner’s last day at work, and he is leaving with an exit interview snared by Politico in which the veteran warrior of the fiscal cliff wars suggests Republicans have ceded the debt ceiling as a...
Read more »Norquist’s Brash Managerie: Pledge-Breakers Beware the `Sugar Plums’
Grover Norquist, never at a loss for words, is employing an increasingly purple collection of them to lash erstwhile Republican allies mulling abandonment of the anti-tax pledge which he’s used for years to thwart federal tax increases. In recent days,...
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Rolling Stone's Nov. 8, 2012 issue featuring President Barack Obama hits newsstands on Oct. 26, 2012. In an interview with Rolling Stone, Obama, who once called bank executives "fat cats" and their pay "obscene," says Wall Street needs to change executive pay incentives that reward risky bets that can yield fortunes but can also devastate financial institutions.
Obama’s Rolling Stone `BS’ Remark for Romney — Campaign Responds
Updated at 3 pm EDT President Barack Obama wasn’t pulling any punches for Republican Mitt Romney in his conversation with Rolling Stone magazine, yet the Romney campaign responded today with a somewhat more general rebuttal. Writing about a forthcoming Rolling...
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Obama `Muted:’ Romney Asks How `Speakerphone’ President Can Lead
The subtext of this ad is all about changing Washington. President Barack Obama says it can only be changed from the outside, with the support of the people. Republican Mitt Romney says he will change it from within. House Speaker...
Read more »Missourians: Show Us the Way – Akin `No Crist,’ McCaskill `No. 50′
It now officially requires a secret de-coder ring to follow the Senate race in Missouri. This is a race in which Republicans hoped to build, in part, their takeover of the U.S. Senate — until their candidate, Rep. Todd Akin,...
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Pins during CarolinaFest 2012 ahead of the Democratic National Convention.
Economy: Americans Get it, White House Communications Chief Says
Updated at 2:55 pm EDT President Barack Obama is relying on the argument that the economy could have been worse, except for his policies. It’s a case that doesn’t lend itself to 30-second campaign ads or quick explanations. It can work,...
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