A couple of themes have emerged from a media battle for the presidency. The fight between President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney is being waged on TV and online, by the campaigns and parties alike. And it boils down...
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President Obama supporters rally in front of the Statehouse, in Boston.
‘Romney-nomics’ vs ‘First 100 Days’
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Counterfeit Louis Vuitton bags in Hong Kong, China.
China Sets Romney Apart, Aide Says
Republican Mitt Romney has talked about taking on China — making the nation “play by the rules” in international trade — in his premier general-election TV ads. His policy director, Lanhee Chen, today tells Bloomberg News’s Al Hunt that the...
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JP Morgan Chase headquarters in New York.
Bankers Snap Up Swaps as Regulation Looms
The bankers are getting nervous. The talk in Washington about heightened regulation — and what seems like an increasingly real risk that talk may translate into action this time — has investors buying more credit-default swaps on Wall Street banks. In...
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Mitt Romney during a moment of silence for victims of a restaurant shooting in Carson City, Nev., before he spoke about his plan for creating jobs and improving the economy in Las Vegas.
On Day Seven: Romney Rests
Updated at 2 pm That will be one long day, that first day of a Romney presidency. In a continuing series on what “a Romney presidency would be like,” the Republican candidate’s campaign has released this morning another ad about...
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Jamie Dimon
Has JPMorgan’s Dimon Changed His Tune on Regulation?
Jamie Dimon knows more than anyone else that many onlookers are enjoying his recent discomfort. Announcing to the world a mea culpa is never fun, but because Dimon has seemingly been such a vocal critic of regulatory overreach, $2 billion...
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A Connecticut delegate at the Democratic National Convention on Aug. 28, 2008.
No Futures in Elections: Regulators
It’s a big election. Just don’t bet on it. There may be a future in elections, just no place for futures in the contests. U.S. regulators have barred a Chicago exchange from allowing trades in derivatives tied to the outcome...
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Contributors
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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.
