The green ribbons sported by many of those attending the State of the Union address – most obviouslyVice President Joe Biden, given his on-camera perch behind President Barack Obama – were designed to express solidarity with the victims of the elementary school massacre in Newtown, Connecticut....
Read more »
Photograph by Charles Dharapak-Pool/Getty Images
Sen. John McCain, left, Sen. Charles Schumer, and Sen. Lindsey Graham during the State of the Union speech on Feb. 12, 2013 in Washington.
Ribbons Honoring Newtown Victims Have Bipartisan Appeal, Except for Republican Leaders
Photograph by Christian Gooden/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/AP Photo
Steve Holloway of Lincoln County, Mo., celebrates word that Todd Akin won the GOP primary at his campaign party at the Columns in St. Charles, Mo., on Aug. 7, 2012.
Missouri Republicans, McConnell: Akin Must Go — Akin: Heck No
Updated at 2:55 pm EDT Now the choir has spoken. So has Todd Akin. Senator Roy Blunt, the Republican junior senator from Missouri, is standing at the front of a line of fellow big-name Missouri Republicans calling for Rep. Akin,...
Read more »
Photograph by Eric Thayer/The New York Times via Redux
The silhouette of Rep. Paul Ryan, running mate of Mitt Romney, during a campaign event at Glen Allen High School in Glen Allen, Va., on Aug. 17, 2012.
Ryan Bound for Akin Turf for Money
The terrain is shifting somewhat, but the fundraising goes on. Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan is scheduled to raise money later this week on embattled Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin’s home turf. According to the Web site PoliticMo, which...
Read more »
Photograph by Andrew Harrer/Bloomber
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, a Republican from Washington, in Washington.
Romney Camp Coordinating with Hill Republicans
Look for more coordination between presumed GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney and congressional Republicans. Missouri Senator Roy Blunt said that he and the campaign’s other freshly minted liaison, Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington state, will hold their first strategy session...
Read more »
Photograph by Evan Vucci/AP Photo
Hortencia Wilcox of Allen, Texas, with a signed hat by Mitt Romney while waiting in line at a campaign stop at Southwest Office Systems on June 5, 2012 in Fort Worth.
Romney Builds Congress Team With House’s Top Republican Woman
Mitt Romney has turned to the top Republican woman in the U.S. House to bolster his congressional outreach efforts. The presumptive Republican nominee’s campaign announced today he’s tapping Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers, the vice chair of House Republicans’ messaging arm,...
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.
