Written with Jonathan Salant Sen. Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire says opponents “can’t bully me into changing my vote” on background checks for gun buyers. The opponents in this case, she says, are New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and President...
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Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., waves as she ends her speech at the 40th annual Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Md., on March 15, 2013.
Ayotte in Crossfire: ‘Can’t Bully Me’
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Mark Sanford appeared on NBC News' "Today" show on Feb. 19, 2013.
Democrats Attack Sanford on Trust As Republicans Withdraw
As House Republicans withdraw from helping Mark Sanford in a special election next month in South Carolina, Democrats are on the attack. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the campaign arm of House Democrats, has begun airing a television ad that...
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Elizabeth Colbert Busch, left, sister of Comedian Stephen Colbert, during a campaign fundraiser breakfast at ILA Hall on February 24, 2013 in Charleston, South Carolina.
Colbert Busch: No ‘Party Line’
Elizabeth Colbert Busch won’t win a special election next month in South Carolina by playing up her affiliation with the Democratic Party. Seeking the seat in a Republican-tilting district in and around Charleston, the business development executive and older sister...
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Stickers in English and Spanish are available for voters at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library on November 6, 2012 in Washington, DC.
Obama: ‘Sí, se Puede’ Communicate
President Barack Obama has taken at least one good page from George W. Bush’s book. He knows how to go around the Washington media. Obama, however, has taken it a step further. He knows how to go around the English-speaking...
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A law enforcement official talks to unidentified people during a round up in Columbia, South Carolina in this file photo.
Immigration: All Roads, South Carolina
Updated at 2:05 PM EDT South Carolina isn’t a border state, yet its radio and television airwaves will soon be saturated with advertisements by groups leading the charge both for and against a broad immigration overhaul taking shape in Congress....
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A class taught by King 33 Training at a shooting range on Feb. 24, 2013 in Wallingford, Connecticut.
Connecticut Gunmakers: Think Jobs — Lawmakers: Thinking of Kids
Connecticut’s gun manufacturers unleashed an advertising campaign this week intended to remind residents of the jobs the industry provides — along with a not-so-subtle hint that the companies could pick up and leave. The campaign kicked off as leaders from...
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The King College Prep band plays as the hearse carrying the body of Hadiya Pendleton arrives at Cedar Park Cemetery in Riverdale, Illinois, on February 9, 2013.
Mayors Take Aim at the Possible: Background Checks for Gun-Buyers
The tragedy of the narrative is breathtaking. The pragmatism of the political calculation is sobering: Hadiya Pendleton, 15, performed with her Chicago high school band at President Barack Obama’s second-term inauguration. She was gunned down in Chicago a week later....
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Dodge Ram Loaded w/ Paul Harvey’s ‘God Made a Farmer:’ ‘Most Clever’
Chrysler and Fiat Chairman Sergio Marchionne should be expecting a call from Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. No, his company’s not in trouble – far from it. Touring the floor of the Washington Auto Show this morning, the departing DOT leader...
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From the Super Bowl ad aired by Mayors Against illegal Guns.
Mayors’ Super Bowl Gun-Control Ad: Hail Mary Against the NRA’s Defense
There is no higher-priced ad than a Super Bowl commercial. And there is no higher-stakes fight than the one that the nation’s mayors are waging against the National Rifle Association. In the truest tradition of opposition research, the mayors’ “Demand...
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People watch election results as TV networks begin to call the 2012 presidential election in Columbus, Ohio.
Romney Supporters Paid More Than Obama’s for Same TV Air Time
Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, his allied super-political action committees and the Republican National Committee matched the $1 billion-plus raised by President Barack Obama, the Democratic National Committee and allied super-PACs for the 2012 campaign. Even so, their ad spending...
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