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Both Cutter and Axelrod charged that the GOP convention did not make the case for why Mitt Romney should be elected president but rather focused on personal attacks and firing up the base.
He was widely criticized for saying that offsets should be used to pay for assistance to his Virginia district in the aftermath of an earthquake last August.
So one of the best lines of the convention was delivered by Ryan: “College graduates should not have to live out their 20s in their childhood bedrooms, staring at fading Obama posters and wondering when
THE RYAN BUMP: If Romney is seeking to be fueled by the energy in the room, as he surely is, he should have little trouble feeling it if last night’s vibe is any indication.
(The other Big Night is the vice-presidential debate on the 11th, but it will only be a genuine game-changer if Biden or Ryan say something the nation concludes should disqualify one of them from the top
GENTLE WAVES: A third of Louisiana may be without power, assuring the selling of Romney and the recovery from Isaac will share top billing in the news for another day — and complicating speechwriter
For more than a year the spiraling violence in Syria has continued without pause, forcing many thousands of ordinary people and their children to flee for their lives, seeking refuge in the neighboring
Democrats are quick to point out that while Flake should win tonight by a healthy margin, the primary delayed his ability to prepare for the fall. Arizona’s 4th district Rep.
“As I said yesterday, Todd Akin’s comments were offensive and wrong and he should very seriously consider what course would be in the best interest of our country,” Romney said in a statement.
“We continue to hope that Congressman Akin will do the right thing for the values he holds dear, but there should be no mistake – if he continues with this misguided campaign, it will be without
“We continue to hope that Congressman Akin will do the right thing for the values he holds dear, but there should be no mistake – if he continues with this misguided campaign, it will be without
“No one has called me and said, ‘Todd i think you should drop out.’ No one has said that.
In “Defending the Filibuster,” Richard Arenberg and Robert Dove outline their case for substantive reform without undermining the chamber.
How would the Senate look without Senators elected by voters?
Neither Axelrod nor Wasserman Schultz conceded that Obama should comment, however.
But the region Syria’s located in is a tinderbox, so we should be very wary.
move, each chamber was planning to hold pro forma sessions once every three days to comply with a constitutional requirement that neither the House nor the Senate may adjourn for a longer period of time without
The president said that middle-class taxpayers and small businesses should have “a guarantee that their taxes will not go up next year” and said the Senate’s bill passed last week would do that for
“Certain Executive Branch employees, including members of the Senior Executive Service and senior military officers, were added by a subsequent amendment, without any congressional hearing, and despite
“They want to head out of town to campaign when Congress should stay in session to address the most pressing challenges facing our nation,” Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said in a floor