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House Democrats sing to Obama: 'Let's Stay Together'
"Let's Stay Together" is turning into something of a new anthem for the Democratic Party.
Friday January 27, 2012 10:55PM | latimes.com
Walter Issacson leaving BBG, says he’s busy with ‘big writing project’
Walter Issacson, who penned a best-selling book about the late Apple cofounder Steve Jobs, resigned Friday as the chairman of the Broadcasting Board of Governors to work on another book. “I`m taking on another big writing project, so I won`t be able to give the BBG the time it needs and deserves,” he said in a resignation letter sent earlier Friday to the agency, which oversees U.S. i ...
Friday January 27, 2012 10:17PM | washingtonpost.com
Mike Huckabee: Newt Gingrich ad ‘not authorized’
Mike Huckabee doesn’t want to be in ads, the DCCC outraised the NRCC, Gingrich is still up in national Gallup polling and Rick Santorum’s biggest backer has an open checkbook. Make sure to sign up to get “Afternoon Fix” in your e-mail inbox every day by 5 (ish) p.m! Read full article >>
Friday January 27, 2012 10:11PM | washingtonpost.com
What would Romney’s offshore account filings show?
Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign has said it filed disclosures required by the Treasury Department involving the Romney family’s offshore holdings, but the campaign has not responded to requests from The Washington Post over the past two days for copies of those documents. Read full article >>
Friday January 27, 2012 9:38PM | washingtonpost.com
The GOP empire strikes back at Gingrich
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The revenge of the Republican establishment is a sight to behold. From one corner to another, those who have tangled with Newt Gingrich, who feel aggrieved toward Newt Gingrich or who fear Newt Gingrich have amassed to stop him. They know how much harder it will be to do so if the former House speaker wins Florida on Tuesday. Read full article >>
Friday January 27, 2012 9:25PM | washingtonpost.com
The Caucus: Jacob J. Lew Steps In as White House Chief of Staff
At midday Friday, William M. Daley, a former commerce secretary, passed the baton as White House chief of staff to Jacob J. Lew, the former budget director.
Friday January 27, 2012 9:22PM | nytimes.com
The Caucus: Santorum's Attacks on Romney Health Plan Could Help Democrats
If Democrats wants a step-by-step instruction manual for how they might try to neutralize Mitt Romney on the health care issue, they might want to watch Rick Santorum's coldly efficient critique.
Friday January 27, 2012 9:14PM | nytimes.com
Mitt Romney pledges support for Puerto Rican statehood
Mitt Romney said Friday that he would back the people of Puerto Rico if they voted to become a state -- a position advocated by Puerto Rico's Gov. Luis Fortuño, who endorsed the former Massachusetts governor several hours later and will campaign with him Friday night in Orlando.
Friday January 27, 2012 9:07PM | latimes.com
Puerto Rico governor Fortuño endorses Romney
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Puerto Rico Gov. Luis Fortuño, one of the Republican Party’s rising stars, is endorsing Mitt Romney for president here Friday, potentially giving a boost to the former Massachusetts governor’s efforts to court Hispanic Republicans in the critical Florida primary. Read full article >>
Friday January 27, 2012 9:06PM | washingtonpost.com
The Caucus: Polls Highlight Florida's Diverse Electorate
The challenges for Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney in Florida are far different than they were in earlier state contests.
Friday January 27, 2012 8:58PM | nytimes.com
Romney enters final weekend with lead in Florida GOP primary
After a brief scare, Mitt Romney appears to have reclaimed the advantage in Florida heading into the final weekend of campaigning before Tuesday's presidential primary.
Friday January 27, 2012 8:56PM | latimes.com
FiveThirtyEight: Another Check on the Campaign's Truthiness
An updated look at PolitiFact's report cards of the Republican presidential candidates.
Friday January 27, 2012 8:47PM | nytimes.com
Rick Santorum tailors his pitch to South Florida Latinos
Rick Santorum joined the parade of GOP candidates seeking the Latino vote in South Florida Friday, playing up his humble roots and interest in Latin American policy in front of a crowd at the Latino Builders Assn. in a ballroom in downtown Miami.
Friday January 27, 2012 8:08PM | latimes.com
The Caucus: Gingrich Unleashes an Ad Attacking Romney
Newt Gingrich accuses Mitt Romney of being dishonest and untrustworthy.
Friday January 27, 2012 8:03PM | nytimes.com
Obama tells Dems he welcomes debate about 'class warfare'
President Obama said Friday that one of the biggest fights he will wage on the campaign trail is the GOP criticism that his tax proposals amount to "class warfare."
Friday January 27, 2012 7:57PM | latimes.com
‘Family values’ still matter — when it’s the other party’s indiscretions
The first Washington sex scandal I remember following involved Daniel Crane, a Republican congressman from my home state of Illinois, who was censured in the (first) House page scandal in 1983. In July of that year, the House Ethics Committee announced that Crane and his Democratic colleague Gerry Studds (Mass.) had been accused of having sex with teenagers in the congressional page program — Cr ...
Friday January 27, 2012 7:46PM | washingtonpost.com
House Democrats to Obama: ‘Let’s stay together’
CAMBRIDGE, Md. — House Democrats have a message for President Obama: Let’s stay together. As Obama took the stage at a ballroom at the Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay here to deliver remarks at the annual Democratic retreat, he told the more than 100 assembled lawmakers and their family members that he had just received a CD containing a recording of House Democrats singing their own version of t ...
Friday January 27, 2012 7:36PM | washingtonpost.com
Newt Gingrich: I’m shocked by Mitt Romney’s ‘total dishonesty’
MIAMI -- Republican Newt Gingrich said Friday that the reason he seemed less combative during Thursday’s televised debate was that he was shocked by what he described as rival Mitt Romney’s “total dishonesty” on immigration, his vote for Democrat Paul Tsongas in 1992 and whether he knew about an ad his campaign is running against Gingrich. Read full article >>
Friday January 27, 2012 7:21PM | washingtonpost.com
Report: 7 ex-lawmakers now lobby for groups that got earmarks
Sometimes earmarking government money pays off for U.S. lawmakers — even after they’ve left office. A new report has found seven former lawmakers who have lobbied Congress on behalf of organizations that they funded while in office. Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington found that former lawmakers have received $1.9 million in revenue from lobbying clients that they funded with ...
Friday January 27, 2012 7:20PM | washingtonpost.com
Mitt Romney makes forceful bid for Fla. Latino vote
MIAMI – Mitt Romney forcefully reached out to Hispanic Republicans here Friday, saying he would champion political and economic freedom in Cuba and throughout Latin America. Trying to woo Florida’s influential bloc of Cuban American and other Hispanic Republican voters days before the state’s critical primary, Romney promoted his immigration and foreign policy agenda. He used particularly to ...
Friday January 27, 2012 6:48PM | washingtonpost.com
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