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Obama cracks 50%, GOP field remains tied, according to WaPo/ABC poll
President Obama has a 54 percent approval rating, according to a Washington Post/ABC poll. Gallup and CNN polls also show him with a 53 percent approval rating, exhibiting something of a trend in recent weeks.
However, in the Post/ABC poll, 51 percent disapprove of his handling of the More…
Sen. Kent Conrad to retire, possibly marking end of Dakota Democrats
U.S. Sen. Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) will announce Monday he will not run for re-election in 2012 after being in the Senate since 1987, scoops Chris Cillizza of the Washington Post:
Conrad had been open about his ambivalence about running for another term and those doubts almost certainly increased following
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick to speak at Colorado Dems Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick will speak at the Colorado Democratic Party’s annual Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner on March 5. Gov. Patrick — who won re-election last November despite so-so approval ratings and being seen as all but dead after Republican U.S. Sen. Scott Brown’s surprise win in January — is More…
Mike Haridopolos ramps up early campaign against Bill Nelson
Florida state Senate President Mike Haridopolos announced in December his bid for U.S. Senate in 2012, becoming the first Republican opponent to Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson. Now Haridopolos has created a website — mike2012.com — and a political committee — “Friends of Mike H” — in support More…
Kay Bailey Hutchison announces she will not run for re-election in 2012
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Tex.) announced that she will not run in 2012 for a fourth term in the U.S. Senate in a letter to her supporters Thursday. “I am announcing today that I will not be a candidate for re-election in 2012,” she wrote to supporters. “That should More…
Wasserman Schultz recounts moment when Giffords opened her eyes
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Pembroke Pines, traveled with President Obama aboard Air Force One to Tucson to see her friend and colleague Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., and attend “Together We Thrive” at the University of Arizona. She recounted the emotional moment when Giffords opened her eyes for the first time:
“It
Pawlenty says ’05 Minnesota government shutdown should have lasted longer
Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty continued his media tour with an appearance on Fox News Tuesday, drawing a comparison between Minnesota’s 2005 budget shutdown and the federal government’s potential shutdown in the coming months.
Palin breaks silence on Tucson
At 6:52 a.m. EST this morning, former Alaska governor Sarah Palin posted a 1,141-word Facebook post with an accompanying eight-minute video responding to the Tucson shootings at length on the same day President Obama is scheduled to travel to Tucson to speak. The response comes as a reply More…
Allen West on Tucson vs. Allen West on Fort Hood
U.S. Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) gave an “impromptu press conference” before a speaking engagement Tuesday morning, mostly on the Tucson shootings, rejecting calls for more civil rhetoric. He said that those making the calls were grandstanding,
Mitt Romney’s poll numbers in Iowa low
Public Policy Polling surveyed Iowa voters on potential Republican 2012 presidential candidates and found former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee with a twelve-point lead over former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. Huckabee leads with 30 percent, Romney gets 18 percent, Sarah Palin nets 15 percent, Newt Gingrich has 15 percent, Ron More…
