More bad poll numbers are greeting Democrats as they recover from Labor Day barbecues and stump speeches, raising the question of how Democratic incumbents will respond when Congress resumes next week. Both The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal show a wide margin for Republicans over Democrats on More…
The Obama administration unveiled today a report that says the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act’s $100 billion investment in “innovation” will lead to a number of significant energy-related “breakthroughs.”
Caucus night in Iowa is over 18 months away and no presidential candidates have officially declared, but it’s still something of a surprise to Iowa politicians how little attention from potential 2012 candidates the state has been getting.
National Republicans are slowly starting to trickle into the state for campaign More…
Sen. Carte Goodwin (D-W.Va.) was sworn in about half an hour ago by Vice President Biden. At 36, he is the youngest member of Senate. The late Sen. Robert Byrd (D), his predecessor and 56 years his senior, was the oldest member of the body at the time of his More…
Sarah Palin expands the English language.
The FEC hits Joe Biden with a $219,000 fine for accepting illegal campaign donations.
The acting director of national intelligence responds to The Washington Post’s allegations about the intelligence community’s lack of coordination.
If you wanted to underscore the continuity in strategy that exists for Afghanistan and Pakistan now that President Obama has fired Gen. Stanley McChrystal, there is absolutely no more potent symbol of doubling down on that strategy than to place Gen. David H. Petraeus — the foremost counterinsurgent in More…
Vice President Biden will probably have the last laugh now that Gen. Stanley McChrystal is returning to Washington to learn his fate as commanding general in Afghanistan after insulting his civilian bosses and colleagues to Rolling Stone reporter Michael Hastings. No matter what happens to McChrystal, the article strengthens More…
President Obama’s decision not to campaign for Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) ahead of his tough primary tonight has been the subject of media chatter in the last few days. But Specter isn’t the only candidate in tonight’s primaries who has received the hands-off approach from More…
Today, President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden released their financial disclosure forms from 2009. In them, you can learn that Obama made $1 million in royalties from each of his books, and donated his Nobel Peace Prize winnings. But the most interesting point? Bo the Portuguese Water More…
Spin it all you want, but Democrat Ted Deutch was strongly favored last night to win the race to replace Florida’s Robert Wexler. Pennsylvania’s upcoming special election, however, is already regarded by the national parties as a major 2010 battleground.
Current Federal Election Commission reports indicate that the National More…
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