The Washington Times' political blog.
By David Eldridge | Published April 4, 2012 Comments
The Hollywood Reporter has details on the White House's plans to tap into more financial support from the entertainment industry, starting with a May 10 party at Jeffrey Katzenberg's house.
by Stephen Dinan | Published April 4, 2012 Comments
With Mitt Romney appearing to have a lock on the GOP's presidential nomination, the betting — literally — has begun on whom he might choose tap as his running mate, and the early money is on Florida freshman Sen. Marco Rubio.
by Stephen Dinan | Published April 4, 2012 Comments
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday predicted the Supreme Court will uphold the health care law on a 6-3 vote, saying she and her colleagues "wrote the bill in an ironclad way."
by David Eldridge | Published April 3, 2012 Comments
NBC News admitted Tuesday it made an error in editing the audiotape of the 911 call George Zimmerman made moments before the Florida neighborhood watch volunteer shot and killed teenager Trayvon Martin in February.
by Dave Boyer | Published April 3, 2012 Comments
Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum leads rival Mitt Romney 41 percent to 35 percent among likely voters in his home state's Republican presidential primary, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Tuesday.
by David Eldridge | Published April 2, 2012 Comments
Amid withering criticism from media watchdog groups, NBC News on Monday said it will conduct an internal probe into how and why an audio tape of George Zimmerman's 911 tape was altered to make the Florida neighborhood watch volunteer sound racist.
by Stephen Dinan | Published April 2, 2012 Comments
In his press conference on Monday, President Obama said he was confident the Supreme Court will uphold his health care law because it was passed by "a strong majority" in Congress.
by Valerie Richardson | Published April 2, 2012 Comments
Once viewed as the possible next casualty of the Tea Party movement, Sen. Orrin Hatch now sits as the favorite going into the Utah Republican Party's nominating convention, according to a poll released Monday by the Hatch campaign.
by Seth McLaughlin | Published April 2, 2012 Comments
A new USA/Gallup poll carries a number of potential warning signs for Mitt Romney's potential one-on-one matchup with President Obama in the general election, showing him losing to the incumbent among registered voters nationwide and in a dozen key swing states.
by Susan Crabtree | Published March 30, 2012 Comments
The White House is downplaying remarks Vice President Joe Biden made Thursday about a possible war in Iran or a collapse in Europe's economy threatening President Obama's reelection hopes in November.
by THE WASHINGTON TIMES | Published March 29, 2012 Comments
President Obama could lose the Catholic and Protestant vote in the fall election and still sweep to victory if he dominates among non-religious voters, according to projections released Thursday by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) at Georgetown University.
by Jennifer Harper | Published March 29, 2012 Comments
Persistent talk of "vigilante" justice following the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin last month has prompted Florida Gov. Rick Scott to respond to the New Black Panther Party "bounty" on alleged shooter and neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman.
by Stephen Dinan | Published March 28, 2012 Comments
President Obama's budget was defeated 414-0 in the House late Wednesday, in a vote Republicans arranged to try to embarrass him and shelve his plan for the rest of the year.
by Seth McLaughlin | Published March 28, 2012 Comments
Former President George H.W. Bush will endorse Mitt Romney's presidential candidacy, in another sign that the party's establishment is coalescing around the former Massachusetts governor.
by Stephen Dinan | Published March 28, 2012 Comments
Rep. Bobby L. Rush was gaveled out of order and escorted from the floor of the House of Representatives chamber on Wednesday after he took off his jacket to reveal he was wearing a sweatshirt with a hood, and then proceeded to pull the hood over his head while reading his statement.
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