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Coburn dings McCain, Graham, but says 'sequestration is stupid'
Sen. Tom Coburn, Oklahoma Republican and one of the leading conservative voices in Congress's Upper Chamber, offered a rather blunt take Thursday on the looming defense cuts that have evolved into a pitched battle between the two parties on Capitol Hill.
Gallup: U.S. job creation slips in July
Gallup's Job Creation Index slipped to +17 in July, down from a position at or near +20 from April through June, the polling firm reported Wednesday.
McCain: DOJ slow-walking probe into Obama intel leaks
Sen. John McCain said Wednesday that the administration is slow-walking its own internal investigation into intelligence leaks by planning so many interviews that it could take months or even years to finish it — pushing it well past this year's elections.
Obama: Middle-class would pay more taxes under Romney
President Obama plans to seize on a new report that shows presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney's tax plan would shift more of the tax burden onto the backs of lower-income earners and away from the rich.
Senators call for deficit-reduction presidential debate
A bipartisan group of five senators are calling for at least one presidential debate focused on how each candidate plans to get the country's fiscal house back in order.
Polls: Hovde takes small lead in Wisconsin GOP primary race
Wisconsin U.S. Senate candidate and political newcomer Eric Hovde has overtaken former Gov. Tommy Thompson to seize a slight lead in their Republican primary race, according to two polls released Tuesday.
Poll: Obama leads in three key swing states
President Barack Obama leads Republican Mitt Romney by a significant margin in three key battleground states, according to a new Quinnipiac University/New York Times/CBS poll.
NRCC to give Gingrich a boost paying off debts
Newt Gingrich's deeply debt-ridden presidential campaign is getting a bailout from a national party committee.
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper announces separation
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper has dealt with his share of bad news this summer, and on Tuesday there was more: He and his wife announced that they have separated.
Major union hits the streets for Obama
The Service Employees International Union's (SEIU) political army is hitting the streets.
Allen decries defense cuts on trip to Northern Virginia small business
U.S. Senate candidate George Allen donned a state-of-the-art, heat-activated cooling vest and made his way around the offices of a small defense contractor in Northern Virginia Tuesday, highlighting an example of a business already being impacted by looming federal defense cuts that have fast become a political flashpoint.
Romney's big veep announcement ... by I-Phone?
This offer is sure to vex all the Obama campaigners who think they alone are on the cutting edge of voter outreach.
Report: Two out of three Democrats support gay marriage
Two out of three self-identified Democrats now support gay marriage, suggesting that the Democrat National Committee’s expected decision to adopt gay marriage in its 2012 political platform is fully in line with its members’ views.
Obama mum on gay-marriage support in DNC platform
The White House and President Obama's campaign won't even say whether he approves of adding support for gay marriage to the party platform, but the Democratic National Committee — which is under Mr. Obama's control — is taking a victory lap anyway.
Obama invokes Adams-Jefferson race to justify negative campaigning
President Obama justified his negative campaigning this year with a reference to the nastiness of the race for the White House in 1800 before going on to joke about not having to hit up donors again — at least until fundraising for his presidential library begins.
