By
Humberto Sanchez
| May 24, 2012, Midnight
In their latest play for female voters, Senate Democrats have begun laying the groundwork for a legislative fight over equal pay next month.
By
Jonathan Strong
| May 23, 2012, 7:11 p.m.
Instead of an eye for an eye, it’s an aide for an aide.
By
Steven T. Dennis
| May 23, 2012, Midnight
Democrats and the White House defended attacks on Mitt Romney’s record at Bain Capital on Tuesday, calling them “fair game” and dismissing party infighting over the issue.
By
Steven T. Dennis
| May 22, 2012, 2:02 p.m.
The White House will continue to attack Mitt Romney’s record at Bain Capital and his record as governor of Massachusetts as part of a larger narrative aimed at middle-class voters, senior administration officials said today.
By
Steven T. Dennis
| May 21, 2012, 5:42 p.m.
President Barack Obama doubled down on attacks on Mitt Romney’s record at Bain Capital at a press conference at the NATO summit in Chicago today.
By
Shira Toeplitz
| May 21, 2012, Midnight
If Mitt Romney wins the presidency, J.T. Jezierski will be the most connected man in the 16 blocks between the White House and Capitol Hill.
By
Stuart Rothenberg
| May 17, 2012, Midnight
The discussion on Monday morning’s “Daily Rundown” on MSNBC has already occurred hundreds of times this cycle and will occur again and again between now and November. Who is Mitt Romney?
By
Stuart Rothenberg
| May 15, 2012, Midnight
I never include the Keystone State in my list of presidential swing states for November. Am I making a mistake? Possibly.
By
Steven T. Dennis, Joshua Miller
| May 10, 2012, Midnight
President Barack Obama came out in support of gay marriage Wednesday afternoon, ending a frenzy of speculation about his long “evolving” position and taking a major risk in his close re-election fight with presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney.
By
Stuart Rothenberg
| May 10, 2012, Midnight
Little did I know that what I figured was a relatively innocuous column about the Democrats’ problems in North Carolina, where the party will hold its national convention in early September, would generate such a flood of angry attacks.
By
Eliza Newlin Carney
| May 9, 2012, Midnight
For Democratic super PACs struggling to catch up with their cash-flush GOP counterparts, the news that financier George Soros will soon give $2 million to a couple of progressive groups comes as small consolation.
By
Steven T. Dennis
| May 7, 2012, 3:09 p.m.
Week after week, month after month, reporters ask White House Press Secretary Jay Carney the same question: When will the president finally tell us what he really thinks about gay marriage?
By
Meredith Shiner
| May 6, 2012, 11:18 a.m.
David Axelrod, chief campaign strategist for President Barack Obama, said today that the Chicago-based operation is preparing to roll out an "extensive" advertising blitz this week defending the president's first-term record.
By
Meredith Shiner
| May 6, 2012, 10:48 a.m.
Former GOP presidential nominee Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) had a piece of advice for current presumptive nominee Mitt Romney: Make sure you pick a vice president who can do the job.
By
Meredith Shiner
| May 6, 2012, 10:14 a.m.
Sen. Marco Rubio (Fla.) won't say whether he would accept a place on the national GOP ticket, but he's already assumed the attack-dog-in-chief mantle, the quintessential role of a modern vice presidential nominee.
By
Kyle Trygstad
| May 2, 2012, 3:49 p.m.
The winner of the South Carolina Republican presidential primary has gone on to win his party’s nomination in every election since 1980 — until now.
By
Stuart Rothenberg
| April 30, 2012, Midnight
If national Democratic strategists chose Charlotte, N.C., for the party’s national convention because they liked the facilities, the hotel accommodations or the weather in early September, then I guess I can’t yet quibble with the choice.
By
Eliza Newlin Carney
| April 30, 2012, Midnight
When Democratic strategist Bill Burton went looking for a partner to help his super PAC launch a $1 million ad campaign announced last week, he had more than one reason to knock on the door of the League of Conservation Voters.
By
Stuart Rothenberg
| April 26, 2012, Midnight
I’ve written a couple of columns about presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney’s potential running mates. Start with some biography, add a dash of analysis and you’ve got an entertaining piece. But I’m not merely a columnist, I’m a political analyst. And the political analyst in me tells me that all of the chatter about Romney’s running mate is a lot of hot air.
