A bedraggled press corps is gathered in the lobby of the Crowne Plaza, reading the stories we filed a couple of hours ago.
Here’s mine (on McCain). And the other one (on Romney).
Now we’re getting on a plane, headed to Michigan and the next chapter.
The clash with the White House over birth control is a reminder of just how much influence the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has lost in the 10 years since the child sex abuse crisis erupted in America.
President Barack Obama is pressing for investments in infrastructure while relying on familiar tax increases on the wealthy and corporations to claim progress on the federal deficit in his upcoming budget.
