I’ve been a little tough on Newt Gingrich in the past, so I want to give him credit for this good-humored Twitter exchange this afternoon with actor Rainn Wilson of The Office: Good to see that with his campaign in a death spiral, Gingrich can still bring the funny.
The Federal Election Commission made it official on Thursday: Stephen Colbert can form his own super PAC. This means that the satirical newsman joins the 100-odd similar committees who can raise (and spend) unlimited amounts to support or oppose candidates in the 2012 elections. The FEC ruling also had implications for media companies and, arguably, [...]
Mitt Romney’s currently enjoying a comfortable lead in many state polls and the $25-$30 million in donations he’s said to have brought in this quarter will likely dwarf his opponents’ hauls. But it’s early. Michele Bachmann is rising. Tim Pawlenty and Jon Huntsman are not as well known. So then, why is Romney spending Thursday [...]
On Beck’s final day broadcasting his show on Fox News, here are ten heartwarming memories of chalk boards, gold buggery, doll houses, gasoline and tickling.
I have a story in the new issue of TIME about the feisty consumer advocate Elizabeth Warren and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, due to open July 21, which many liberals hope Warren will be named to manage. It’s a fascinating–and sensitive–topic. Warren’s supporters feel passionately that President Obama should fight for Warren against the [...]
Departing Defense Secretary Robert Gates is the 10th military chief I have covered since Harold Brown was running Jimmy Carter’s Pentagon. After a private dinner at the White House on Wednesday night, and a final ruffles-and-flourishes sendoff at the Pentagon on Thursday, Gates will fly off for his home in Washington state and never look [...]
Iowa has been getting all the attention of late, but it’s entirely possible that when it comes to choosing the ultimate Republican nominee, the caucuses won’t matter all that much. It’s not hard to imagine Michele Bachmann winning the state and then failing to translate to New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina–places where she’ll lack [...]
President Obama challenged Congress on Wednesday to start working with him on a deficit-reduction deal that could be tied to a vote to raise the debt ceiling, which must happen by Aug. 2, according to the Treasury Department. “They’re in one week, they’re out one week. And then they’re saying, ‘Obama has got to step in. You need to [...]
The majority opinion by a 6th circuit panel Wednesday upholding Obama’s health care reform law is a victory for the administration on its face. But to understand just how big a victory it is, you have to read the concurring opinion by Circuit Judge Jeffrey Sutton. Sutton, a former clerk to Supreme Court Justice Antonin [...]
Team Romney leaks word of a big second-quarter haul: $15-20 million, and another $10 million or so to his Super PAC. The Fed cuts swipe fees in half, but just about doubles what they initially announced they’d cut the limit to with little explanation. The banks may have failed to get their way with Congress on this [...]
