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Dick Lugar and Barack Obama: The End of Bipartisan Bromance
It was Washington’s most charming bipartisan bromance. When Barack Obama ran for President in 2008, he was eager to embrace Indiana’s Republican Senator, Dick Lugar. Obama dropped Lugar’s name into his announcement speech, featured him in a TV ad, and cited him as a key foreign policy influence in a debate. Hugging Lugar, the …
Why Romney Shouldn’t Bother Fighting in the ‘Women Wars’
“I was disappointed in listening to the President as he’s saying, ‘Oh Republicans are waging a war on women,’” Romney said at a Wednesday campaign rally in Hartford, an event painstakingly choreographed to flaunt …
Photos: Oval Office Secrets from Truman to Obama
The inside story of what happens when members of this most exclusive fraternity talk.
Predicting the Latino Vote in 2012
The Latino vote will matter in the 2012 election. So say Republicans and Democrats, and even the cover of TIME magazine. But just how much it will matter is not clear at this point. Too many factors remain fluid. We don’t know …
Political Pictures of the Week, March 31-April 6
TIME’s photo editors bring you the best pictures of the past week from the Beltway and beyond.
Obama Presses His Edge with Women
“Women are not an interest group. You should not be treated that way,” Barack Obama said on Friday morning. It was an admirable sentiment, but the statement was disingenuous on its face. Women are an interest group, and will be …
Obama, Romney and the Politics of the Space Coast
In the run up to Florida’s Republican primary, a lot of pixels were spilled on Newt Gingrich’s lunar flight of fancy, a proposal to permanently colonize the moon by 2020. Even with the poor state of federal balance sheets, this …
Political Pictures of the Week, March 24-30
TIME’s photo editors bring you the best pictures of the past week from the Beltway and beyond.
Romney Hits Obama on Russia, But Misses a Chance to Go Nuclear
Mitt Romney continues his derision of Russia today with an op-ed today bashing Dmitry Medvedev–while also, naturally, accusing Barack Obama of going soft on our rivals. (“[A] sad replay of Jimmy Carter’s bungling at a moment when the United States needs the backbone and courage of a Ronald Reagan,” Romney writes.) Romney lists several …
Romney’s Well-Rehearsed Case Against Obama and the Russians
For months now, Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign has overwhelmingly focused on the economy. But as he geared up his candidacy a couple of years ago, Romney opened with an argument heavy on foreign policy. In March 2010, for …
Health Reform Debate Arrives in the Supreme Court: Why It’s Not About Obama
Listening to the heated rhetoric coming out of Washington, you may think the three days of health care arguments at the Supreme Court that began Monday morning, March 26, are about whether President Obama should have the power to …
Political Pictures of the Week, March 17-23
TIME’s photo editors bring you the best pictures of the past week from the Beltway and beyond.