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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.
PICKET: Olympics math - Medal winners to pay up to $9,000 to IRS
Here is some interesting Olympics math coming from Americans for Tax Reform. American athletes who win medals at the 2012 London Olympics will have to cough up some dough to the IRS when they return the United States.
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.
Poll: U.S. confidence in economy at lowest level since January
Public confidence in the economy is at its lowest point in six months and most Americans think things are only getting worse, according to a poll released Tuesday.
Warren to open for Clinton at DNC
Massachusetts Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren will speak at the Democratic National Convention, the Obama campaign announced Monday.
San Antonio Mayor Castro to be first Latino Democratic Convention keynote speaker
San Antonio Mayor Julián Castro will deliver the keynote address at this year's Democratic National Convention and become the first Latino to do so, President Obama's campaign announced Tuesday.
Romney aide tells press to 'shove it'
Mitt Romney's campaign dealt with another minor headache Tuesday as he wraps up his overseas sojourn, with an aide telling the press to "shove it" in Poland, Politico reported.
PICKET: Chick fil A debate part of long list of religious freedom battles v. government
It appears many are surprised that liberal politicians are looking for ways to ban the restaurant chain “Chick fil A” from opening their businesses as a result of the CEO Dan Cathy’s personal stance on traditional marriage. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Boston Mayor Tom Menino, and now San Francisco Mayor Edwin Lee have already said that Chick fil A was not welcomed in their cities.
MILLER: Banning "high-capacity" magazines
Gun grabbers wasted no time exploiting Friday’s shooting in Aurora, Colo., by calling for more restrictive firearm laws. Their liberal agenda is off target because, with U.S. gun ownership at its highest level ever, the public sees crime is way down. This blows a hole in the left’s argument, but it doesn’t stop it.
MILLER: Dispelling gun myths
There is evil in the world, and the face of it was seen Monday when James Holmes made his first court appearance since he allegedly killed 12 innocent people at a showing of the Batman movie “The Dark Knight Rises” in Aurora, Colo. As he sat with demonic-looking dyed-orange hair and bizarre facial expressions, it was hard to conceive of any law that could thwart such a maniac intent on mass murder.
