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PICKET: Obama bundler at Bain opens Obama camp to more criticism from Dems over Bain attacks
The attacks on Mitt Romney from the Obama campaign for his work at Bain Capital appear to be boomeranging back to Obama. According to Mike Flynn at Breitbart.com, although Romney exited Bain in 1999, Obama Bundler Jonathan Lavine joined Bain Capital in 1993 and currently serves as its Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer.
Christie to keynote Republican convention, GOP activists say
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has been tapped to give the keynote speech Aug. 28 at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., the New York Post reported Wednesday, citing Republican activists.
Pawlenty defends Romney on taxes, calls for focus on economy
Former Republican presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty on Wednesday defended presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney's decision not to disclose any tax returns from before 2010, and he accused the Obama campaign of using the issue to distract from the nation's current economic doldrums.
Federal judge dismisses contraception lawsuits
A federal judge has dismissed a challenge by seven states to the requirement in President Obama's health care law that employers must provide contraception coverage to their workers.
Transparency bill dies again in Senate
For the second time in two days, Senate Republicans on Tuesday blocked a Democratic bill that calls for more strict disclosures for political spending.
McConnell: Dems playing 'Russian roulette' with economy
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday said Democrats' push for tax hikes and defense cuts would play "Russian roulette with our economy."
McCain denies he bypassed Romney over tax history
Sen. John McCain denied insinuations Tuesday that he bypassed Mitt Romney as a 2008 presidential running mate because of the former Massachusetts governor's tax history.
Dick Cheney meets with Hill GOP
Senate Republicans emerging from their weekly caucus lunch said they were inspired by former Vice President Dick Cheney, who visited the Hill Tuesday afternoon to meet with Republican lawmakers to discuss how to avoid dramatic defense cuts next year.
Poll: Obama's lead dwindling in Iowa
President Obama's lead in Iowa has been cut in half over the past two months, according to a poll released Tuesday afternoon.
Hovde invests big in Wisconsin Senate effort
Wisconsin dark-horse Senate candidate Eric Hovde is lagging behind his competitors in outside fundraising but has bankrolled his campaign with $4 million of his own money, according to numbers released this week.
Durbin: Tax cuts will expire if Republicans don't compromise
Senate Democrats say they are willing to let George W. Bush-era tax cuts expire for all Americans if Republicans refuse to allow taxes to rise for the nation's highest earners.
New Obama ad questions whether Romney paid taxes
The Obama campaign released a new TV ad Tuesday suggesting that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney didn't pay any income tax in some years, citing his refusal to release all of his tax returns.
First lady just says no to 'kiss cam' — once
When the camera was on them Monday night, the president and first lady Michelle Obama didn't kiss as is customary at sporting events.
PICKET: Batman villain creator reacts to character's comparison to Romney - 'Ridiculous'..'Overgrasping Dems'
Well here's a non-sensical comparison from Democrats for the Obama campaign to use. According to Paul Bedard at The Washington Examiner, the Obama campaign takes Batman's new enemy Bane, a pumped up venom gas breathing maniac, in the movie "The Dark Knight Rises" and compares him to presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney, because of the Massachusetts GOP'ers previous work with the investment firm Bain Capital, which Obama and Democrats say was a job killer. Get it--Bane and Bain?
Maryland AD Kevin Anderson denies contact with Stanford
Administrator has been at Maryland since September 2010
Obama up by two in swing-state poll
President Obama leads Mitt Romney by a slim two percentage points in a survey of voters in 12 states deemed to be ones that will likely decide the 2012 election, according to a poll released Monday.
PICKET: Report - Aide says Romney may name running mate this week
The Associated Press is reporting presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney could very well name his VP running mate by the end of this week says a top adviser.
