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GREEN: Democrat Congressman to vote for Holder contempt charge
Rep. Jim Matheson, Utah Democrat, broke ranks with the Obama administration over operation Fast and Furious, pledging to vote in favor of holding Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt.
Democrat says he'll vote to hold Holder in contempt
Democratic Rep. Jim Matheson told his local newspapers Tuesday he'll vote to hold Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. in contempt of Congress, breaking ranks with the rest of his party, which has generally closed lines around the embattled attorney general.
Obama leads Romney in poll of three key states
President Obama leads presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney in the three battleground states of Ohio, Florida and Pennsylvania, where voters approve of the president's new immigration policy and rate the candidates about even on handling the economy, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday.
PICKET: Who are the 'Teavangelicals' ?
Those of you in Washington on Wednesday morning can come by the National Press Club at 10:00 am in the Zenger room. I'll be on a panel with other Washington D.C. journalists, and we will be talking with CBN reporter David Brody about his new book, The Teavangelicals: The Inside Story of How Evangelicals and the Tea Party are Taking Back America.
PICKET: Minus retiring Rep. Towns Dems save face in NY-8 primary
Democrats all over the country are breathing a sigh of relief tonight, because former New York City councilman and Black Panther Charles Barron lost the New York 8th Congressional Democratic primary to New York Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries. With over 94% of the precincts reporting, Assemblyman Jeffries crushed former Councilman Barron 72 to 28 percent.
PICKET: Dems fearful of potential former KKK leader endorsed Dem win in NY primary
Politico is reporting Democrats are scrambling to make sure that former Black Panther and New York City Councilman Charles Barron does not win the Democratic primary today. His primary opponent, Hakeem Jeffries, reportedly already knew Barron was competitive enough to win New York’s newly drawn 8th CD. An open seat became available when Democrat Edolphus Towns decided to retire. Barron won Towns's endorsement.
Kicker Nick Ferrara has put 2011 season behind him
Senior unlikely to handle punting chores this fall
Republican senators demand investigation of security leaks
A group of Republican senators is pressing Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. to immediately appoint an independent special counsel to investigate what they called an "avalanche" of national security leaks.
PICKET: Obama - I will be first president to be outspent in modern history
President Barack Obama's campaign sent out the following e-mail to his supporters today: "I will be the first president in modern history to be outspent in his re-election campaign, if things continue as they have so far."
Obama to fly over region damaged by Debby
President Obama, on a two-day fundraising trip including stops in Georgia and Florida, will fly over the region being flooded by Tropical Storm Debby but probably won't see the devastation on the ground from his windows on Air Force One.
Romney camp charges Obama with error on baseball taunt
President Obama needled baseball fans in Boston Monday night — and his attempt at humor at the expense of rabid local Red Sox partisans didn't exactly hit it out of the park.
Obama: I will be outspent
In a stunning admission, President Obama — who analysts had originally thought would be history's first $1 billion presidential candidate — told donors on Tuesday he will be outspent by Republicans in this year's election.
College Football Lookahead: Nos. 121-124
Beginning the annual exercise with a few teams new to the sport's top level
PICKET:Former Rep. Alan Grayson guns for Capitol Hill again
Former Florida Congressman Alan Grayson, a Democrat, is running for office again. Grayson is in a Democratic primary for the newly redrawn FL-9th CD. As opposed to his previous district that leaned more conservative, the district leans heavily Democrat. Southern Political Report is predicting whoever comes out of the Dem primary will “likely” win the general.
Obama ad tries to contain damage from economy remark
Showing concern over President Obama's recent gaffe that the private sector was "doing fine," the Obama campaign released a new ad Monday in nine battleground states reinforcing the president's belief that more needs to be done to improve the economy.
Poll: Obama opens up wide lead among Hispanics
A new USA Today-Gallup poll shows that President Obama holds a big lead among Hispanic voters in his general election matchup against presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney — and that unemployment and economic growth, not immigration, remain the top issues for these voters.
Cato's president forced to step down
The Cato Institute's co-founder and president, Edward Crane, has been forced out by the libertarian organization’s board of directors, according to inside sources. John A. Allison, former chairman and CEO of BB&T Corporation, will take over as interim president.
PICKET: NY-4 GOP primary candidate fights county 'machine'
New York’s 4th congressional district GOP primary is on Tuesday. Two Republicans, Francis X. “Fran” Becker, a Nassau County legislator, and attorney and former Hofstra University law professor Frank Scaturro are fighting it out to face Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, a Democrat, in the general.
