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Romney: Obama 'forgetting' the magnitude of economic crisis
Mitt Romney's campaign is hitting President Obama for admitting during a fundraising swing in Seattle on Thursday night that sometimes he forgets the magnitude of the economic crisis when it first struck in 2008.
PICKET: Fed gov to bullying victims - 'laugh it off'...'don't fight back'
The biggest ally of any school bully is our federal government. It is amusing to see the Obama campaign pounce on a questionable 47 year-old story of a young Mitt Romney supposedly “bullying” a high school classmate. This story is especially suspicious given its timing, since President Obama just publicly supported marriage for same-sex couples.
PICKET: (AUDIO) Obama's bullying past
President Barack Obama's allies are going after presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney for supposedly bullying a high school classmate over 45 years ago. Mr. Romney has apologized for the now questionable story that has been repeated throughout a number of outlets.
PICKET: Occupy Chicago NATO protests includes proposed 'shut down' of Boeing
Occupy protesters have outlined activities in Chicago, when the NATO Summit comes to town, that will eventually lead protesters to Boeing's headquarters in the windy city by the end of next week.
PICKET: NC Dem congressman - Convention will happen in Charlotte
Although reports speculate that the Democratic National Convention could be re-located as a result of a petition by gay activists who are upset by North Carolinians who voted to ban same sex marriage in their state (the petition at change.org is now offline), Congressman David Price, North Carolina Democrat, believes the Democratic Convention will go forward in his home state in Charlotte regardless of the controversy.
Palin endorses Cruz in Texas GOP Senate race
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has weighed in on the fiercely competitive Texas Senate primary race with an endorsement of Ted Cruz, the tea-party-backed candidate announced on his website Thursday.
DCCC Chairman Israel: Dem House takeover 'in sight'
Democrats are "in sight" of taking over the Republican-controlled House after the November elections, says Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Steve Israel, saying that up to 75 GOP held seats are in play this year.
Santorum: Obama wrong to cite Jesus in gay marriage shift
Former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania said Thursday that President Obama is wrong to suggest that Jesus Christ would be on his side in his newfound support for gay marriage and predicted the president's shifting position will motivate social conservatives to head to the polls this fall.
Tea party leader: Voting for Romney? Bring Pepto-Bismol and barf bag
The leader of Tea Party Nation said he knows he will vote for presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney when he heads to the polls in November, but the idea gives him some serious heartburn.
Obama raises money off gay-marriage decision
Fresh off completing his "evolution" on gay marriage, President Obama used his newfound stance to help raise funds late Wednesday.
Blunt questions Labor Department's new press controls
Sen. Roy Blunt, Missouri Republican, is pushing back against tighter new Department of Labor media rules on the release of sensitive data such as jobless benefits and unemployment figures.
PICKET: Biden messes with Obama camp's same-sex marriage timeline announcement
Politico is reporting Vice President Joseph Biden forced President Obama to speak out publicly about supporting same-marriage. However, the vice-president's timing may not have been synched up with the president's on when to make his views public.
Poll shows Romney, Obama tied in Ohio
President Obama and presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney are in a statistical tie in Ohio, and the potential addition of home-state Sen. Rob Portman as Mr. Romney's running mate makes no difference, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday.
Democrats campaign on Obama's gay marriage announcement
Minutes after President Obama told ABC he now supports gay marriage, Democrats were already campaigning on the issue.
Obama promoting junk food? Physicians' group thinks so
A leading physicians' nonprofit is taking aim at President Obama's penchant for hot dogs, burgers and other junk foods.
IRS paid for employees' real estate classes
The IRS paid for employees to take course in real estate or Japanese and Mandarin language classes as part of its continuing-education benefit program, according to an audit that found the agency wasn't doing a good enough job of checking what it was paying for.
Romney: Obama is peddling outdated liberalism
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney swung through Colorado on Wednesday, where he employed what could be described as the "I-know-you-are-but-what-am-I" line of attack against President Obama.
House votes to stop Obama immigration lawsuits
The House voted early Wednesday morning to stop the Obama administration's lawsuits against state immigration laws.
Rep. Sessions: GOP will gain seats in November
The head of the House Republicans' fundraising arm predicts his party not only will retain control of the House next year, it will gain seats — pushing back at estimates by many political experts that the GOP will drop up to 15 seats in November.
Inmate tops 40 percent in W.Va. primary against Obama
In a show of President Obama's unpopularity in West Virginia, a federal prison inmate captured 41 percent of the vote Tuesday in the state's Democratic presidential primary.
