David Eldridge
Articles by David Eldridge
GOP presidential candidate Cain defends ‘9-9-9’
Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain defended his "9-9-9" tax reform plan Sunday, saying critics who call it a political nonstarter will be proved wrong. Published October 16, 2011
Gingrich slams Obama over national security
The former House speaker blasted the Obama administration's decision to send American troops to Africa. Published October 16, 2011
Reed: Voters looking for a CEO, not a pastor
Former Christian Coalition head Ralph Reed said Tuesday the flap over former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's Mormonism won't matter to voters in the battle to choose the Republican presidential nominee next year. Published October 11, 2011
Gregg: Anti-Mormon comments are ‘hate language’
With the chorus of Republicans and conservatives condemning anti-Mormonism growing louder, the Mitt Romney campaign moved Tuesday to use the comments of a Southern Baptist leader, the Rev. Robert Jeffress, against GOP presidential rival Rick Perry. Published October 11, 2011
Romney’s GOP rivals duck Mormon issue
Four Republican presidential candidates refused on Sunday to enter the controversy over the ex-governor's faith. Published October 9, 2011
Huntsman: Obama’s ‘half-measures’ won’t solve jobs crisis
Republican presidential contender Jon Huntsman on Friday called President Obama's jobs plan a "half-measure" that doesn't rise to the economic challenge facing the country. Published October 7, 2011
Romney: Wall Street protests counterproductive
Mitt Romney said the protests on Wall Street won't help solve the country's economic problems. Published October 4, 2011
Cheney calls al-Awlaki strike a continuation of Bush techniques
The White House was justified in ordering the air strike that killed the U.S.-born Anwar al-Awlaki, an al Qaeda cleric and propagandist, Dick Cheney said Sunday, but the former vice president said President Obama's actions don't square with the criticism he heaped on the Bush administration's anti-terror policies. Published October 2, 2011
Cain takes aim at Perry, Christie and Obama
Herman Cain is aggressively pressing his case, calling out rivals within his own party. Published October 2, 2011
GOP challengers lining up for shot at Missouri Sen. McCaskill
The re-election bid of Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri is providing an early look at how Republicans plan to tie President Obama and his plunging job-approval ratings to vulnerable Democrats down the ballot next year. Published September 29, 2011
Sen. Graham: ‘All options on the table’ for Pakistan
Sen. Lindsey Graham on Sunday said the United States must have "all options on the table" to deal with growing concerns about official Pakistani support of terrorism. Published September 25, 2011
Allen: Obama’s Palestinian plan an ‘insult’ to Israel
George Allen said President Obama's handling of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process has undermined Israel's security. Published September 22, 2011
GOP slams Obama’s millionaires tax as ‘class warfare’
Congressional Republicans wasted no time Sunday dismissing the "Buffett Rule," President Obama's proposal to raise taxes on millionaires, a day before Mr. Obama was poised to outline measures to cut the federal deficit by some $2 trillion. Published September 18, 2011
Democrats tout Obama comeback
A pair of prominent Democrats look to the airwaves Sunday to downplay talk that President Obama's chances of re-election were in serious trouble. Published September 18, 2011
Clinton: Obama’s got a good jobs plan
Former President Bill Clinton said on Sunday that the White House jobs plan will work if Congress passes it, and he downplayed suggestions that President Obama's chances of being re-elected are in jeopardy. Published September 18, 2011
Durbin: Senate will act on Obama’s jobs bill in Oct.
The Senate's second-ranking Democrat said Sunday the chamber isn't likely to vote on President Obama's new jobs plan until next month. Published September 18, 2011
Straw poll will pick next president, GOP governor says
Florida, the site of last Monday's GOP debate and host of another showdown next week, is squarely in the 2012 campaign spotlight for the next few days - and with good reason, according to first-term Republican Gov. Rick Scott. Published September 14, 2011
Consumer activist Warren set to seek Brown’s Senate seat in Mass.
Consumer advocate Elizabeth Warren is expected to end months of speculation Wednesday with the announcement that she will take on Republican Sen. Scott P. Brown next year in the Senate race in Massachusetts. Published September 13, 2011
Cheney: Obama could face Democratic challenger if economy lags
President Obama may face a challenger from within his own party next year if his latest jobs plan unveiled Thursday evening fails to jump-start the American economy, former Vice President Dick Cheney predicted. Published September 9, 2011
Top GOP lawmaker hits 9/11 ‘talking points’
A key member of the House Republican leadership on Wednesday called the White House's "talking points" guidelines on the upcoming anniversary of 9/11 "astounding." Published August 31, 2011
