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Seth McLaughlin

Seth McLaughlin, a reporter on the Politics Desk, can be reached at smclaughlin@washingtontimes.com. Follow him on Twitter: @SethMcLaughlin1

Articles by Seth McLaughlin

** FILE ** New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie shakes hands with President Obama. (Associated Press)

Chris Christie balances short-term gains with long-term questions

In yoking himself to President Obama on Tuesday, Gov. Chris Christie likely helped himself with the New Jersey voters he's wooing for re-election this year — but their public embrace could come back to haunt the Republican if he seeks the GOP's presidential nod in 2016. Published May 28, 2013

Sen. Rand Paul, visiting New Hampshire, said of the Republican Party: "We need to look like the rest of America. We need to be able to appeal to the working class." (Associated Press)

Rand Paul tries to bind N.H. GOP, libertarians; can learn tough lessons from father

With its "Live Free or Die" motto, New Hampshire would seem to be tailor-made for the libertarian-flavored presidential campaign that Sen. Rand Paul is taking for a trial run. But, as his father, former Rep. Ron Paul of Texas, learned in 2012, translating the typical New Hampshire voter's skepticism about big government into Republican primary votes is easier said than done. Published May 20, 2013

Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, is giving the presidential nomination course a test run with appearances in Iowa and New Hampshire. (Associated Press)

Rand Paul gets an early start on 2016 in New Hampshire

Stand with Rand in 2016? That's the question diehard Republicans will be mulling over Monday when Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul brings his presidential ambitions to New Hampshire, where he will be headlining a state GOP dinner. Published May 19, 2013

Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., chairwoman of the Tea Party Caucus, listens at left as while Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., speaks during a news conference with Tea Party leaders about the IRS targeting Tea Party groups, Thursday, May 16, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Associated Press)

Tea party groups join with GOP in IRS protest on Hill

Republican lawmakers joined forces Thursday with tea party leaders on Capitol Hill, calling for a thorough investigation into the IRS targeting of conservative groups for special scrutiny and demanding that the Obama administration come clean about what it knew about the scandal. Published May 16, 2013

"History is filled with stories of political comebacks ... and [Rep. Michele Bachmann, Minnesota Republican] has the capability to rehab her image and change the focus to her work instead of these other issues," said Keith Keith Appell, a GOP consultant.

Michele Bachmann back in the headlines

Nearly 18 months after she faltered on the snowy fields of Iowa in the GOP presidential primary, Rep. Michele Bachmann is making a return to the headlines this week, sponsoring the bill to repeal President Obama's health care law and giving a forum to tea party groups who say the IRS led politically motivated audits against them. Published May 15, 2013

Former Texas Rep. Ron Paul (Associated Press) **FILE**

Ron Paul: Benghazi a result of U.S. ‘interventionism’

Former Texas Rep. Ron Paul criticized Democrats and Republicans Monday for ignoring what he sees as the true cause of the Benghazi attacks: their mutual support of military interventionism overseas and its unintended consequences. Published May 13, 2013

Paul, Jindal lay groundwork with GOP in early voting states

Laying the groundwork this weekend for likely White House bids, Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal reached out to Republican voters in the two states that open the presidential nomination race — sounding the unofficial starting gun of the 2016 campaign. Published May 12, 2013

**FILE** Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal criticizes House budget negotiations in Baton Rouge on May 6, 2013. (Associated Press)

Jindal’s New Hampshire speech sparks 2016 talk

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal will deliver the keynote address Friday at a Republican fundraiser in New Hampshire — an appearance that is renewing speculation that he is eyeing a 2016 presidential bid. Published May 10, 2013

**FILE** House Speaker John Boehner, Ohio Republican, meets with the press at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on May 9, 2013. (Associated Press)

Boehner demands release of Benghazi emails

House Speaker John A. Boehner called on President Obama to release unclassified emails that apparently show the State Department knew more than it let on following the Sept. 11 attacks on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi that left four Americans dead. Published May 9, 2013