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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

Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney checks the teleprompter and sound levels with staff members Aug. 30, 2012, at the Republican National Convention at the Tampa Bay Times Forum in Tampa, Fla. (Rod Lamkey, Jr./The Washington Times)

Romney erases ‘Etch A Sketch’ image

Mitt Romney's top strategist ignited a firestorm in March when he suggested that the candidate could "Etch A Sketch" away his campaign from the primaries — but Mr. Romney has yet to do a general-election wipe-down. Published August 29, 2012

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks Aug. 29, 2012, at the American Legion National Convention in Indianapolis. (Associated Press)

Romney vows to reverse defense cuts, improve VA

Mitt Romney, speaking at the American Legion's nation convention, vowed to get veterans out of the unemployment lines and to reverse the defense cuts triggered by the ongoing spending standoff on Capitol Hill. Published August 29, 2012

Former Representative Artur Davis addresses the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

For GOP, former Democrat Davis is key to independents’ hearts

Four years after seconding Barack Obama's presidential nomination at the Democratic National Convention and four months after leaving the Democratic Party, former Rep. Artur Davis of Alabama re-entered the national spotlight Tuesday to vouch for Mitt Romney at the Republicans' convention in Tampa, Fla. Published August 28, 2012

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney leaves Brewster Academy after working on convention preparations, Monday, Aug. 27, 2012, in Wolfeboro, N.H. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Romney preps for speech, frets about storm

Mitt Romney spent Monday polishing the speech he will deliver Thursday at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., while running mate Paul Ryan received a hero's send-off from a gymnasium full of hometown supporters. Published August 27, 2012

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, enters Brewster Academy in Wolfeboro, N.H., for convention preparations on Sunday. (Associated Press)

Romney prepares for GOP convention

Mitt Romney hunkered down Sunday with top aides in New Hampshire, where he mapped out the final preparations for his appearance at the Republican National Convention and the final general-election sprint. Published August 26, 2012

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks as vice presidential running mate Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., looks on during a campaign rally on Saturday, Aug. 25, 2012 in Powell, Ohio. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Romney woos women with economic message

Looking to curry favor with female voters, Mitt Romney told supporters in Powell, Ohio Saturday that he wants women to be able to fulfill their dreams in the business world. Published August 25, 2012

Mitt Romney tells his audience at Watson Truck and Supply in Hobbs, N.M., Thursday that if elected, he’ll put America on track to be energy-independent in eight years. (Associated Press)

Romney: Drill in refuge, federal land, offshore

Mitt Romney said Thursday he would free up states to explore for gas and oil on federal lands inside their borders as part of a broader energy push that would put North America on track to be energy-independent by 2020, the end of his hypothetical second term in office. Published August 23, 2012

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks Aug. 22, 2012, during a campaign stop at LeClaire Manufacturing in Midland, Texas. (Associated Press)

Romney to unveil energy plan

Mitt Romney plans to announce at a campaign stop in New Mexico on Thursday that if elected he would allow states to explore for energy on federal lands within their borders as part of a large plan to put North America on course to be energy independent by 2020. Published August 22, 2012

Mitt Romney, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, speaks at a campaign stop at LeClaire Manufacturing in Midland, Texas, on Wednesday. (Associated Press)

Tea party voters lack enthusiasm for Romney

Killing time before Mitt Romney's campaign rally in New Hampshire this week, GOP activist Paul Clark shared the story of how some tea party activists in the crowd had assured him that they would vote for the presumptive GOP nominee come Election Day. Published August 22, 2012

Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan speaks Aug. 21, 2012, during a campaign rally at Beaver Steel in Carnegie, Pa. (Associated Press)

Ryan slams Obama plan as harmful to Medicare

For the first time since being named Mitt Romney's running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan journeyed to Pennsylvania, where he warned that President Obama's new health care law will force Medicare recipients to pay more for their coverage and make it harder for them to find hospitals and nursing homes that will let them in the door. Published August 21, 2012

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, and Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, his running mate, attend a town hall at St. Anselm College in Manchester, N.H., on Monday. The visit marked the first joint appearance for Mr. Romney and Mr. Ryan in New Hampshire. (Associated Press)

Romney backs audit for Fed, vows
 to not raise taxes on middle class

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and Rep. Paul Ryan, his running mate, joined forces Monday in New Hampshire to chastise President Obama for running a negative campaign and to push back against the Democrat's claim that they will raise taxes on middle-class families to help cover the cost of tax cuts for the wealthy. Published August 20, 2012

The plan by Republican vice presidential nominee-in-waiting Rep. Paul Ryan for rescuing Medicare from looming financial insolvency took a backseat when the party’s standard-bearer was campaigning Tuesday in Ohio. (Associated Press)

Romney’s defense of Medicare plan: Attack Obama

Days after tapping Paul Ryan as his running mate, Mitt Romney has sidelined the Wisconsin Republican's marquee Medicare overhaul plan and has instead gone back to attacking President Obama's health care law, which siphons more than $700 billion from the retiree health program over the next 10 years. Published August 14, 2012

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney campaigns Aug. 8, 2012, at Central Campus High School in Des Moines, Iowa. (Associated Press)

Veteran of 1990s welfare shift faults both sides in current clash

A former senior House GOP aide who helped write the landmark welfare-to-work laws in the 1990s challenged Mitt Romney's assertion that President Obama's wants to weaken work requirements for welfare recipients — but he also questioned whether the White House is overstepping its authority by giving states the chance to experiment with their welfare programs. Published August 8, 2012

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney thanks Warren Young, chief executive officer at Acme Industries, as he campaigns in Elk Grove Village, Ill., on Aug. 7, 2012. (Associated Press)

Romney: Obama undermining welfare reform

Republican challenger Mitt Romney said Tuesday that President Obama is "encouraging a culture of dependency" by gutting the work requirement in the landmark federal welfare reform law, and his campaign went a step further, saying the White House overstepped its legal authority last month to issue waivers of the law to the states. Published August 7, 2012

Mitt Romney combines campaigning with a grocery store run in Wolfeboro, N.H., on Monday. According to polls, voters say Mr. Romney is better equipped to handle the economy, but they’d rather have a beer with President Obama. (Associated Press)

Romney ad blitz focuses on economic trust

Mitt Romney and his presidential campaign are invading living rooms in key states across the country through a barrage of television ads that aim to convince voters that their economic well-being hinges on a change in the White House. Published August 6, 2012

President Obama told a crowd Wednesday in Mansfield, Ohio, that the tax cut Republican Mitt Romney proposes would come at the expense of the middle class. (Associated Press)

Obama claim Romney tax cut would hurt middle class disputed

Seizing on a new report that challenges Mitt Romney's tax-cut claims, President Obama said Wednesday that the presumptive Republican nominee is trying to make middle-class families pay more "so that people like him" pay less. Published August 1, 2012

Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney meets Polish veterans from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars as he visits the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Warsaw, Poland, Tuesday, July 31, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Romney’s trip a bumpy ride

Under mounting pressure to be more open on foreign policy issues, Mitt Romney tried to do just that during his six-day trip to visit three American allies — but repeatedly found himself having to backtrack on the things he said. Published July 31, 2012

** FILE ** Mitt Romney, the presumptive Republican nominee, and his wife, Ann, arrive in Gdansk, Poland, on Monday, July 30, 2012. (Associated Press)

Romney endures tough road trip

On a trip Mitt Romney hoped would impress America's allies, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee managed to anger the nation's potential adversaries — particularly Palestinian leaders, who felt Mr. Romney's comments during his trip to Israel smacked of racism. Published July 30, 2012

** FILE ** Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

McDonnell targets defense spending, but opposes automatic cuts

Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell says that defense spending must be reined in if Congress is serious about getting the nation's fiscal house in order but opposes the $500 billion in automatic defense cuts under last year's debt deal, warning they would weaken national security, kill jobs and devastate his state's defense industry. Published July 29, 2012