Ryan: Government rules crippling social safety net
Seeking to lay groundwork for a rewrite of the social safety net, Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan said Wednesday the federal government must stop measuring its programs by dollars spent...
View ArticleBig Bird’s producer boasts well-padded retirement nest
Far from being a pauper, Sesame Workshop, the company that produces the beloved children's television program that has become an unlikely point of partisan bickering in the presidential campaign, has...
View ArticleWhite House winner will have to deal with housing, European debt problems
The election is all about the economy this year, but neither presidential candidate has talked much about two major problems that could make or break the economic recovery in the next presidential...
View ArticlePro-lifers stand with Mourdock in flap over rape
With his statement Tuesday that pregnancy from rape is God's will, Senate candidate Richard Mourdock became the latest Republican to stumble into trouble attempting to articulate a key pro-life...
View ArticleInside the Beltway: Why you’re tired
A record-breaking 915,000 presidential campaign ads have aired on broadcast and cable TV from late April through Sunday — a 45 percent increase compared with the 2008 election. "We've already surpassed...
View ArticleIndiana Senate candidate apologizes, explains rape comment
U.S. Senate candidate Richard Mourdock apologized Wednesday to anyone who misinterpreted his statement during a Tuesday night debate that "even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, it...
View ArticleInside Politics: Democrat takes lead in Connecticiut Senate race poll
Rep. Christopher S. Murphy, Connecticut Democrat, was trailing his U.S. Senate opponent Linda McMahon just three weeks ago, but now he has gained the upper edge in the race, with a new poll Wednesday...
View ArticleDouble speak: In bustling election season, voice actors put profession before...
The voice on the line was warm, proud, reassuring, a voice that holds your hand and looks you in the eye. "Barack Obama," it said, "wants to be your president." The voice on the line is disdainful,...
View ArticleRomney fights for Iowa, Nevada
RENO, Nev. — Seeking to blow a hole in President Obama's road map to victory, Mitt Romney campaigned in Nevada on Wednesday and had another stop scheduled in Iowa — two battleground states that Mr....
View ArticleFeds: Mississippi officials violate juveniles' rights
The Justice Department has targeted Mississippi in a federal lawsuit alleging that the due process rights of children "repeatedly and routinely" are violated when arrested for minor offenses, accusing...
View ArticleObama says Latino vote is key to victory, vows immigration reform in 2013
DAVENPORT, Iowa — The Obama campaign's reliance on Hispanic voters in the upcoming election was on full display Wednesday as President Obama dangled the prospect of immigration reform next year, and a...
View ArticleOfficials emailed soon after Benghazi attack
Congressional Republicans on Wednesday spotlighted a newly revealed email that shows Obama administration officials were told within hours of the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi,...
View ArticleInd. GOP Senate hopeful Mourdock criticized over rape, pregnancy comments
NEW ALBANY, Ind. (AP) — Top Republicans were slow to embrace tea-party-backed Indiana Senate candidate Richard Mourdock after he beat longtime GOP Sen. Richard G. Lugar in the May primary. Though Mr....
View ArticleObama ad tidal wave swamps foes
President Obama's advertising advantage is so pronounced that he is running more ads than not only Mitt Romney's campaign, but all of the outside groups supporting the Republican nominee combined. Mr....
View ArticleRivals let barbs fly during Ohio Senate debate
CINCINNATI — With the race tightening less than two weeks before Election Day, the candidates for U.S. Senate in the swing state of Ohio squared off Thursday night in their final debate. The back and...
View ArticleGlut of TV campaign ads for 2012 election far ahead of 2008’s
One of American democracy's most annoying sideshows — campaign TV commercials — abruptly will end in less than two weeks on Election Day, but not before setting some all-time records. More than 915,000...
View ArticleRomney weighs balance with pro-life views
WORTHINGTON, Ohio — As the Republican standard-bearer this year, Mitt Romney, a late-in-life convert to the pro-life cause, finds himself at the helm of a party staking out an increasingly absolute...
View ArticleOutside groups paying more for same campaign spots
The day before the election, President Obama will be running ads during Cleveland ABC affiliate WEWS-TV's 11:35 p.m. showing of 'Nightline' for only $250 for a 30-second slot. By contrast, American...
View ArticleVirginia Senate race tops in outside spending
The U.S. Senate contest in Virginia between Democrat Tim Kaine and Republican George Allen is far and away the most expensive Senate race in the country in terms of third-party spending, underscoring...
View ArticleInside the Beltway: Championing the ‘undecided’
Late night comics and the liberal press delight in either vilifying or parodying undecided voters, dismissing them as "boneheads" and "idiots," or questioning their actual relevance in the presidential...
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