AP – Chief Justice John Roberts urged Congress to raise the pay of federal judges in a year-end report that emphasized improving communications with Capitol Hill and the White House.
Continue reading "Roberts urges higher pay for judges (AP)" »
Bloomberg – Jan. 1 (Bloomberg) — After a yearlong campaign in Iowa,
the Republican and Democratic presidential front-runners are
boiling down their arguments to a six-letter word: change.
Continue reading "Presidential Rivals Sharpen `Change’ Pitches as Iowa Vote Nears (Bloomberg)" »
DES MOINES, Dec. 31 — Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee took an unorthodox gamble in his bid for the presidency Monday, unveiling an attack ad against Republican rival Mitt Romney and then immediately pledging not to run it in the hopes of appealing to the better nature of Iowa voters.
GRUNDY CENTER, Iowa — Two states guard the campaign trail as though they own it. Their influence on national politics is wildly disproportionate to their modest populations. Neither has anything that could be called a large city, or a slum, or a sprawling suburb. Both are dotted with small towns…
Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton each surpassed the $100 million fundraising mark for their presidential campaigns in 2007, according to people directly familiar with their finance operations, the first time two candidates have eclipsed that milestone before a single primary vote was…
Continue reading "Clinton and Obama Each Pull In Over $100 Million" »
DES MOINES, Dec. 31 — The tense and unpredictable three-way Democratic battle in Iowa got a surprising jolt late Monday when a new poll showed Sen. Barack Obama widening his lead over Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and former senator John Edwards.
Continue reading "Poll Shows Obama With 7-Point Lead In Iowa Contest" »
For auld lang syne, my dear, For auld lang syne, We’ll tak a cup o’ kindness yet For auld lang syne. DES MOINES, Dec. 31 Put down that cup; it’s a dry party this year. And the kindness? Not so much. This is New Year’s Eve in Des Moines, three days before the Iowa caucuses, and if Robert Bur…
Reuters – Democratic presidential
candidate Barack Obama has widened his lead in Iowa over rivals
Hillary Clinton and John Edwards heading into Thursday’s
caucuses, according to a poll by The Des Moines Register
released on Monday.
Continue reading "Obama, Huckabee leading in Iowa poll (Reuters)" »
AP – THE RACE: The presidential race for Democrats, Republicans in Iowa.
Continue reading "Poll: Obama, Huckabee maintain leads (AP)" »
AP – Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton will have raised more than $100 million this year for her presidential campaign, aides confirmed Monday evening, setting a historic new threshold in fundraising.
Continue reading "Clinton, Obama claim $100 million raised (AP)" »
In his first visit to Iraq, Sen. Charles Schumer visited U.S. troops in Baghdad on Monday and met with Army Gen. David Petraeus.
‘It has been one of the greatest honors of my life to spend New Year’s Eve with the brave men and women serving in Iraq,’ the New York Democrat said in a statement.
‘I have visited with troops all day today, many from New York, and there is no question that they represent the best of America. I am proud to convey to our troops the best wishes and enduring thanks of a grateful nation during the holiday season.’ Read more
Continue reading "Schumer spends New Year’s Eve with soldiers in Iraq" »
AP – Mike Huckabee said Monday he wouldn’t run a TV ad he’d prepared blistering Republican rival Mitt Romney as dishonest. Then he showed it to a room packed with reporters and cameramen.
Subscribe to this site's RSS feed.