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04.24.12 | 6:37 pm
Big News

I’m not sure it’s quite an upset. But it’s a surprise and a big story. Critz defeats Altmire in PA. In addition to a tight race between two redistricted incumbents this was a proxy battle between Blue Dog and progressive Dems.

04.24.12 | 4:45 pm
We’ve Got a Winner in Delaware

Slim excitement on a pretty eventless primary election night. But we’ve got a winner in Delaware and his name is Mitt Romney. For reasons that are obscure to me, Newt chose Delaware as the place to make his last stand. Or lets be honest, his most recent last stand. I guess that didn’t pan out.

04.24.12 | 2:30 pm
I Can’t Quit You, Mitt Romney

Mitt Romney is doing his best to dump advisor and anti-immigration hardliner Kris Kobach as part of his post-primary repositioning. But Kobach isn’t going quietly.

04.24.12 | 11:39 am
Crackdown

Wal-Mart announces creation of new global non-bribery czar.

04.24.12 | 11:36 am
Breaking Your Word

Top Republican says he and his senate colleagues may push a government shutdown to get out of the debt deal agreed upon last year with President Obama.

04.24.12 | 7:52 am
Best Use Of Their Time?

The Minnesota GOP, facing arguably more immediate concerns, tells college Republicans: Rock out to anti-gay preacher Bradlee Dean, and we might not hire you.

04.24.12 | 6:54 am
Gets Worse

Jay Parmley, who last week resigned his post as executive director of the North Carolina Democratic Party amid sexual harassment allegations, has been accused by an ex-girlfriend of infecting her with HIV.

04.24.12 | 5:00 am
Fail

Fox News host person Steve Doocy just went on the air to correct the fabricated version of an Obama quote he used in an interview with Mitt Romney last week. But it was a classic non-correction correction, referring to it as a ‘paraphrase’ and then not explaining the words he had added.

04.24.12 | 4:44 am
Walmart Stocks Slip on Bribery Probe

Walmart stock slips as Congress launches investigation of allegations of widespread bribery in Mexico.

04.24.12 | 2:25 am
What Does It Mean?

I was prepping this morning for the last dry-run for one of the new web shows we’re debuting this month. And I was thinking through the 2012 presidential money chase for story ideas when it occurred to me that one of the most startling facts about this year’s race is sort of hiding there in plain sight: the two major party candidates are both at the extreme opposite edges of the spectrum of how fundraising in this country works, and in ways that mirror their visions and agendas for the country. Read More