The 2012 Elections

Nancy Pelosi: Speaker John Boehner 'Wants To Go Over The Edge'

WASHINGTON -- Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) accused House Speaker John Boehner on Sunday of "want[ing] to go over the edge" when it comes to negotiations to keep the government from defaulting on its debts.

Four Short Years After AIG, Wall Street Is Back To Its Old Tricks - The Washington Post

Last week, the once-future Treasury secretary and current JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon revealed a $2 billion loss. This previously undisclosed derivative trade should be a wake-up call for those claiming that finance has been “reined in” and no longer presents a t …

Barney Frank: Election of Republicans This November Would Be 'A Great Disaster'

Sharp-tongued retiring Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., had characteristically caustic words for his soon-to-be-former place of employment on Sunday, saying that Congress is "much worse" than when he was first elected 21 years ago. He placed the blame largely on Republicans.  …

Rep. Joe Walsh's response to claim Obama believes in socialism, communism, Nazism: 'However you want to label or define it, we have a really good idea where this President wants to go'

yesterday, Congressman Joe Walsh heard some interesting opinions from a constituent...“We need to keep our freedom and we aren’t because of the seditious behavior of people who lie about who they are and get into all of our public offices, and then we can’t ge …

Romney Praises Meg Whitman As News Breaks That She Is Slashing 30,000 American Jobs While Leaving Company's Jobs in China and Elsewhere Intact

In an interview with the National Review published on Thursday, Mitt Romney said he wished Whitman were the Governor of California instead of Jerry Brown, whom Romney insisted was doing things wrong. Romney praised Whitman as an economic guru, telling the Review, "I wish Cal …

McConnell: Obama 'needs to become the adult, because the Speaker and I have been the adults in the room'

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Sunday said House Speaker John Boehner was right to focus attention on a possible hike in the nation’s debt ceiling, saying it was a “perfect time” to address the nation’s fiscal health, but placing th …

John Boehner on GOP House: 'Hard to Keep 218 Frogs in a Wheelbarrow'

By George Stephanopoulos - Republican House Speaker John Boehner compared trying to pass a bill in the House of Representatives to keeping "218 frogs in a wheelbarrow" on "This Week" this morning. "I've never been shy about leading. But you know, leaders need follo …

G-8 Leaders Watch Champions League Final

Prime Minister David Cameron of the United Kingdom, President Barack Obama, Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany, José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, and others watch the overtime shootout of the Chelsea vs. Bayern Munich Champions League final, in  …

Actions Speak Louder Than Words: How the Obama Administration Has Worked Behind the Scenes to Advance Marriage Equality

The Obama administration has a pretty good record on LGBT issues, but it has also had a sometimes contentious relationship with gay rights activists. Even in the wake of Obama's “evolution” on marriage last week, some critics seized on his statement that the states …

The new cultishness of the GOP at the heart of the hyper-partisanship in America today

By Leonard Pitts - In the first place, the issue is not partisanship, but hyper-partisanship, a mindset that prioritizes party above country. In the second place...this is not a problem caused by partisans "at both ends of the political spectrum." It was not Democrats who held t …

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