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Herman Cain’s unorthodox campaign
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Cain is testing how far a presidential bid can go with very little money, experience or campaign muscle.
- Cain: Some will pay more taxes under '9-9-9'
- Cain's ties to Koch brothers key to his campaign
- Cain: Electrified border fence was 'a joke'
- Cain lashes out at critics of 9-9-9
- Fact Checker: Cain’s misleading 9-9-9 pitch
- 9-9-9: Good marketing, but bad policy?
- Cain: ‘I don’t know how to spell the word quit’
- Pearlstein: Hermanomics: Let them eat pizza
Perry’s team undaunted by slide
THE TAKE | Campaign officials in Austin say Rick Perry has plenty of time to win the nomination.
Frank retracts criticism of Geithner
Barney Frank has retracted his charge that Tim Geithner makes inappropriate use of military aircraft.
D.C. activists march for jobs
“Jobs and Justice” rally draws several thousand proesters in prelude to MLK Memorial dedication.
Obama ends long-term care program
Troubled “CLASS” plan was dogged from the beginning by doubts over its long term financial solvency.
Key senators back extending federal pay freeze in order to trim deficit
They said Congress should freeze pay of federal employees and recalculate retirement benefits.
Ron Paul puts faith front and center
Republican presidential candidate’s new television ad focuses on his religious stance on abortion rights.
Perry and Romney both rake in cash
Perry’s money is mostly coming from Texas; Romney has heavy reliance on financial sector.
Obama to harness anger at Wall Street
The president’s reelection team will try to turn frustrations on the GOP as the Occupy protests grow.
More e-mails show Solyndra concerns
Treasury Department official urged Energy to consult with Justice before approving loan restructuring.
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The Federal Eye by Ed O'Keefe
The Postal Service debate continues
New ads, videos try to sway the public on how to fix the Postal Service’s financial woes.
2chambers by Felicia Sonmez
House Dems offer recommendations to debt supercommittee
The top Democrats on each House committee are making recommendations to the 12-member debt-reduction panel on how best to trim federal spending.
2chambers by Felicia Sonmez
House approves three trade deals
The House approved trade deals with South Korea, Colombia and Panama, as well as the renewal of an aid program for workers who lost jobs to outsourcing.
Right Turn by Jennifer Rubin
Politics Videos
Video: Obama, civil rights leaders dedicate MLK memorial
President Barack Obama, Bernice King and civil rights leaders spoke at the dedication for the Martin Luther King Jr. memorial on the National Mall on Sunday. (Oct. 16)
Obama speaks at MLK memorial dedication
President Barack Obama spoke at the Martin Luther King Jr. memorial dedication on Sunday. He said King's work is not yet finished. (Oct. 16)
U.S. drops plans to keep troops in Iraq
The U.S. is abandoning plans to keep U.S. troops in Iraq past a year-end withdrawal deadline. The development comes despite concerns about Iraq's security forces and the potential for insecurity. (Oct. 15)
Perry admits campaign off to rocky start
Texas Gov. Rick Perry is standing by his wife's assertion that the GOP presidential candidate has come under unfair attack because of his Christian faith, even as he admits he's not doing as well in the campaign as he'd hoped. (Oct. 15)
President Obama and President Lee Myung-bak celebrated the new U.S.-South Korea free trade deal at an auto plant outside Detroit. (Oct. 14)
NFL, union differ on HGH testing
After a meeting with the players union, the NFL and members of congress said testing for human growth hormone will begin shortly, but the union is less committal. (Oct. 14)
Obama touts auto industry bailout
After touring the GM Orion assembly plant with South Korean President Lee, President Obama delivers a speech in which he defends his decision to bailout the U.S. auto industry. (Oct. 14)
Cain: 'I don't know how to spell the word quit'
At a Tea Party rally in Memphis, Tenn., on Friday, Herman Cain pushed his '9-9-9' tax strategy saying that if the government tried to raise taxes, citizens would notice and object. (Oct. 14)
Does Herman Cain have a real shot at GOP nomination?
CBS News political analyst John Dickerson was joined Friday by Time's Michael Scherer, New York Times' Jeff Zelen and Washington Post's Karen Tumulty for a discussion on Mitt Romney's "inevitability" and Herman Cain's odds at becoming the Republican nominee.
Rick Perry: Environmental protections kill jobs
Texas governor and Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry said Friday that as president he would use executive orders to roll back environmental regulations in order to access untapped supplies of natural gas, oil and coal.
Republican presidential candidate and Texas Governor Rick Perry unveiled his economic plan in West Mifflin, Pa. on Friday. (Oct. 14)
Perry to announce energy and jobs plan
Rick Perry will be announcing a plan for the economy and job creation. The speech comes as his poll numbers slip in the race for the Republican presidential nomination. (Oct. 14)
President Obama's toast to South Korean president
President Obama raised his glass to toast South Korean President Lee Myung-bak at a state dinner Thursday night. (Oct. 13)What's Your Take?
The Senate: Home of the epic fail
I suspect that neither Madison nor Hamilton envisioned the utter lack of character displayed by our Congress, and especially our Senate.
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Justice Stevens rebukes Bush for 2000 recount maneuver
Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens in his new book calls effort to halt recount in 2000 election “frivolous.”
What’s the future for Facebook revolutions?
Jeffrey C. Alexander, author of “Performative Revolution in Egypt,” assesses the Facebook revolution and considers the role of social networks in future uprisings.
The roots of American disunity
Colin Woodard shows that the United States is a federation of disparate cultures that often have differing views of American values.
Campaign 2012
GOP hopefuls hit the road
Republican presidential hopefuls are meeting voters in early primary states.
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