Tag: Elections

Senate rejects Obama Justice Department nominee

Sean Lengell · March 5, 2014 12:00 am

White House press secretary Jay Carney speaks during his daily news briefing at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014. The secretary fielded questions from the situation in Ukraine to the 2016 Presidential election. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Jay Carney: GOP policies ‘protected opportunity for the few’

Brian Hughes · February 28, 2014 5:00 am

First lady Michelle Obama recites a song about eating healthy, written by students from George C. Marshall High School, during an event in the East Room at the White House in Washington on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

White House hopes Michelle Obama can allay Dem midterm fears

Brian Hughes · February 28, 2014 5:00 am

President Bill Clinton discusses budget initiatives with members of his economic team, including adviser Paul Begala, left, during a meeting at the White House in January 1998. (AP Photo/Greg Gibson)

Paul Begala in 2001 White House meeting: Scalia ‘rigged’ election for Bush

Rebecca Berg · February 28, 2014 5:00 am

President Barack Obama, right, and Gov. Mike Pence, R-Ind., toast during a dinner for the National Governors Association in the State Dining room of the White House on Sunday, Feb. 23, 2014, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

White House week ahead: Obama to raise cash for Dems, travel to Minnesota

Brian Hughes · February 24, 2014 5:00 am

Former President Ronald Reagan, right, talks with House Speaker Thomas "Tip" O'Neill Jr. D-Mass., in the Oval Office of the White House in 1986. (AP/Scott Stewart)

In hyper-partisan era, only candidates can change outcomes

Michael Barone · February 23, 2014 5:00 am

President Obama campaigns for then-Senate candidate Rep. Ed Markey during an election rally in Boston's Roxbury neighborhood on June 12. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Obama, Democratic lawmakers move on separate tracks

Brian Hughes · February 7, 2014 5:00 am

Memo to House GOP

William Kristol · February 3, 2014 5:00 am

Obama on Friday named David Simas, a longtime adviser who has led the White House's Obamacare messaging, the director of the newly created Office of Political Strategy and Outreach. (AP Photo)

Ahead of midterms, White House opens new political office

Brian Hughes · January 24, 2014 5:00 am

If President Obama's job approval ratings stay as low as they are today -- or drift lower -- it will be virtually impossible for any Democrat to win. Obama would be as much of a drag on his party's candidate as George W. Bush was in 2008.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama’s weakness makes GOP early favorite for 2016

Scott Rasmussen · January 23, 2014 5:00 am

FILE - This Oct. 10, 2013 file photo shows Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont. on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will hold a hearing Jan. 28 on President Barack Obama's pick of the retiring Baucus to serve as ambassador to China. The six-term Democratic senator is expected to sail toward confirmation by his colleagues. If confirmed, Baucus would replace Gary Locke, who has announced plans to leave the diplomatic post. Baucus has served in the Senate for more than two decades. Obama announced the nomination last year. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Senate panel to hold hearing on Baucus nomination

Washington Examiner · January 22, 2014 9:25 pm

No voter should have to stand in line for more than 30 minutes -- that's the conclusion of President Obama's Presidential Commission on Election Administration created to help problems that have hampered Americans' experience at the polls in recent years. (AP Photo)

Obama’s election commission aims to reduce voting headaches

Susan Crabtree · January 22, 2014 5:00 am