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Search for Romney running mate in audition phase
WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney’s vice presidential search has entered a new phase: auditions. As his campaign evaluates potential running mates, Republicans with a possible shot at the No. 2 spot on the presidential ticket are starting to...
Tags: Republican National Conventions, Bobby Jindal, Jimmy Carter, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Voting
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The great American guessing game: Who for vice president?
Paul GreenbergWhen it come to the Republicans' choice for president this year, it's all over but the shoutin' in Tampa. . . . The great hall, the red-white-and-blue balloons, the signs proudly proclaiming the name of each state from Alabama to Wyoming, the...Tags: David Petraeus, Iraq, Government, Central Intelligence Agency, Republican Party
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Expect a Romney-Rubio Ticket
I was like, “You should predict who Romneywill choose to be his VP.” And then I was like, “Why? That’s boring. And obvious." So I was like, “Okay, great, why don’t you write about eating dogs some more or...
Tags: Al Gore, Mitt Romney, Mitch Daniels, Government, Tea Party Movement
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Nelson’s ‘major’ speech invokes Rubio, Kennedy, Portman
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelU.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., is delivering what his office says is a “major speech” to the Florida Council of 100 in Washington. The “major” news: – “The hyper-partisanship has to stop. If it doesn’t, we... -
The veepstakes begin
Jules WitcoverWASHINGTON -- With Mitt Romney now confident enough of the Republican nomination that he can turn his focus against President Obama, the guessing game on selection of a running mate is already in full swing. It's a matter that warrants more serious...Tags: Al Gore, John McCain, Walter Mondale, Government, U.S. Senate
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Ohio Sen. Rob Portman, possible VP pick, to campaign for Romney in Pennsylvania
Call Washington BureauWith hometown boy Rick Santorum out of his way, Mitt Romney can save his money and his time in expensive and expansive Pennsylvania. Romney's campaign yanked his $2.9 million ad buy that would have saturated the airwaves in the two weeks leading up to...Tags: Rick Santorum, Sarah Palin, Mitt Romney
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Senate GOP blocks Buffett Rule bill
CNN MoneyA proposal to implement the Buffett Rule was blocked in the Senate on Monday, but proponents of the millionaire tax vowed to keep the issue alive in the months ahead. Republicans, as expected, garnered enough support to reject Democrats' attempt to bring...Tags: Sheldon Whitehouse, Warren Buffett, Chuck Schumer, CNN (tv network), Parties and Movements
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Wrong cure, wrong problem
The official name for the group of 12 U.S. House and Senate members charged with finding at least $1.5 trillion in cuts to the federal deficit by Thanksgiving is the Joint Committee on Deficit Reduction. Unofficially, the group usually is called the...Tags: James E Clyburn, Prosecution, Celebrities, John Kerry, Fleetwood Mac (music group)
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Will the next farm bill be written by budget cutters?
The biggest activity in Washington between now and Thanksgiving is the focus on the so-called “super committee,” those 12 Democrats and Republicans charged with reducing the deficit by $1.5 trillion over the next 10 years. Lobbyists,...Tags: Xavier Becerra, Agriculture, Agricultural Research and Technology, Kent Conrad, Softball
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The next deficit deal: There's a rough road ahead
WASHINGTON (AP) — The special panel's goal is lofty: concoct a deal both parties will embrace to slash federal deficits by a mammoth $1.5 trillion or more over the next decade. Yet from the moment House and Senate leaders appoint the 12 members...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Management Change, Education, Harry Reid, Mike Johanns
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Toomey selected for new debt 'super committee'
Pennsylvania Ave.Just yesterday, during a luncheon talk in Harrisburg, U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey told the crowd that he'd love to be on Congress' new so-called "super committee," but felt he was a long shot. Turns out positioning himself over seven months...... -
Second banana contenders, anyone?
Change of SubjectIn another thread, GregJ speculates that Herman Cain and Rick Santorum are looking like "solid" vice presidential picks for whomever the GOP nominee ends up being (assuming, as I think most of us do, that it won't be Cain or......
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