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In Obama speech and John Boehner reply, political jockeying on debt ceiling

By Linda Feldmann | 07/26/11
WASHINGTON — The dueling speeches delivered to the nation Monday night by President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner had nothing to do with resolving the political impasse over raising the federal debt ceiling and everything to do with postu
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Rick Perry's most rapt audience: Michele Bachmann and Mitt Romney

By Linda Feldmann | 07/19/11
In the Dance of the Seven Veils that has become Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s possible presidential campaign, the two most interested audience members may well be the top rivals for the GOP nomination: former Massachusetts Gov.
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Bigger threat to Michele Bachmann: Media scrutiny or Rick Perry?

By Linda Feldmann | 07/14/11
There’s no doubt about it, a month after entering the presidential race, Michele Bachmann has momentum. The Minnesota congresswoman has surged to second place in the latest national poll of GOP voters on their party’s nomination.
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Mitt Romney keeps low profile amid nastiness on debt ceiling. Is that smart?

By Linda Feldmann | 07/13/11
The increasingly bitter political wrangling over raising the debt limit and reducing the deficit has drawn in the majority of Republican presidential candidates, with some pledging never to raise the debt limit and others mincing few words in the
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Presidential election: Mitt Romney top GOP fundraiser, but behind 2007 pace

By Linda Feldmann | 07/07/11
So far, Mitt Romney is the champion Republican fundraiser of the 2012 presidential cycle. On Wednesday, he reported raising $18.25 million in the second quarter of 2011 – all of it for the primaries – with $12.6 million in cash on hand.
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Campaign 2012: what fundraising totals will tell us about the candidates

By Linda Feldmann | 07/01/11
At midnight Thursday, the clock stops on the second quarter of 2011, an important milestone for all the 2012 presidential candidates – including President Obama. Some points are already clear: Former Massachusetts Gov.
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Obama's push to boost tax revenues: Will voters approve?

By Linda Feldmann | 06/29/11
President Obama has entered a dicey phase of his presidency, as he heads toward an end-game with the congressional Republican leadership on deficit reduction and, ultimately, a deal to raise the federal debt limit. Mr.
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Can Jon Huntsman really carve out a path to the GOP nomination?

By Linda Feldmann | 06/16/11
Does Jon Huntsman, who will formally enter the crowded presidential field next Tuesday, really have a path to the Republican nomination? The former Utah governor has hired top-tier staff, including former McCain strategist John Weaver, pollster
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New Hampshire GOP debate belonged to Mitt Romney, Michele Bachmann

By Linda Feldmann | 06/14/11
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Huma Abedin and wronged political wives: few options, hard choices

By Linda Feldmann | 06/10/11
In most political sex scandals, there is a wronged wife, usually conveying a mixture of dignity and pain. Sometimes when the time comes for the admission of guilt, the wife is standing by her husband’s side. Sometimes she is nowhere to be seen.