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Florida chiefs balk at Perry - Politico
On Capitol Hill, the chiefs of staff to Florida's GOP members echoed those concerns in a private meeting Monday, according to a Republican source with knowledge of the meeting who spoke on the condition of anonymity. The person said Perry's Social ...
The Huddle: Kerry's super flipflop - Politico
... the chiefs of staff to Florida's GOP members echoed those concerns [about Perry's social security rhetoric] in a private meeting Monday, according to a Republican source with knowledge of the meeting who spoke on the condition of anonymity. ...
Campaign debt help from Romney to Pawlenty - Politico
Two Republican sources said there had been discussions about Mitt Romney helping his new endorser, Tim Pawlenty, retire campaign debt that is said to be in the six figures during the past two weeks. Romney campaign spokeswoman Andrea Saul, ...
The Huddle: N.Y. panic button - Politico
said one senior House Republican aide who requested anonymity to discuss the matter freely. 'I just don't want to co-own the economy by having to tout that we passed a jobs bill that won't work or at least won't do enough.' Even with the presence of so ...
GOP looks at jobs plan amid grumbling - Politico
said one senior House Republican aide who requested anonymity to discuss the matter freely. “I just don't want to co-own the economy by having to tout that we passed a jobs bill that won't work or at least won't do enough.” Even with the presence of so ...
Polls show voters still prefer GOP Hill majority - Politico
One Republican campaign official who spoke to POLITICO on the condition of anonymity agreed, calling Pelosi “much less of a factor” in 2012 than she was in 2010. “At the end of the day, this is going to be about Obama, and if it is it's going to hurt ...
Ozone decision: The final green straw - Politico
Continue Reading Text Size - + reset POLITICO 44 “We have no place else left to go but home,” said one official at a major environmental group, speaking on background Friday. “So the enviros come out looking weak once again because of today and we're ...
Kenneth Melson acting ATF chief steps down - Politico
“My understanding is it did not go well,” the source said. “The bottom line is someone's head needed to roll. … No one at the Justice Department wanted to back him up.” Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), the top Democrat on the committee, ...
PROPOSAL: TIE UN DUES TO PALESTINIAN STATUS, OFFSETTING IRENE, OBAMA SOURCE ... - Politico
We have met with [black leaders] more than any other group and we are increasing our outreach,' said a person close to Obama. ... But Rep. Laura Richardson (D-Calif.), who represents several predominantly-black Los Angeles-area neighborhoods, ...
Playbook: Driving September - Politico
We have met with [black leaders] more than any other group and we are increasing our outreach,' said a person close to Obama. ... “Obama's staff, including campaign manager Jim Messina and White House senior adviser David Plouffe, have privately ...
Black leaders to Obama: Talk about our issues - Politico
... including health care reform, aid to cities, student aid and protecting Medicaid. “The whole thing is bull-sh-t… We have met with [black leaders] more than any other group and we are increasing our outreach,” said a person close to Obama.
Obama 2012 launches Project Vote - Politico
Continue Reading Text Size - + reset POLITICO 44 "The big goal here it to expand the electorate," said an Obama for America official who spoke on condition of anonymity. "That's how we won in 2008, and we think that's the path to victory again in 2012. ...
Clarke won't take on Conyers - Politico
“This is the district he preferred,” the source said. “The new 13th is better than anything he could have asked for.” If Clarke had stayed in his redrawn district, he would have faced the prospect of running there against Conyers, his former boss who ...
Obama turns focus to job creation - Politico
Senior administration officials said the president will make his case in a national address after Labor Day in early September and release the plan, which will include the jobs piece and a deficit-reduction proposal for the supercommittee, ...
Playbook: Bipartisan hug - Politico
... Appelbaum and Helene Cooper: “The administration may also merge the Department of Commerce, the Office of the United States Trade Representative and some economic divisions at the State Department into a new agency, administration officials said. ...
Colbert challenged to battle of the super PACs - Politico
The source, who requested anonymity to talk about tentative plans, said the challenge to Colbert is legit and that the group has already arranged to have tractors at the ready if Colbert accepts. Neither Colbert's publicist nor his lawyer responded to ...
Debt deal complicates liberals' support - Politico
Even if the measure passes, senior administration officials said the president will hit the road to make his case for the compromise. Unlike his previous jobs-centered events, he'll have to court the base that delivered him to the Oval Office in 2008, ...
Super PAC to air Iowa ads touting Perry - Politico
Super PACs legally are barred from coordinating their spending with the candidates they intend to help, but the source said that, depending on what Perry does, the Jobs groups “plan to release additional TV spots with significant ad buys in Iowa, ...
Defiant Wu will not resign - Politico
“He isn't going to be running for reelection,” a Wu adviser, speaking on the condition of anonymity, told POLITICO late Sunday night. “But he hasn't done anything that rises to the level of requiring him to resign.” Continue Reading Text Size - + reset ...
Markets' patience wears thin - Politico
In the interim, Obama administration officials have begun discussions with Wall Street banks regarding what would happen to upcoming Treasury auctions if the debt ceiling is not raised, people familiar with the matter said. And the Federal Reserve has ...
Oncepatient markets now nervous about debt talks - Politico
... officials have begun exploring what would happen without a deal in place — opening discussions with Wall Street banks regarding what would happen to upcoming Treasury auctions if the debt ceiling is not raised, people familiar with the matter said ...
Huntsman manager out campaign retools - Politico
“I think he needs to be aggressive with Romney and Obama,” said the Republican, who spoke candidly on the condition of anonymity. “It's not Jon's nature to want to do that. But you either do that now or you pay a whole lot of money to be on the air. ...
Boehner Obama talk big deal - Politico
And a source close to Cantor said the majority leader “is not close to or signed off on any deal.” Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), the top Democrat on the Budget Committee, said he wasn't aware of an imminent deal, but that the discussions about a grand ...
Waters calls for case to be dismissed - Politico
“It's a disaster over there,” said a top House GOP aide, speaking on condition of anonymity. “I don't see how they get out of this mess.” For instance, Ethics Committee staffers were still preparing a report in June 2010 on former Rep. Eric Massa (DN. ...
Aide Bachmann left church for 'preference issues' - Politico
The aide, who asked not to be identified, says Congresswoman Bachmann ran into the pastor from Salem Lutheran Church at an event last month. During the coincidental encounter, the pastor inquired about how he had not seen the Bachmann family at church ...