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'Feelings Thermometer': Michelle Obama Ranks 'Warmest' With Voters, Pelosi 'Coldest'

Mar 7th 2011 – 9:21AM
Jose Luis Magana, AP

Jose Luis Magana, AP

Everyone is used to the familiar "horse race" poll that tells us who is out front when it comes to a campaign, but Quinnipiac University has a different measure for some of today's leading political personalities: namely, who ranks the "warmest" and "coldest" on a "feelings thermometer"?

Indiana Democrats Follow Wisconsin Strategy, Run Away

By Steven HofferFeb 22nd 2011 – 1:54PM

Rather than vote on anti-union legislation, Indiana House members are following the example of their colleagues in Wisconsin and fleeing the state, The Indianapolis Star reports. Much like their fellow Midwestern lawmakers, the Democrats' maneuver in Indiana has been triggered by Republican efforts to advance a bill that...

House Republicans Revive Abortion as Hot-Button Issue

By Andrea StoneFeb 8th 2011 – 7:24PM
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WASHINGTON -- The annual March for Life disbanded on Capitol Hill last month, but the controversy over abortion lingers on as Republicans in Congress put the perennial hot-button issue at the top of their agenda this week. Several bills to cut funding for abortion services are the subject of hearings and news conferences...

AOL Poll: Half Would Consider GOP Prez in 2012

By Lauren FrayerNov 3rd 2010 – 7:36AM
Peter Haley, The News Tribune / AP

Peter Haley, The News Tribune / AP

(Nov. 3) -- Half of the American electorate would at least consider voting a Republican into the White House in 2012, while four in 10 say they won't and the rest are undecided, according to an AOL poll conducted as Republicans seized control of the House of Representatives. The poll also found that 50 percent of...

Opinion: Liars, Damned Liars and Budget Directors

By Elaine S. PovichSep 8th 2010 – 5:23AM
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Karen Bleier, AFP / Getty Images

(Sept. 8) -- What is it about White House budget directors? Maybe it's the inevitable clash between the numbers they know are right and the politics they know are wrong. Now comes former Obama administration budget director Peter Orszag to whip the clothes off the budget emperor. In a New York Times op-ed this week,...

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Marco Rubio, Mitch Daniels Coy About Veepstakes

By Arthur Delaney Apr 22nd 2012 - 10:02AM

Potential Republican vice presidential candidates Mitch Daniels and Marco Rubio on Sunday declined to speculate about whom GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney might pick for his running mate.

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Background on mitch daniels

Mitchell Elias "Mitch" Daniels, Jr. (born April 7, 1949) is the 49th and current Governor of the U.S. state of Indiana.

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