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Cory Booker comments: How badly have they hurt President Obama?Mayor Cory Booker was so far off-message about the Obama campaign that he couldn鈥檛 even see the Democratic Party message. With campaign surrogates like that, who needs election opponents?
Five things Ron Paul wants from the Republican National Convention It looks as if Ron Paul is going to be an active participant in the Republican National Convention in Tampa this August. Here鈥檚 our take on the five things Paul hopes to gain from staying within his party鈥檚 tent in 2012.
Monitor BreakfastUS Chamber to Congress on transportation bill: You're doing it wrongThe US Chamber of Commerce expressed its exasperation with lawmakers for the way Congress is attempting to fund a transportation bill crucial to highway projects and repairs.聽
Monitor BreakfastChamber of Commerce president: don't overreact to JPMorgan lossesUS Chamber of Commerce president Thomas Donohue, at a Monitor breakfast Monday, advised a wait-and-see approach after JPMorgan's $2 billion in trading losses.
Obama's Cory Booker problem: allies undercut anti-Bain messageCory Booker, Newark's charismatic mayor, back-tracked on his defense of Mitt Romney's company, Bain, but only part-way. Other Obama supporters are muddying his message on private equity, too.
Postcard from NATO summit: What are all these people doing in Chicago?A chance encounter with a young Chicagoan forces a Monitor reporter to sum up 鈥� in about three sentences 鈥� all the hoo-ha in the Windy City over the NATO summit.
FocusNATO summit: Why US, allies don't just call it quits in AfghanistanAl Qaeda, oil, and Pakistan, a trifecta of troublesome issues, make the US withdrawal from Afghanistan far more complicated than it was in Iraq.- 'Day One': What Mitt Romney's new ad really tells usMitt Romney's first TV ad of the general election bypasses the usual personal narrative to give us his agenda for Day 1 in office: the Keystone pipeline, tax reform, and replacing 'Obamacare.'
Why Americans Elect failed to find a presidential candidateAfter raising millions of dollars to boost a centrist candidate for president, the nonprofit Americans Elect has given up. But there's more involved than just a nation unready for a third party.
G8 summit: Euro crisis and possible 'Grexit' overshadow agendaThe G8 leaders hosted by Obama at Camp David have several global issues on their minds: Syria, nuclear proliferation, famine. But the eurozone debt crisis is once again the dominant concern.
Has the tea party sold out? House freshmen aren't who they seem.A report by the arch-conservative Club for Growth undercuts the notion that freshmen House Republicans are unified 鈥� and uniformly committed to the most stringent tea party ideals.
Bonjour, Hollande. Ready for a gentle arm-twisting at the White House?France's new president, Fran莽ois Hollande, is set to meet with Obama Friday morning. He's likely to get some prodding about his intentions vis-脿-vis the Afghanistan war, given his campaign pledge to expedite removal of French combat troops.
Mitt Romney repudiates idea of using Jeremiah Wright against ObamaMitt Romney spoke out Thursday after The New York Times reported on a plan to use the Rev. Jeremiah Wright's 'black liberation theology' 鈥� and his role as Obama's former pastor 鈥� to go after the president.
Mitt Romney would be the wealthiest president ever, Forbes calculatesForbes Magazine analyzed Mitt Romney's wealth, including investments, real estate, and cash. It found $230 million in assets, while the total for the Obamas is nearly $6 million.
Facebook IPO: Is co-founder Saverin cheating US out of $100 million in taxes?By renouncing his US citizenship, Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin could save some $100 million in taxes from Friday's Facebook IPO. Senators call it 'tax avoidance,' and aim to block it.
Gay rights in America: How states stand on 7 hot-button issues The tapestry of federal and state laws surrounding gay rights is enormously complex. Here is a look at each state's laws regarding issues ranging from gay marriage to hate crimes to hospital visitation.
JPMorgan Chase trading fiasco: What to do about big banks?JPMorgan's loss of $2 billion shows that the forces that unleashed the recession remain partially untamed 鈥� and that Congress is still struggling to get a handle on the solution.
House passes Violence Against Women Act, grudginglyThe Violence Against Women Act breezed through the Congress in previous years, but it's suddenly a heavy lift. The GOP House passed its version of the bill on a largely party-line vote, but getting to yes with the Senate will be tough.
Are some Ron Paul supporters going rogue?In Nevada's Clark County, Ron Paul supporters are still in the fight, even though their man has said he won't campaign in any more GOP primaries. They scolded the Republican National Committee chief this week.
Senate Republicans plead for a budget as frustrations boil overSenate Republicans proposed five budgets Wednesday, but the Democratic-controlled Senate defeated them all. Republicans say Democrats are punting on tough choices, Democrats say they already have a budget. 聽
