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On beyond 2012
By ALEXANDER BURNS and MAGGIE HABERMAN | 12/13/12 6:01 AM
When we launched our blog in June 2011, we had no idea how this enterprise would turn out.
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Obama, GOP fight the class war
By JONATHAN MARTIN and JOHN F. HARRIS | 4/15/13 5:03 AM
Both parties are in the midst of intense, far-reaching debates on the issue.
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Obama camp fundraising total: $1.1B
By BYRON TAU | 1/19/13 5:42 PM
Former finance director Rufus Gifford thanks donors, bundlers and staffers for their work.
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Matt Damon: 'Game is rigged'
By PATRICK GAVIN | 12/27/12 10:15 AM
The actor says he doesn't think any politician would take serious action against fracking.
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Plenty of 2012 pitfalls for Obama and Romney
By JONATHAN MARTIN and GLENN THRUSH | 12/17/12 4:33 AM
Hurdles faced by both candidates defined a crucial 34-day span of the 2012 election.
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RNC official mocks Detroit in video
By ASSOCIATED PRESS | 12/16/12 2:05 PM
The video was recorded secretly during a tea party meeting.
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More women gave to Obama
By TARINI PARTI | 12/14/12 4:40 AM
Only 28 percent, or $97.5 million, of the Romney campaign’s total fundraising came from women.
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Priebus: We did the best we could in the time we had
By MAGGIE HABERMAN | 12/12/12 6:55 PM
RNC Chairman Reince Priebus, in an interview with National Review, gives his bluntest assessment so far of the blame Republicans shoulder for the 2012 election:
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Of successful outside groups...
By MAGGIE HABERMAN | 12/12/12 6:43 PM
We've written on this space before about how Election Day was strong for a number of women candidates, a number of whom had support from EMILY's List, which backs Democratic women and was heavily involved in key races in 2012.
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Christie: I didn't help Obama get re-elected
By MAGGIE HABERMAN | 12/12/12 5:14 PM
In a Barbara Walters interview, Christie pushes back again against Republican gripes.
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Obama's pollster hits the GOP for 'tolerance problem'
By MAGGIE HABERMAN | 12/12/12 5:07 PM
President Obama's pollster, Joel Benenson, didn't mince words describing the problem he sees with the Republican brand going well beyond issues with specific segments of the electorate, via The Hill:
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Hillary says 2016 not something she expects to do again
By MAGGIE HABERMAN | 12/12/12 4:30 PM
ABC News's Barbara Walters lands the Hillary Clinton exit interview from the State Department, in which she says she doesn't intend to campaign in 2016: "I've said I really don't believe that that's something I will do again," she said. "I am so grateful I had the experience of doing it before."
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Deep GOP brand damage with Hispanics
By ALEXANDER BURNS | 12/12/12 9:49 AM
The GOP is facing a deficit with Hispanic voters that goes well beyond the Romney campaign.
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Energy independence without Mitt?
By ANDREW RESTUCCIA | 12/12/12 4:40 AM
Evidence is mounting that the once-implausible-sounding achievement will happen on its own.
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McConnell's cloudy 2014 prognosis
By ALEXANDER BURNS | 12/11/12 8:23 PM
McConnell’s approval may have slipped in the past month and a half, but this would be a dramatic tumble.
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Kochs' conference postponed
By MAGGIE HABERMAN | 12/11/12 6:26 PM
Via National Review, the Koch brothers' twice-a-year conference that was set to be held next month is being delayed. From the email Charles Koch sent to associates:
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RNC launches official review on 2012 election (Updated)
By MAGGIE HABERMAN and JONATHAN MARTIN | 12/10/12 1:39 PM
They roll out a plan to review what worked and what didn't for the party in the 2012 cycle.
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Cuomo dodges on supporting Hillary: 2016 is far away
By MAGGIE HABERMAN | 12/10/12 11:19 AM
For Cuomo, who has had the full run of New York for years, the return of Hillary Clinton presents something less than an ideal situation.
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Romney attends Pacquiao fight
By ASSOCIATED PRESS | 12/8/12 10:59 PM
"Hello Manny. I ran for president. I lost," Romney says, according to Pacquiao's publicist.
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Boustany defeats Landry in Louisiana
By ALEX ISENSTADT | 12/8/12 10:03 PM
His victory brings a close to the final undetermined congressional contest of the 2012 cycle.
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Campaign officials dissect election
By JAMES HOHMANN | 12/8/12 6:31 PM
Senior Obama and Romney aides meet at the Dole Institute of Politics.
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Barack Obama
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