Republican National Convention Day 2: Winners and Losers
TAMPA — The second day (and night) of the Republican National Convention is history. The night’s speaking program started very slowly but picked up steam as it wore on — a good thing for Mitt Romney...
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Democratic National Convention day one: Winners and losers
CHARLOTTE — The first night of the Democratic National Convention is history. As always, we watched the proceedings with an eye to who soared and who stubbed their toe. Our picks for winners and...
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Winners and losers from the Jim DeMint resignation
In a town in which genuine surprises are few and far between, South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint’s resignation stunned the political world. View Photo Gallery — A look back at Sen. Jim DeMint’s career The...
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Winners and losers in the fiscal cliff deal
The deal is, finally, done. After the usual hemming and hawing, horse-trading and partisan hysterics, Congress and the White House have seemingly agreed to a deal to get the country passed the...
View ArticleThe IRS hearings: Winners and losers
Everyone wants a piece of the Internal Revenue Service these days, which is why agency officials have been subjected to three congressional hearings over the past week. So now that the dust has...
View ArticleWinners and losers from the May 20 ‘Super Tuesday’ primaries
Six states voted in primary elections on Tuesday, the biggest single day of voting before the November midterm elections. With so many races and candidates -- not to mention outside groups -- at play,...
View ArticleWinners and losers from the June 3 primary
Eight states voted in primaries on Tuesday, a coast-to-coast vote-a-thon that saw the single best race of 2014 so far -- the Mississippi GOP Senate primary -- extended for three more weeks. (Amazing!)...
View ArticleWinners and losers from Eric Cantor’s astounding primary defeat
Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.) made history on Tuesday night -- just not the good kind. In losing his primary to unheralded and underfunded tea party candidate David Brat, Cantor became the first House...
View ArticleWinners and losers from the June 24 primaries (and runoffs!)
Voters in seven states cast ballots on Tuesday, one of the busiest days (and nights) of the entire 2014 primary season. Thad Cochran's amazing win dominated the national news coverage but there were...
View ArticleWinners and losers of the 2014 election
Elections are all about winning and losing. And there was lots and lots of that on Tuesday night -- with Republicans doing most of the winning and Democrats doing the bulk of the losing. Having dug out...
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