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Europe
Hollande, Obama Talk Greece Before G-8 Summit
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PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel, who has donated more than $2.5 million to a superPAC backing GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul, speaks at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., in October.
With Eye On Future, Billionaire Investor Bets On Paul
()It may seem like a long shot, but that's exactly what Peter Thiel invests in. The Silicon Valley venture capitalist, who co-founded PayPal and was an early investor in Facebook, has said his support for Ron Paul is the best chance for now to encourage a libertarian movement.
It's All Politics
Romney Phones His Campaign Message Into Swing States()
May 18, 2012 Romney took friendly questions by phone from five participants in swing states on Friday. He told those on the call "You folks are going to have a big say in who our next president is" and that they were not called "by random."
It's All Politics
'President Romney's' First Day In Office: All About Reversing Obama Per Ad ()
May 18, 2012 In a new Mitt Romney ad, his image makers try to level the distance between the Republican and the incumbent president by referring three times to "President Romney."
It's All Politics
Negative Coattails: Could Obama Cost Arkansas Democrats The Legislature?()
May 18, 2012 A little-known challenger threatens to embarrass President Obama in the Arkansas primary Tuesday. Although Obama never expected to carry the state in November, his showing could penalize Democrats down the ticket, and could even threaten a hold on the Legislature dating to Reconstruction.
It's All Politics
TED's 'Explicitely Partisan' Talk, Briefly Barred From Its Site, Now Everywhere()
May 18, 2012 A TED Talk challenging conventional wisdom that rich entrepreneurs are the number one job creators is now available for public viewing, after TED organizers originally kept the video private because it was too "explicitly partisan."
Election 2012
GOP Group Abandons Racially Tinged Attack Ad()
May 18, 2012 Republicans unaffiliated with Mitt Romney had planned to spend millions of dollars on a campaign ad connecting President Obama to his controversial former pastor Jeremiah Wright. The idea raises the question, is it possible to redefine Barack Obama this far into his presidency?
It's All Politics
Billionaire Donor Joe Ricketts: From Behind The Scenes To Center Stage()
May 17, 2012 TD Ameritrade founder Joe Ricketts became front-page news Thursday because of a report he was considering a $10 million ad campaign that would attack President Obama over his former pastor. But Ricketts has been quietly funding conservative political causes for the past few years.
It's All Politics
N.C. Politicos Pan Proposed Rev. Wright, Anti-Obama Ad Idea ()
May 17, 2012 We decided to check in with political types in North Carolina, where the electorate is about 72 percent white and 23 percent black, and where polls show Obama and expected GOP nominee Mitt Romney in a dead heat. We asked how ads featuring the incendiary Rev. Jeremiah Wright would play in their state.
House & Senate Races
Tale Of The Tape: Ex-Governors Duke It Out In Va. ()
May 17, 2012 One of the highest-profile political matchups of the season is playing out in Virginia, where former governors with powerful friends and big-money backing are battling for an open U.S. Senate seat. The dead-heat matchup pits Democrat Tim Kaine, 54, against Republican George Allen, 60.
Law
Same-Sex Parents Lobby Congress For Equal Rights()
May 17, 2012 Dozens of same-sex families descended on Capitol Hill on Thursday to ask Congress for a break. They shared their stories of not being recognized as legal parents — or legal families — in hopes that lawmakers would feel their own views on same-sex rights evolve, just like Obama's did.
The Two-Way
Romney's $40.1 Million Haul In April Nearly Matches Obama's()
May 17, 2012 In the first month since he effectively wrapped up the GOP presidential nomination, Romney and his party raised almost as much money as the president and the Democratic Party.
