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The 12 weirdest political moments of 2012

Sometimes, it’s hard to separate the political news from your favorite “news of the weird” feed. There was so much weird stuff going on along the campaign trail that it’s hard to select the dozen best. But here’s our best effort: 1. Clint Eastwood and his chair. It was the most bizarre moment at a […]

Gay group softens ground for Supreme Court

Flush with recent gay rights victories, the Human Rights Campaign launched a new ad Sunday to press the same-sex marriage case as the Supreme Court decides this week whether to consider the constitutionality of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act. HRC is the nation’s largest LGBT lobbying group. Even gay activists were surprised by the […]

Cornyn blames GOP Senate losses on polling, primary wins of weak candidates

Despite leading the GOP to a net loss of two seats in last week’s election, National Republican Senatorial Committee Chair John Cornyn earned himself a promotion and is poised to take on the roll of minority whip in the upcoming Congress. In a frank interview with POLITICO, Cornyn ascribed part of the blame to himself […]

Tea party bashes Romney, vows comeback

The tea party was in finger-pointing mode Wednesday, and the digits weren’t aimed at President Barack Obama.

Tea partiers placed the blame of the “epic election failure of 2012” squarely on Mitt Romney and the Republican establishment during a press conference at the National Press Club.

“What we got was a weak, moderate candidate hand-picked by the Beltway elites and country club establishment wing of the Republican Party,” Tea Party Patriots national coordinator Jenny Beth Martin said. “The presidential loss is unequivocally on them.”

Six key takeaways from Tuesday’s election results

There truly is a demographic tidal wave sweeping over the nation, and Republicans ignore it at their own peril.

Obama allies use Romney’s RNC climate change joke in post-Sandy attack ad

Obama allies are using Hurricane Sandy as a political weapon against Mitt Romney. The ad declares, “TELL MITT ROMNEY: CLIMATE CHANGE IS NOT A JOKE.”

The ten most bizarre campaign ads of 2012

This election cycle has seen more than enough political ads. Some were effective. Others were funny. And then there were few that were just … well, bizarre. Here are the ten ads that we thought were the most bizarre of this election cycle.

Presidential campaign nears record-shattering $2 billion spending mark

2012 has broken all records in presidential fundraising: Never before any candidate has raised and spent as much as in this year’s election campaign.

Chrysler, GM say new Romney ad flat out wrong

We know that the Romney campaign disdains fact-checkers — they said so — but now their blatantly false ad about the auto industry that’s blanketing the Ohio airwaves is being called out by automaker executives. The Romney ad says: “Under President Obama, GM cut 15,000 American jobs, but they are planning to double the number […]

ATR: Storm-themed anti-Obama mailer was produced in September

John Kartch, spokesman for Americans for Tax Reform: “We’re circulating no such flyer. ATR sent out a mail piece opposing President Obama’s policies using a storm analogy way back in September. Sounds like someone is being dishonest.”