The two Congressional campaign committees stuck to their talking points during a joint event this afternoon, holding different theories about whether the overtime vote-counting will change last night’s result in the New York 20th district special election.
Jon Vogel and Guy Harrison, the executive directors for the DCCC and NRCC, respectively, weighed in during a panel discussion on the 2010 races hosted by The Hotline this afternoon. Read more…
President Obama got a bit of a softball toward the end of his town hall meeting in Los Angeles this afternoon, when a supporter asked what he and others could do to help him. His answer: “Patience.”
“I’m serious about this, because look. There was a lot of excitement during the campaign, and we were talking about the importance of bringing about change,” he said. “We are moving systematically to bring about change. But change is hard. Read more…
House Minority Leader John Boehner released a video this morning detailing the outline for Republicans’ alternative budget, as the party continues to campaign against President Obama’s.
One aspect of Obama’s budget that Republicans have targeted is the cap-and-trade proposal, which would require companies to buy credits for the amount of pollution they release into the air. The aim is to lower carbon emissions while also raising $646 Read more…