David Eldridge

Rep. Scott: Proud of Obama, but he’s failed

Freshman Rep. Tim Scott on Thursday said that, as a black American, he's proud of President Obama's accomplishments, but that Mr. Obama is failing as a leader.

August 25, 2011

Perry leapfrogs his rivals to lead in polls

Unsatisfied Republicans who have flitted from Donald Trump to Herman Cain to Rep. Michele Bachmann this presidential-nomination season may have found their man in Rick Perry: The Texas governor, in the race less than two weeks, holds double-digit leads in two national polls released Wednesday.

August 24, 2011

Perry opens lead on Romney, GOP field

Dissatisfied Republicans who have flitted from Donald Trump to Herman Cain to Rep. Michele Bachmann this year may have found their man in Rick Perry: The Texas governor, in the race for less than a month, holds double-digit leads in two major polls released Wednesday.

August 24, 2011

To the experts, a very East Coast kind of quake

It is the second-strongest earthquake ever recorded in Virginia, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, but for those who spend a lifetime studying them, Tuesday's regionwide shake ranked only as a "moderate" tremor.

August 23, 2011

Democrats’ on-air strikes defend Obama

Several top Democrats and White House aides took to the airwaves Sunday to defend the vacationing president and offer a preview of the "jobs" speech President Obama has promised to deliver when he and Congress return to Washington.

August 21, 2011

Huntsman: GOP rivals have ‘zero substance’

Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr., looking to jump-start a slumbering presidential campaign, ripped into his Republican rivals Sunday, saying the field has "zero substance" and saving his harshest comments for front-runners Mitt Romney, Michele Bachmann and Rick Perry.

August 21, 2011

GOP field likely to get more crowded

Rick Perry's splashy entrance into the GOP presidential race was supposed to turn the contest into a showdown between the Texas governor and front-runner Mitt Romney.

August 21, 2011

Bachmann stands by $2 gas pledge

GOP presidential candidate Rep. Michele Bachmann on Friday stood by her promise to bring gas prices down to around $2 a gallon if elected.

August 19, 2011

Cain: Perry candidacy not a concern

Republican presidential contender Herman Cain said Wednesday the expected candidacy of Texas Gov. Rick Perry will have no impact on his own bid for the Republican nomination.

August 10, 2011

Texas Senate race still wide open

With two Republican contenders for the 2012 Senate race in Texas dropping out recently to run instead for a House seat, conventional wisdom has the GOP contest shaping up as a two-man showdown between the "establishment" candidate, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, and the tea party insurgent, former Solicitor General Ted Cruz.

June 29, 2011

S.C. lawmaker slams NLRB over Boeing move

South Carolina Republican Rep. Tim Scott said Wednesday the complaints of organized labor over the opening of a $750 million non-union Boeing airline assembly plant in South Carolina were "ludicrous."

June 22, 2011

Gingrich slams ‘hit job’ by departed staffers

Embattled 2012 GOP presidential contender Newt Gingrich said Wednesday that criticisms leveled by former staffers amounted to a "hit job," and he vowed to press on with a new, leaner campaign focused on social media.

June 15, 2011

Republicans defend their redistricting map

Minority groups - and at least one Democratic congressman - already are crying foul about what some are calling the Republicans' "go-for-broke" strategy for redistricting in Texas, which will add four congressional seats in next year's elections.

June 13, 2011

Huntsman jabs at Obama on TV show

Likely presidential contender Jon Huntsman Jr., looking to sharpen his political message ahead of an official announcement that he will seek the 2012 Republican Party nomination, took a couple of jabs at his former boss in a national interview over the weekend, saying President Obama has "failed on the economic front."

June 12, 2011

Weiner plans to seek treatment

Amid reports of an expanding investigation into his online habits and the disclosure of more lewd photos, top Democrats this weekend insisted that Rep. Anthony D. Weiner resign - but the New York congressman says he will instead take a leave of absence and seek treatment.

June 12, 2011

Huntsman: Obama economy has ‘failed’

Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, who is mulling a bid for the 2012 GOP presidential nomination, said President Obama has "failed on the economic front."

June 12, 2011

‘Drums of fear’ will sell bill on debt limit, Paul predicts

Republican presidential hopeful Ron Raul says he won't vote for increasing the nation's $14.3 trillion debt limit but he predicted Sunday that it will pass Congress anyway.

June 5, 2011

Jobs report has White House playing defense

The drumbeat of sobering economic news in the country has the White House on the defensive.

June 5, 2011

Weiner won’t deny Twitter photo isn’t him

The story of Rep. Anthony D. Weiner keeps getting weirder and weirder.

June 1, 2011

Tornado outbreak creates a ‘traffic jam’ of storm chasers

As tornadoes roared across Oklahoma this week, cable networks joined local television stations in carrying the story blow-by-blow, with live broadcasts streaming video and audio from storm chasers who track the twisters on the ground — a stunning display of how technology has changed the way news organizations cover disasters.

May 26, 2011