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David Eldridge

David Eldridge

deldridge@washingtontimes.com

David Eldridge joined The Washington Times in 1999 and over the next seven years helped lead the paper's coverage of regional politics and government, Sept. 11, and the sniper attacks of 2002. In 2006, he was named managing editor of the paper's website before moving on to editing and reporting stints at Roll Call, the Hill and InsideSources. He returned to The Times in 2016.

Articles by David Eldridge

Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan, R-Wis., speaks at a campaign event at the Gradall Industries plant in New Philadelphia, Ohio, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Phil Long)

Ryan aims pitch at blue-collar voters in Ohio stop

Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan kicked off a two-day swing through battleground Ohio on Saturday with a pitch aimed at workers displaced by upheaval in the economy's manufacturing sector, including the auto industry.

October 27, 2012
Romney adviser Ed Gillespie (NBC News via Associated Press)

Romney adviser says jobless report ‘damning’

Senior Romney campaign adviser Ed Gillespie dismissed questions Sunday about whether the Labor Department's unemployment figures have been manipulated for political purposes, saying, "The numbers themselves are very damning."

October 7, 2012
U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice (Associated Press)

Outrage growing on U.S. response to consulate attack

Outrage continued to grow Sunday over the Obama administration's initial reaction to the deadly Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya, which is being blasted as disingenuous at best and an outright lie at worst.

September 30, 2012
**FILE** In these photos from Sept. 26, 2012, President Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney both campaign in the battleground state of Ohio. (Associated Press)

Ryan, Biden on stump; Romney, Obama eye Wednesday’s debate

With both Barack Obama and Mitt Romney off the campaign trail on Saturday, the vice presidential candidates had the day's political spotlight to themselves, with Paul Ryan speaking to supporters in New Hampshire and Joseph R. Biden stumping for votes in Florida.

September 29, 2012
Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney laughs as he hands out beef jerky to the press on his campaign plane, Friday, Sept. 28, 2012, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Romney rips Obama over Middle East

Four days before facing Barack Obama in the first of three presidential debates, Mitt Romney used his weekly podcast speech to sharpen his critique of his opponent, charging the president with bungling the crisis in the Middle East.

September 29, 2012
President Barack Obama walks from Usinger's Sausage to his car while eating bratwurst, Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

In Wisconsin, Obama takes jab at Romney’s ‘47 percent’ flap

While Mitt Romney was in California on Saturday raising cash, President Obama made a campaign and fundraising swing through Wisconsin, a traditionally blue state that some Republicans think is in play this year, thanks to the presence of favorite son Paul Ryan on the Republican ticket.

September 22, 2012
Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney boards his campaign plane in San Francisco, Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Romney stands by his campaign

Brushing aside a growing chorus of criticism and second-guessing from within his own party, Mitt Romney tells "60 Minutes" his campaign is "doing a very good job," and "doesn't need a turnaround."

September 22, 2012
**FILE** Sen. Jeff Sessions, Alabama Republican

Sessions unloads on Senate Democrats

Sen. Jeff Sessions, delivering the GOP's weekly address, blasted Senate Democrats for leaving Washington without passing a federal budget.

September 22, 2012
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly Cabinet meeting at the prime minister's office in Jerusalem on Sunday, Aug. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Abir Sultan, Pool)

Netanyahu: This is about Iran, not the U.S. election

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has been urging the Obama administration to take a more aggressive stance against the development of the Iranian nuclear program, said Sunday the "red line" request has nothing to do with the American presidential election.

September 16, 2012
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney makes comments Sept. 12, 2012, while speaking in Jacksonville, Fla., on the killing of U.S. Embassy officials in Benghazi, Libya. (Associated Press)

Romney rips Obama on China

Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney in his weekly podcast address on Saturday ripped President Obama for "driving jobs overseas."

September 15, 2012
This undated publicity photo released by Rocky Mountain Pictures shows a poster for the documentary film, "2016: Obama's America." The conservative film exploring the roots of President Barack Obama's political views surprised the film industry when it took in $6.5 million to land at No. 7 at the weekend box office ahead of three new releases: the Joseph Gordon Levitt action flick "Premium Rush," the Kristen Bell comedy "Hit and Run" and the Ashley Greene horror film "The Apparition." (AP Photo/Rocky Mountain Pictures)

Religious freedom movie ‘Last Ounce’ targets cable news junkies

Perhaps looking to match the unexpected box-office muscle of "2016: Obama's America," the filmmakers behind "Last Ounce of Courage" have flooded the cable news networks with ads this weekend for the new "bipartisan" movie about eroding religious freedoms in the country.

September 8, 2012
President Obama speaks at a campaign event at Strawbery Banke Field on Friday, Sept. 7, 2012, in Portsmouth, N.H. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama: America not at war with Islam

One day after a disappointing monthly jobs report, President Obama focused his weekly radio and Internet address Saturday on noting the upcoming anniversary of September 11.

September 8, 2012
**FILE** Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley (The Washington Times)

Dems managing expectations for upcoming convention

Four years after the "hope and change" euphoria of the 2008 Democratic National Convention, party leaders said Sunday to expect a more sober gathering in Charlotte, N.C., this week.

September 2, 2012