David Eldridge

Barrett predicts recall win over Wisconsin governor

His gubernatorial campaign may be trailing incumbent Gov. Scott Walker in the latest polls, but Wisconsin Democrat Tom Barrett said Sunday he has the momentum going into Tuesday's bitterly contested recall election.

June 3, 2012

Texan Reyes loses House primary

Rep. Silvestre Reyes, an El Paso Democrat who had scored a rare congressional endorsement from President Obama last month, was the only incumbent in either party to lose a primary race for federal office Tuesday in Texas.

May 30, 2012

Gingrich offers O’Malley advice on running for presidency

Former Republican presidential contender Newt Gingrich, looking rested and at ease before TV cameras, had some succinct advice Sunday morning for Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley, the head of the Democratic Governors Association, who often is mentioned as a possible 2016 candidate for the White House.

May 27, 2012

Giuliani touts Romney’s readiness over Obama’s

Former New York Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani said Mitt Romney's record as a businessman makes the former Massachusetts governor a much more qualified candidate to repair the country's economy than President Obama, whom he derided as community organizer who "never really had a payroll to meet."

May 27, 2012

Mukasey: White House leaking too much info on terror plots

Former Attorney General Michael Mukasey said the Obama administration is releasing and leaking too much information about terror plots and intelligence operations, including details about the foiled underwear bomber who turned out to be a double agent working with the CIA.

May 9, 2012

Brokaw: White House Correspondents’ dinner hurting the press

Legendary former "NBC Nightly News" anchor Tom Brokaw said Sunday that the glitzy annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner is damaging the perception of the press among the American public.

May 6, 2012

Biden ‘comfortable’ with gay marriage, cites ‘Will & Grace’

Vice President Joseph R. Biden, saying a canceled NBC sitcom "educated" the American people, said Sunday he is "absolutely comfortable" with gay marriage — but wouldn't say whether President Obama would back such unions in a second term.

May 6, 2012

If Romney picks a woman, who?

Would picking a woman as his running mate help Mitt Romney close the gap with female voters?

April 19, 2012

Rodgers: New job numbers ‘very disappointing’

Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers said the latest employment statistics released Thursday are more proof that "President Obama's policies are failing."

April 19, 2012

March jobs report fuels party battles

Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz said Sunday that Republicans would rather defeat President Obama than see the American economy improve.

April 8, 2012

Specter says Santorum not ‘up to being the president’ as barbs flow

Former Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, who has been trading barbs with Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum the last few days, said Wednesday his former colleague and fellow Pennsylvanian isn't ready for the Oval Office.

March 21, 2012

Santorum: Conservatives don’t want a CEO

Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum, responding to attacks from front-runner Mitt Romney that he lacks enough private-sector experience to be president, said Sunday that conservative Republicans aren't looking for a presidential candidate who can "manage" the economy.

March 18, 2012

Santorum: Romney can’t go after health care reform

One day after winning the Republican caucus in Kansas, GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum renewed his attacks on front-runner Mitt Romney, saying the former Massachusetts governor can't credibly campaign against the president's signature legislative accomplishment, the Affordable Care Act.

March 11, 2012

Gingrich predicts a double win in the South

Newt Gingrich predicted he'll win Alabama and Mississippi on Tuesday and vowed he is in the running all the way to Tampa — in part, the former history professor said, because Mitt Romney "is probably the weakest Republican front-runner since Leonard Wood in 1920."

March 11, 2012

Carter: Netanyahu too eager for war with Iran

Former President Jimmy Carter expressed concerns Tuesday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in Washington this week to meet with American leaders about the Iranian nuclear program, may be too willing to go to war with Iran.

March 6, 2012

Gingrich optimistic as Super Tuesday voting kicks off

As voters go to the polls in 10 states across the country today, an upbeat Newt Gingrich said he's optimistic about his chances in his longtime home state of Georgia, said he was in the race for the long haul and predicted he even would pick up delegates in Ohio, where polls show him running well behind front-runners Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum.

March 6, 2012

House Majority Leader Cantor endorses Romney

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor endorsed Mitt Romney and predicted the former Massachusetts governor would win all of Virginia's Republican delegates on Tuesday.

March 4, 2012

Santorum hits back at Romney, who turns fire on Obama

Rick Santorum went after Mitt Romney, and Mitt Romney went after President Obama in separate interviews Monday on the eve of critical Republican presidential primaries in Michigan and Arizona.

February 27, 2012

Santorum: I was on George Bush’s team for Hill votes

Rick Santorum pushed back Monday against Mitt Romney's constant needling of the former Pennsylvania senator's "take one for the team" comment during last week's Republican presidential debate in Arizona, dubbing Mr. Romney the "most liberal guy" in the GOP race.

February 27, 2012

Romney: GOP voters want a fighter against Obama

Mitt Romney said Monday the negative, combative tone of the 2012 Republican presidential campaign is a reflection of how concerned most voters are about the country's direction under President Obama.

February 27, 2012