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Susan Crabtree was a reporter for The Washington Times.

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President Obama speaks Sept. 21, 2012, at a campaign event at G. Richard Pfitzner Stadium in Woodbridge, Va. (Associated Press)

Obama steps up attacks on Romney’s 47 percent remarks

President Obama sharpened his attack on Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney's critical comments on the 47 percent of voters who don't pay federal income taxes, hammering his opponent during an appearance in the critical swing state of Virginia Friday for the caught-on-tape remarks at a private fundraiser that surfaced earlier this week.

September 21, 2012
**FILE** Rep. Maxine Waters, California Democrat (Associated Press)

Calif. Rep. Waters cleared on ethics charges

The House Ethics committee has cleared Rep. Maxine Waters, a Democrat from California, of any wrongdoing in a 3-year-old, conflict-of-interest case involving her work on behalf of minority-owned banks during the height of the economic crisis even though her husband had a financial stake in one of them.

September 21, 2012
Former President Clinton will make the rounds of Sunday TV political talk shows to make the case for re-election of President Obama. Mr. Clinton was widely praised for Democratic Party convention speech. (Andrew Geraci/The Washington Times)

Obama pulls Clinton from his arsenal for help

President Obama is turning to one of his most lethal political weapons — former President Clinton — as he tries to take advantage of some Romney missteps this week by having Mr. Clinton make the case for his re-election in some ways better than the president can himself.

September 20, 2012
President Obama smiles Sept. 17, 2012, to the crowd as he leaves after speaking at a campaign event at Eden Park’s Seasongood Pavilion in Cincinnati. (Associated Press)

White House challenges China trade on car parts

President Obama used a campaign stop in Ohio on Monday to take aim at China and Mitt Romney by announcing a trade complaint against China for subsidizing auto parts made for export and amplifying attacks on Mr. Romney's investments in companies that ship jobs overseas.

September 17, 2012
President Obama speaks at a campaign rally in Golden, Colo., on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)

White House: Aid to Egypt will continue

The White House flatly rejected calls from House conservatives to halt U.S. aid to Egypt after a slow response from Cairo in rebuking violent attacks on the U.S. Embassy there Tuesday night.

September 13, 2012
**FILE** House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, Virginia Republican (Associated Press)

Cantor warns against defense cuts, says U.S. national security at stake

The day after rioting mobs attacked a U.S. consulate in Libya leaving four officials dead, House Republicans said the future of the U.S. national security "hangs in the balance" because the nation can't risk deep, across-the-board defense cuts scheduled to take place at the end of the year unless Congress acts.

September 12, 2012
Vice President Joseph R. Biden (center) and Interior Secretary Kenneth L. Salazar arrive for a memorial service at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pa., on Tuesday, passing the Wall of Names bearing the names of the 40 passengers and crew members aboard Flight 93 who died when it was hijacked and crashed on Sept. 11, 2001. (Associated Press)

Biden mixes beer with barnyard epithet

Vice President Joseph R. Biden told a group of firefighters they could trust him to make good on a bet and have them over to the White House for beers — throwing in an expletive for emphasis in trademark Biden form.

September 11, 2012
President Obama, first lady Michelle Obama and members of the White House staff pause Sept. 11, 2012, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington during a moment of silence to mark the 11th anniversary of the terrorist attacks. (Associated Press)

Obama: 9/11 victims ‘will never be forgotten’

President Obama on Tuesday led the nation in paying tribute to the thousands of people who lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001, noting that the "true legacy" of the attacks that day is "a safer world, a stronger nation and a people more united than ever before."

September 11, 2012
White House press secretary Jay Carney gives his daily news briefing at the White House in Washington on Monday, Sept. 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama silent on ‘red line’ nuclear warning to Iran

The White House refused Monday to delineate what would constitute a "red line" for the Iranian nuclear program after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he was in discussions with U.S. officials on setting one.

September 10, 2012
President Obama waves to supporters Sept. 4, 2012, as he takes the stage for a campaign event at Norfolk State University in Norfolk, Va. (Associated Press)

Obama hopes for positive jobs report upon return to trail

Hoping for good economic news in the wake of his renomination at the Democratic National Convention, President Obama will embark Friday on a three-day campaign trip to battleground states culminating in a bus tour of the crucial Interstate 4 corridor in Florida.

September 6, 2012
Former Los Angeles Mayor and Democratic Convention Chairman Antonio Villaraigosa calls for a vote to amend the platform at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., on Sept. 5, 2012. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Convention head Villaraigosa blames delegates in ugly platform fight at DNC

Furiously trying to paper over a platform battle that muddied the party's message and forced President Obama to intervene, Democratic National Convention chairman Antonio Villaraigosa said the anger and confusion over the way he managed a vote restoring passages on God and Jerusalem as Israel's capital to the platform Wednesday was the fault of unhappy delegates who failed to object to his ruling.

September 6, 2012
President Bill Clinton gestures as he is introduced at the Democratic National Convention in the Staples Center in August 2000 in Los Angeles. Not every member of the Democratic Party remains enthralled with the contentious and sometimes chaotic Clinton years. (Associated Press)

Clinton charisma a concern for Democrats

Bill Clinton is a president who loves the limelight and being adored, and is so good at performing on a grand stage that there's always a chance he will overshadow anyone that comes after him. On Wednesday night, his charisma and spotlight-stealing skills faced a major test as he spoke for another Democratic candidate, President Obama.

September 5, 2012
Joe Kennedy III, candidate for the House of Representatives from Massachusetts, addresses the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., on Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Kennedy political torch passes to a new generation of Democrats

For three days in Charlotte, a parade of prominent Democrats — including former Presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter and President Obama himself — will try to rev up the base with live speeches. But one voice that dominated party politics for decades will be notably absent: the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy.

September 4, 2012
Vice President Joseph R. Biden and his wife, Jill, arrive in Charlotte, N.C., Tuesday for the Democratic National Convention. His enthusiasm and joviality are seen as assets. (Associated Press)

Opposite Biden attracts Obama loyalty

When explaining why President Obama has stuck by Joseph R. Biden for 3½ years of gaffes, overly exuberant flourishes and fumbles, political observers like to say the vice president is everything Mr. Obama is not: a garrulous, unscripted, yet seasoned political operator who loves to glad-hand and connect one on one.

September 4, 2012
President Obama speaks during a campaign event at the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colo., on Sunday, Sept. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Democrats travel tricky electoral path with gay marriage

President Obama's conversion on gay marriage back in May was a bold, public celebration of gay community pride, punctuated with a flurry of lavish Hollywood fundraisers. It played extremely well in Los Angeles, New York and blue regions across the country.

September 3, 2012
** FILE ** In this Oct. 13, 2009, file photo, actress Eva Longoria is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, during an event announcing the leadership of the National Museum of the American Latino Commission. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg, File)

Democrats’ glitterati not as sparkly as 2008

Republicans are usually scrambling to add a little star power to their conventions, but in Tampa, Fla., last week, Clint Eastwood stole the spotlight and set off his very own Twitter war, galvanizing both the right and the left like few other convention speeches in recent memory.

September 2, 2012
President Obama speaks Aug. 29, 2012, at a campaign event in Charlottesville, Va. (Associated Press)

President Obama jabs Romney, woos college voters

President Obama spent Wednesday trying to grab a few headlines of his own by sharpening his attacks against GOP rival Mitt Romney during the middle of the Republican convention and appealing to young people on college campuses to get behind his campaign again.

August 29, 2012