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Post Politics: Breaking Politics News, Political Analysis & More - The Washington Post Post Politics from The Washington Post is the source for political news headlines, in-depth politics coverage and political opinion, plus breaking news on the Obama administration and White House, Congress, the Supreme Court, elections and more. Obama holds edge over Romney in general election matchup, poll finds Boosted by improved public confidence in his economic stewardship, President Obama for the first time holds a clear edge over Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney in a hypothetical general-election matchup, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. On campaign trail, Romney skips questions in taking up mantle of likely GOP nominee LAS VEGAS — Mitt Romney answered his last question from a voter three weeks ago, and just about every day since then, he has swept through towns across America like a whistling train conductor proclaiming, “All aboard.” For GOP candidates, February lull a time to regroup After a blockbuster few months, the race for the Republican presidential nomination may be about to hit the snooze button. The closely watched early states are done, and the competition has been whittled down to a hardy four candidates. The next landmark day is a month off — March 6, otherwise known as Super Tuesday. Postal regulatory chairman’s $70,000 in travel comes under scrutiny Days before the U.S. Postal Service announced record-setting losses in September, the nation’s top postal regulator traveled to Scotland for meetings with European envelope manufacturers. A few weeks later, Postal Regulatory Commission Chairman Ruth Y. Goldway visited Portugal, Switzerland and China to meet with international postal regulators. Newt Gingrich campaign offers detailed plan to carry on LAS VEGAS — In a meeting room at the Palazzo hotel here over the past week, Newt Gingrich mapped out a detailed strategy that would keep him in the presidential race all the way to the Republican convention in August. Mitt Romney wins overwhelming victory in Nevada caucuses LAS VEGAS — Mitt Romney secured an overwhelming victory in Saturday’s Nevada caucuses, giving the former Massachusetts governor his second consecutive win of the year as he tightened his claim to dominant front-runner status in what had been a turbulent Republican presidential race. Newt Gingrich: ‘I’m not going to withdraw’
Newt Gingrich predicted during a press conference following Saturday’s Nevada caucuses that he would emerge as the GOP front-runner again by the Texas primary. The one problem with that: We have no idea when Texas will hold its primary. A spat over redistricting is likely to push it beyond its scheduled date, April 3. Mitt Romney’s Nevada caucus win: What it means
Mitt Romney confirmed his status as the prohibitive front-runner in the GOP presidential race Saturday with a win in the Nevada caucuses. But Romney’s apparently large margin of victory may say more about his opponents than his own candidacy. Nevada caucus results: AP projects Mitt Romney victory No surprise: Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney is the overwhelming victor in Nevada’s caucuses with 47.6 percent of the vote, supported by a politically-active Mormon base but dominating across demographic groups. Rudy Giuliani doesn’t regret sitting out 2012 race Is former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani sorry that he’s not trying again this year to win the Republican presidential nomination? In a word: No. And to be precise, it’s more accurate to add an exclamation mark, as in, ”No!” Newt Gingrich continues attacks on Mitt Romney, vows to fight on Former House speaker Newt Gingrich continued his attack against rival Mitt Romney on Sunday, vowing to fight on in the Republican presidential primary despite his distant second-place finish in the Nevada caucuses Saturday. Rick Santorum: We'll do ‘exceptionally well’ in Missouri One day after coming in last place in the Nevada caucuses, former senator Rick Santorum (Pa.) said Sunday that he intends to move on to the next GOP presidential nominating states of Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri. Komen, go back to your roots It seems the Komen Foundation folks were unprepared for the blowback — known in some circles as “Komen-tastrophe” — after their now apparently rescinded decision to halt funding to
Planned Parenthood.
Obama administration’s Afghanistan endgame gets off to bumpy start With war fatigue growing and an election looming, the Obama administration has bumpily embarked on its endgame in Afghanistan. In recent weeks, closed-door strategizing over Taliban peace talks, the pace of NATO’s combat handover and withdrawal, and the future of U.S. relations with Afghanistan and Pakistan have suddenly become part of the public and political debate. Get the growth, then the debt reduction A grim surprise was tucked inside the Congressional Budget Office’s latest budget outlook. Economic growth, it said, will be 2 percent in 2012, falling to 1.1 percent in 2013. That’s horrible. It’s far beneath the growth rate required for the economy and the job market to recover. But it’s also probably wrong— provided that Congress wants it to be wrong. Because the CBO isn’t saying the economy can’t grow faster than that. It’s saying the economy won’t grow faster unless Congress makes some hard decisions, and soon. Bill Clinton, ‘America's first Jewish president’ Little Rock, Ark. — Bill Clinton was affectionately introduced as so pro-Israel that he was effectively “the country’s first Jewish president” on Saturday night. In town to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Jewish Federation of Arkansas., Clinton was awarded the group’s Tikkun Olam Lifetime Achievement Award. K Street: The route of all evil, or just the main drag? It’s the symbol of all that’s wrong with Washington, the front line where the Occupiers dug their anti-authoritarian trenches, the boulevard that has been shorthand for capital corruption during recent Republican debates. Candidate barred for lack of English proficiency files appeal SAN LUIS, Arizona — An Arizona city council candidate struck from the ballot over her limited English skills concedes she is not fluent in the language but called the legal challenge an abuse of power that could keep her from serving a poor border community where most residents speak only Spanish. The Donald Trump bump: It exists on @MentionMachine Donald Trump endorsed Mitt Romney for the Republican presidential nomination on Thursday, a gesture that isn’t likely to have much of an effect on Romney’s support among GOP voters. A Washington Post-Pew R esearch Center poll taken in January showed that only 13 percent of Republicans said they were more likely to support a candidate who won Trump’s endorsement. Obama on Super Bowl Sunday: ‘I deserve a second term’ President Obama said Sunday that he deserves to be reelected because his administration has made progress on the economy, but he acknowledged there is much more work to do. “I deserve a second term, but we’re not done,” Obama said during a pre-Super Bowl interview with NBC’s Matt Lauer. Boehner-Cantor staff rumbles ‘to be expected,’ speaker says Reports of a rivalry between the top two House Republicans have been greatly exaggerated. So says House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio). Asked Thursday about reports of staff-level disagreements between his office and that of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.), the speaker told reporters at the Capitol that tiffs between staffers are “to be expected” and downplayed any disagreements between himself and his top deputy. Senate Democrats to Nationals Park for retreat
Senate Democrats have apparently found a way to generate excitement for what’s usually a dry program focused on messaging and policy: Hold it at a fun locale. We hear that the Senate Dems’ retreat next week — a regular event typically held in dull conference rooms in less-than-hotels in cities like Baltimore or Williamsburg — will instead likely take place at Nationals Park.
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