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Most New Mexicans still have a favorable view of former Gov. Gary Johnson, whereas other 2012 GOP presidential hopefuls are all unpopular, according to Public Policy Polling . Johnson has a 44-32 favorability spread, compared with all of the other candidates who have negative favorability ratings in their home state

House Democrats have just reached a compromise on a cash-for-clunkers bill that would provide financial incentives for people to trade in their old gas-guzzlers

A victim of the ongoing federal budget battle, U.S.

This morning, President Obama named three people to the board of the Federal Reserve: Janet Yellen to be vice chairman, and Peter Diamond and Sarah Bloom Raskin

Minnesota’s 3rd Congressional District, which encompasses the wealthy suburbs west of Minneapolis, should be competitive. Political strategists have often rated the district a tossup, but Republican Rep. Erik Paulsen has managed to keep the district in Republican hands following the 2008 retirement of moderate Rep.

West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin (D) will name his administration’s former general counsel, Carte Goodwin, to replace the late Sen. Robert Byrd (D). While

House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.) stepped up his calls for federal and state investigations into how Alvin Greene managed to win his state’s Democratic

From the Senate majority leader, following President Obama’s meeting this afternoon with congressional leaders of both parties: We had a very productive

Democrats and Republicans can each claim some victories in last month’s fundraising race -- the Democrats’ national and Senate campaign committees outraised

Led by chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.), the Senate Finance Committee has just released its highly anticipated Gang of Six compromise health care reform bill.

Remember how the Justice Department was supposed to declassify the 2004 CIA inspector general’s report on the enhanced interrogation program today? Not going

This morning, the Commerce Department said that the U.S. economy expanded at a 2.4 percent annual rate in the second quarter -- about what economists expected.

This isn’t good. The number of Americans filing initial claims for jobless benefits -- after holding around 450,000 or 460,000 for weeks -- spiked up to 472,000

Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.), an alumnus of the NBC show Saturday Night Live, criticized the proposed merger of NBC Universal and Comcast during his

Results of a poll commissioned by NPR to analyze 60 House districts that elected Democrats and 10 districts that elected Republicans in 2008 look troubling for

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Over at Economist’s View, Christopher Thornberg offers some ideas for stemming the foreclosure crisis - and while you may not agree with them, I’d rate them all

The Iowa Independent reports that GOP State Rep. Kent Sorenson is pulling his facts about health care reform straight from his email inbox. Sorenson posted a

After his speech at the Defending the American Dream Summit, I quickly asked Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) for his take on an issue that had been roiling the event:

Here’s the statement just out of the office of Sen. Robert Byrd (D), the 91-year-old West Virginian who was hospitalized a few weeks back for a minor

Not that anyone seriously thought he would. (Via Andrew Sullivan)