Stuck In The Middle With You (The Note)
By MICHAEL FALCONE (@michaelpfalcone) and AMY WALTER (@amyewalter) NOTABLES: MIDDLE CLASS MUDDLE: Are President Obama and Mitt Romney’s appeals to the country’s crucial segment of middle class voters falling on deaf ears? Yes and no, ABC News’ Political Director Amy Walter notes. A new ABC… Read More »
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Obama, Romney Struggle to Win Middle-Class Voters
Both Mitt Romney and Barack Obama are working hard to present themselves as defenders of the middle class. But, at this point, middle-class Americans aren’t sold on either candidate. In the latest ABC/Washington Post poll, those who identify themselves as part of the middle class–… Read More »
The Note’s Must-Reads for Friday, May 25, 2012
The Note’s Must-Reads are a round-up of today’s political headlines and stories from ABC News and the top U.S. newspapers. Posted Monday through Friday right here at www.abcnews.com Compiled by ABC News’ Amanda VanAllen and Carrie Halperin OBAMA/ROMNEY ABC News’ Devin Dwyer: “President Obama Accuses… Read More »
Newt Gingrich-Bound Georgia Delegates Sit in Waiting
Former Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich won 52 Georgia delegates in March. Even though he dropped from the race, those bound delegates must vote for Gingrich this summer at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., until he releases them to the presumptive nominee, Mitt… Read More »
Mitt Romney Admits Firing Comment Haunts Him
DETROIT — It’s not just the media that won’t forget Mitt Romney saying in New Hampshire earlier this year that he likes “being able to fire people.” The candidate revealed in a wide-ranging interview with the Wall Street Journal’s Peggy Noonan that the remark, which… Read More »
Marco Rubio Planning Book Tour Through Battleground States
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., will embark on a book tour this summer through three key battleground states – Florida, North Carolina, and Virginia – along with South Carolina and Georgia. ABC News confirmed Thursday that Rubio will promote his autobiography, “An American Son,” which will… Read More »
Is Romney Right on Class Size?, Obama Tweets, Muttorn or Man?, Romney’s ‘Single Most Signifigant Surrogate’ (PM Note)
Right Now – The President is Conducting a Spontaneous-seeming Twitter Townhall on “clean” energy. He’s tweeting from the @whitehouse account and using no capital letters for effect. There’s a Pete Souza tweeted photo to prove it’s really him – http://bit.ly/Jga25l Senate Threatens Pakistan Aid Over… Read More »
Dueling Student Loan Bills Rejected in Senate
The Senate made one last gesture this month to work on the Student Loan bill, but Democratic and Republican versions both failed in a last-minute, and half-hearted, attempt today before lawmakers leave for a week-long Memorial Day holiday. The Democratic bill failed by a 51-43… Read More »
Senate Protests Bin Laden Informant’s Conviction With Threats to Cut Pakistan Aid
Two Senate committees today took the first legislative steps to cut aid to Pakistan after that country’s conviction of Dr. Shakil Afridi, who aided American intelligence in its mission to kill Osama bin Laden. The Pakistani doctor was convicted of high treason in his home country… Read More »
Jeff Barth: A Candidate So Qualified He Plays Chess on the Trail
There’s lots to say about this ad by Jeff Barth, a Democrat running in the congressional primary in South Dakota to challenge — oh, who cares, let’s just watch it. Did you catch all that? Spinning the globe, the inexplicably operating TV, the chess move… Read More »
