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McConnell's cloudy 2014 prognosis
By ALEXANDER BURNS | 12/11/12 8:23 PM
McConnell’s approval may have slipped in the past month and a half, but this would be a dramatic tumble.
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Kochs' conference postponed
By MAGGIE HABERMAN | 12/11/12 6:26 PM
Via National Review, the Koch brothers' twice-a-year conference that was set to be held next month is being delayed. From the email Charles Koch sent to associates:
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RNC launches official review on 2012 election (Updated)
By MAGGIE HABERMAN and JONATHAN MARTIN | 12/10/12 1:39 PM
They roll out a plan to review what worked and what didn't for the party in the 2012 cycle.
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Cuomo dodges on supporting Hillary: 2016 is far away
By MAGGIE HABERMAN | 12/10/12 11:19 AM
For Cuomo, who has had the full run of New York for years, the return of Hillary Clinton presents something less than an ideal situation.
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Romney attends Pacquiao fight
By ASSOCIATED PRESS | 12/8/12 10:59 PM
"Hello Manny. I ran for president. I lost," Romney says, according to Pacquiao's publicist.
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Boustany defeats Landry in Louisiana
By ALEX ISENSTADT | 12/8/12 10:03 PM
His victory brings a close to the final undetermined congressional contest of the 2012 cycle.
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Campaign officials dissect election
By JAMES HOHMANN | 12/8/12 6:31 PM
Senior Obama and Romney aides meet at the Dole Institute of Politics.
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GOP seeks to up its online game
By EMILY SCHULTHEIS | 12/8/12 3:22 PM
Republican digital gurus are starting to chart a path forward for 2014 and beyond.
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The Armey $8 million parachute
By MAGGIE HABERMAN | 12/7/12 12:21 PM
One of the strangest elements about the Dick Armey retirement from FreedomWorks is the $8 million settlement he struck on the side with a board member, Richard Stephenson, a friend who is paying him in installments.
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Remember when the NRSC was done with Akin?
By MAGGIE HABERMAN | 12/7/12 11:13 AM
Not so much, via Bresnahan and Raju:
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Obama, Romney both topped $1B
By KENNETH P. VOGEL, DAVE LEVINTHAL and TARINI PARTI | 12/7/12 5:05 AM
FEC: It was the most expensive presidential race.
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Adelson gave $10M to Mitt super PAC
By DAVE LEVINTHAL | 12/6/12 4:33 PM
An eclectic mix of others also gave at the 11th hour.
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Stevens: Eastwood's act was 'bad'
By PATRICK GAVIN | 12/6/12 1:57 PM
“To the degree that it was a distraction," it didn't help, Romney's former adviser says.
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Christie gets the White House treatment
By MAGGIE HABERMAN | 12/6/12 12:58 PM
Via 44, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's visit to Washington today included a visit with President Obama at the White House.
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O'Malley trumpets new marriage law
By ALEXANDER BURNS | 12/6/12 12:42 PM
O'Malley takes a victory lap after signing a proclamation today recognizing that gay marriage is now legal in Maryland.
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McFarland on Petraeus ask: It was a joke!
By MAGGIE HABERMAN | 12/6/12 8:20 AM
Fox News commentator and for-a-brief-moment 2006 U.S. Senate candidate KT McFarland pushes back on Bob Woodward's story, documented by audio tape, about her relaying to Gen. David Petraeus that her boss, Roger Ailes, wanted him to run for president. On the Fox News website, McFarland writes:
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Cuccinelli throws brushback at Cantor
By JONATHAN MARTIN | 12/5/12 6:00 PM
Virginia Attorney General and presumptive GOP gubernatorial nominee Ken Cuccinelli sent a curt note this week to House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) regarding how the party should nominate candidates — an issue that has become a stand-in for the broader fight in the state between establishment and conservative Republicans.
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Dems to Obamaland: Share your data
By LOIS ROMANO | 12/5/12 4:42 AM
They're falling over themselves to get their hands on it for their own campaigns.
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Shumlin elected to lead DGA, with O'Comartun as top aide
By ALEXANDER BURNS | 12/4/12 6:02 PM
Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin has been elected to lead the Democratic Governors Association for 2013, a DGA source tells POLITICO.
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Letters from Hillary
By MAGGIE HABERMAN | 12/4/12 1:46 PM
Colin Campbell has a scooplet on a type of message from Hillary Clinton - letters to at least a handful of Democrats who lost their congressional campaigns a few weeks ago, just as she gets ready to leave the State Department amid questions about her political future.
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Bennet, Cecil at DSCC
By MAGGIE HABERMAN | 12/4/12 1:20 PM
We reported on this page a few weeks ago that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid had asked Sen. Michael Bennet to helm the DSCC. We also reported that Bennet made clear he wouldn't do it unless executive director Guy Cecil, his former chief-of-staff who steered the committee to a hugely successful election night, remained on. And both things have happened, our colleagues John Bresnahan and Manu Raju scoop:
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Woodward: 'Who is Barack Obama?'
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