A presidential historian at the University of Indianapolis says President Barack Obama played it safe with his State of the Union Address on Tuesday, appealing to populist concerns about economic disparity while also seeking common ground with his opponents and setting his re-election agenda.
Sure, there’s the GOP symbol, but the real elephant in the room at any of the Republicandebates since December has been the super PAC, the turbocharged political action committee able to raise and spend unlimited amounts of money onpolitical ads — as long as that spending isn’t coordinated with aparticular campaign.
Washington, D.C. – A bipartisan group of Senators, including Senator James Inhofe (R-OK), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Senator David Vitter (R-LA), Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA), and Senator Mark Begich […]