So far, President Obama has been known to address his Republican rivals mostly by implication. Not so at Tuesday's Associated Press luncheon, where he spoke directly about Rep. Paul Ryan and his likely rival Mitt Romney.
The House of Representatives passed Rep. Paul Ryan's controversial budget proposal Thursday, voting along party lines (minus ten Republicans who defected), and though this thing won't see the light of day as a law, expect a lot about it in the coming months.
Paul Ryan may be the intellectual leader of GOP fiscal conservatism but his proposals are starting to freak elected Republicans out.
The Congressional Budget Offices released a mixed batch of budget figures on Tuesday afternoon (PDF) that are bound to impact the election, though it's not clear who looks worse.
They're not happy about it but Republicans are set to join Democrats in adding $100 billion to the deficit for a 10-month payroll tax holiday.
Everyone agrees that much of President Obama's 2013 budget is dead-on-arrival in Congress but some aspects of the White House fiscal plan actually stand a chance in the Republican-controlled House.
Cartoonist Tony Auth's bleak outlook for the nation's Super Committee
For the first time since World War II, the United States will surpass the 100 percent debt-to-GDP line.
Topeka can't to pay to prosecute those crimes; Newark has stopped buying toilet paper
This time Congressional Republicans are trying to stop spending money on disaster relief
Obama has endorsed eliminating Saturday delivery to save the U.S Postal Service
Cartoonist Tom Toles on the 'Super' Committee
Cartoonist Tom Toles predicts the downfall of the 'Super Committee'
The House Speaker called the story "false" even before it could be posted on the web
Cartoonist Lisa Benson on the White House's greeting for House budget plans
On America in Libya, a loss for Wal-Mart's workers, and a new "credibility"
A new study concludes the death penalty has cost the state a total of $4 billion
Pundits across the political spectrum find themselves in new territory on the issue
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