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  • Biden to play 'hardball' in VP debate Wednesday, 10 Oct 2012 | 1:55 PM ET

    WASHINGTON-- Four years ago, Joe Biden was careful not to appear overly aggressive in his vice presidential debate with Sarah Palin, then a newcomer to the national stage. Now, as he prepares to debate Paul Ryan, a 14- year House veteran and the top Republican budget writer, Biden is less concerned about looking like a bully.

  • WASHINGTON, Oct 7- He has been stereotyped as the Obama administration's gaffe-prone sideshow. But Vice President Joe Biden also is a veteran debater who was in the U.S. Senate for a quarter century and is perhaps the Democratic White House's most passionate defender of the working class.

  • Final Nielsen data on Thursday showed that 67.2 million people across 11 TV networks watched Obama and Romney go head to head on the economy- a 28 percent increase on the 52.4 million who saw the first 2008 debate between Obama and Republican John McCain.

  • Obama-Romney debate draws bigger TV audience than 2008 Thursday, 4 Oct 2012 | 3:37 PM ET

    More than 37 million watched the 90- minute encounter on the four leading broadcast networks and 21 million turned to cable news channels CNN, Fox News and MSNBC, according to preliminary figures from Nielsen media. The viewing figures are expected to rise when final data is released by Nielsen later on Thursday that will include smaller TV networks.

  • But so far the former Alaska governor and her husband Todd Palin have not come forward to claim their share of a settlement fund established for victims of the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill.

  • Doesn't Anyone Want to Be Vice President? Wednesday, 4 Apr 2012 | 4:49 PM ET
    Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks to supporters at a rally in the Tivoli Student Union on the Auraria Campus on February 7, 2012 in Denver, Colorado.

    Up-and-coming Republicans are scrambling to declare a lack of interest in being vice president as speculation begins about the No. 2 spot on the GOP ticket.

  • Palin vs. Couric: Who Will Prevail? Monday, 2 Apr 2012 | 5:11 PM ET
    Katie Couric and Sarah Palin

    Nearly four years after they clashed in a memorable TV interview, Sarah Palin and Katie Couric face off again — this time in a morning-show battle royale over ratings.

  • For Gingrich, an Endorsement of Sorts From Sarah Palin Wednesday, 18 Jan 2012 | 10:30 AM ET
    Sarah Palin

    Sarah Palin, who conducted a lengthy flirtation with a run for the Republican nomination last year, ended the equally lengthy speculation over which candidate she would endorse by naming Newt Gingrich — sort of, The New York Times reports.

  • GOP Kicks Off Pres. Debates  Monday, 13 Jun 2011 | 6:24 AM ET

    Republican presidential hopefuls to debate in New Hampshire tonight, with CNBC's John Harwood.

  • Five Things to Watch: Snapping the Streak Thursday, 9 Jun 2011 | 10:06 PM ET

    Sorting through Toyota's forecast, Lululemon's earnings and Sarah Palin's emails. Here's what we're watching…

  • How Palin Helps Romney's Race  Tuesday, 31 May 2011 | 6:29 AM ET

    CNBC's John Harwood weighs in 2012 presidential race, including Mitt Romney's political message, Sarah Palin's chances of becoming president and more.

  • Being a New Face Will Help Me Beat Obama: Pawlenty Friday, 27 May 2011 | 12:03 PM ET

    Republican presidential contender Tim Pawlenty said he can unite the party and defeat President Obama in 2012.

  • Palin Says She Could Beat Obama in 2012 Election Thursday, 18 Nov 2010 | 12:41 PM ET
    Sarah Palin

    Sarah Palin says she could defeat President Barack Obama if she were to seek the White House in 2012,  according to the transcript of an interview with ABC News.

  • Leery of Washington, Alaska Feasts on Its Dollars Thursday, 19 Aug 2010 | 7:35 AM ET
    Anchorage, Alaska

    No state benefits more from federal largess, but a senator voted against the stimulus bill and the governor decries “intrusive” policies.

  • Are America's Leaders From Top States? Tuesday, 13 Jul 2010 | 4:45 PM ET
    US President Barack Obama speaks alongside Chairman of the Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke during the Economic Daily Briefing.

    The results don't reflect well on the home states of these leaders, regardless of their politics.

  • Cap-And-Trade: Bridge to Economic Disaster? Tuesday, 14 Jul 2009 | 12:56 PM ET
    Sarah Palin

    Outgoing Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin called President Obama's approval of cap-and-trade legislation to counter global warming "an enormous threat to our economy" in a Washington Post op-ed piece Tuesday morning.

  • Well, of one thing I am certain—fiscal drag will offset monetary stimulus, and the result will be a torpid economy—with high unemployment and anemic growth. Hopefully, the Senate will be able to muscle enough change in the pending legislation to marginalize the economic drain, but I am not optimistic about that.

  • Alaska

    If you can stomach living in Alaska for 12 months, you’ll be eligible to get a check from the Alaska Permanent Fund. Every year this fund, which gets its money by taking a cut of Alaska’s oil revenues, pays out upwards of $1,000 to every citizen of Alaska.

  • McCain Food, Free Coffee, Discount Botox—Your Emails Thursday, 6 Nov 2008 | 12:02 PM ET

    I hope my McCain election night blogging pulled back the curtain a little on what really happens at these events.

  • As we close in on the presidential election, most polls are showing Obama in the lead, as McCain still fights for the upset win.  What do the Intrade markets show? www.intrade.com)