Ann Coulter: GOP should cave on tax hikes for rich

theGRIO REPORT - Her political about face came during Fox's Sean Hannity Show when the topic of the fiscal cliff was brought up and Coulter explained that Republicans need to stop giving into the media's negative perception of their party...

Poll: Americans trust Obama, Dems on fiscal cliff

Marquise Francis

theGRIO REPORT - By a wide margin of 53 percent to 36 percent, American voters trust President Obama and Democrats to avoid the fiscal cliff, according to a Quinnipiac University poll...

Ryan, Rubio looking to recast GOP ahead of 2016

Philip Elliott, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Paul Ryan and Marco Rubio, two potential 2016 presidential candidates, laid out policy prescriptions for their Republican Party on Tuesday night, nudging a party still smarting from Mitt Romney's loss to President Barack Obama to reach out to a broader audience...

Poll: 49 percent of Republicans think ACORN 'stole' election

theGrio

theGRIO REPORT - The fact that ACORN no longer exists apparently has dissuaded nearly half of Republican voters from believing it played a role in the 2012 election.

Obama insistent on tax hikes for wealthy in 'fiscal cliff' deal

Steven R. Hurst, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House has laid out its vision for pulling back from the looming 'fiscal cliff' and now demands that opposition Republicans get specific about their plan to prevent what many economists predict would mean a return to recession and spiking unemployment in a still-fragile U.S. economy...

Obama plays hardball in 'cliff' talks

Perry Bacon Jr.

ANALYSIS - President Obama is no longer looking to be the great compromiser in Washington...

In 'fiscal cliff' talks, Obama makes proposal, but GOP objects

Steven R. Hurst, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) - Washington politicians have one month to step back from the so-called 'fiscal cliff,' across-the-board tax hikes and austerity-driven spending cuts likely to return the country to recession...

Obama, Republicans wrangle over fiscal cliff

Andrew Taylor, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) - Amid increasing anxiety that the White House and top Republicans are wasting time as the government slides toward an economy-rattling 'fiscal cliff,' administration officials are heading to Capitol Hill for talks with congressional leaders...

GOP House leadership represents with all white men

Joy-Ann Reid

OPINION - In today's congressional GOP, this is what diversity looks like...

Republican senators continue to criticize Susan Rice

Bradley Klapper and Donna Cassata, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) - Three Republican senators who have just met with U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice say they are more troubled now over her initial explanations about the Sept. 11 raid in Libya...