RSS Feed  Group Aiming To Bypass Party Politics Hits Bumps
Americans Elect is trying to run the first online primary to
choose a presidential ticket, and get it on the ballot in all 50
states. But the group is having trouble attracting big-name
candidates and refuses to name its financial backers.   One
cynical economist said the worst thing about the jobs report was
"It provides just enough inane talking points for both sides of
politics. That could probably be said for most first Fridays of
the month during a general-election year when Democrats and
Republicans try to extract any competitive advantage they can
from the latest employment report from the U.S. Labor
Department.  It's All Politics, May 3, 2012  With Washington
abuzz over the president's trip to Afghanistan, this week's
podcast focuses on stuff outside the Beltway: Sen. Dick Lugar's
tough Republican primary contest in Indiana, and Wisconsin
Democrats' selection of a candidate to take on GOP Gov. Scott
Walker in the June recall election.  Are Ob