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Perry Bacon Jr. is a reporter at the Washington Post, currently covering the White House. A native of Louisville Kentucky, he came to the Post from Time magazine, where he also was a political reporter.
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- Iowa conservative group Family Leader won’t endorse Cain, Paul or Romney
- GOP candidates court conservative Christians in Iowa
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- Mitt Romney faces familiar hurdle in Iowa: Skeptical evangelical Christian leaders
- GOP candidates hammer Obama on his Iran policy during South Carolina debate
- Republican debate in South Carolina tests Rick Perry and Herman Cain once again
- Will Perry’s self-mockery help him?
- Herman Cain’s accusers agree to hold joint news conference
- Rick Perry gets another chance in Republican debate
- Herman Cain: Harassment charge is ‘baseless, bogus and false’
- Can Herman Cain’s campaign weather latest sexual harassment allegations?
- Sooner or later, Iowa conservatives will have to decide about the 2012 field
- Romney lays out fiscal policy in N.H., while Perry and others campaign across Iowa
- Iowa conservative talk radio host says Cain made ‘awkward’ comments to staff
- Iowa Republicans play down Cain controversy
- Republican candidates bash Obama, call for lower taxes
- In Iowa, activists, supporters skeptical of allegations against Cain
- Republican candidates offer a diverse set of economic plans
- Rick Perry sidesteps questions about ‘birther’ issue
- Perry’s economic plan would slash taxes, federal spending on programs
- Rick Perry moves to recharge campaign with flat-tax plan and new hires
- A new battlefront for GOP presidential contenders: Tax policy
- Herman Cain tweaks 999 plan to help lower-income Americans, and himself
- Rick Perry has another chance to impress in Tuesday’s Republican debate
- Rick Perry calls for increased oil and energy production to reboot U.S. economy
- Rick Perry slams Herman Cain’s tax plan
- Mitt Romney attracts new support as donors and elected officials coalesce behind him
- Chris Christie’s Romney endorsement: Does it matter?
- Rick Perry needs to show some depth on foreign, economic policy
- A key bloc of GOP voters agrees only on disliking Mitt Romney
- In Iowa, Perry dogged by immigration questions
- Chris Christie’s biggest hurdle in weighing 2012 run: His own doubts
- For Chris Christie, a big opening but challenges await
- Christie’s appeal to Republicans: His blunt, funny style
- Rick Perry moves to reassure Republicans after uneasy debate performances
- Herman Cain’s long-shot run
- Herman Cain victory in Fla. straw poll a sign of voter displeasure with GOP field
- Cain wins Florida straw poll, finishing far ahead of Perry
- What political moderates could learn from the political extremes
- Romney attacks Perry on immigration comment
- Rick Perry, Mitt Romney spar in Republican presidental debate
- Mitt Romney to slam Perry over Social Security in Fox News GOP debate
- Rick Perry on defensive on Social Security at Fox News GOP debate
- Michele Bachmann looking to reclaim momentum at Fox News Republican debate
- Jon Huntsman still playing catch up at Fox News GOP debate
- In fundraising, Perry moves to reassure donors on electability
- Top Republicans gird for a long, bitter Perry-Romney duel
- Why Rick Perry is not George W. Bush
- Rick Perry has distanced himself from George W. Bush’s brand of conservatism
- Rick Perry announces he will join 2012 presidential field to challenge President Obama
- Ahead of Iowa straw poll, Republican contenders court former Mike Huckabee backers
- Rick Perry backers hope for weekend announcement
- Evangelicals gather for Gov. Perry’s day of prayer
- Texas Gov. Rick Perry to host major prayer event in Houston
- What the debt-ceiling battle means for 2012
- Huntsman shifts campaign strategy to take on GOP rivals, Obama
- Obama meets privately with Dalai Lama
- Obama tries to use public pressure to force GOP to debt-ceiling deal
- Deficit meeting elevates previous tensions between Cantor and Democrats, Obama
- Obama’s fundraising totals a record $86 million
- West Wing briefing: Should Obama back McConnell’s debt ceiling proposal?
- GOP indecision on 2012 may give Rick Perry a ‘huge opening’
- Obama to address debt-ceiling talks at news conference
- GOP presidential candidates lag in fundraising compared with 2007
- Can Twitter help Obama reach skeptical voters?
- White House staff salaries released
- Obama raises more than $1.2 million in Philadelphia
- West Wing Briefing: Obama to bid farewell to Gates, then attend fundraisers
- Obama in Iowa: hugging babies like it’s 2007
- Obama, Palin to appear in Iowa on same day
- Obama to meet with Senate leaders on debt, deficit
- Obama: Gay couples deserve same legal rights as every other couple
- Despite pressure from activists, Obama sidesteps gay-marriage debate
- West Wing Briefing: At LGBT fundraiser, Obama may face questions on gay marriage
- West Wing Briefing: Obama to make his case on Afghanistan in prime time
- West Wing Briefing: Can Huntsman follow Obama model?
- War fatigue presents challenge for Obama
- Obama to eat dinner with $5 donors
- Obama courts Latino vote with visit to Puerto Rico
- Obama, Boehner taking to the links, but can a par really ease Washington partisanship?
- Obama makes rare presidential visit to Puerto Rico
- Obama calls for more engineering grads as a way to spur the economy
- Obama to spend weekend at Camp David
- Obama has his work cut out for him on the political map
- Obama touts growth in manufacturing in speech
- West Wing Briefing: A closer look at Obama’s poll numbers
- President Obama, Speaker Boehner plan a golf outing
- Obama to meet with advisers on Afghanistan as withdrawal deadline looms
- Obama balances mixed economic news in Ohio, a key swing state
- Michelle Obama to travel to Botswana, South Africa
- West Wing Briefing: Amid signs of weakening recovery, Obama heads to Toledo to tout Chrylser bailout
- Legal adviser Bauer to leave White House post
- West Wing Briefing: Obama to meet with House Democrats on debt ceiling, deficit
- West Wing Briefing: Obama will meet with House Republicans on deficit, debt limit
- West Wing Briefing: Why health care might not be debated in 2012
- West Wing briefing: Why Democrats would like Palin to run
- On Medicare and budget, Clinton may not be helping his party
- Obama heads to G-8 meeting in Deauville, France
- Will Obama use recess appointment for Elizabeth Warren?
- Obama to meet with Cameron, give speech on relationship between Britain and U.S.
- Obama signs wrong year in the guestbook at Westminster Abbey
- West Wing briefing: Biden will lead latest round of budget talks
- West Wing briefing: Obama to visit Irish town where ancestors lived
- Obama issues 8 presidential pardons
- Obama to visit Ireland, Britain, France and Poland
- Obama’s meeting today with Netanyahu could be tense
- West Wing briefing: What to watch for in Obama’s Middle East speech
- West Wing briefing: For budget deal, ‘Gangs’ less important than Obama, GOP leaders
- White House now tight-lipped on Trump
- West Wing Briefing: Obama complicates 2012 campaign for Republicans
- Obama plans ‘sweeping’ speech on the Middle East next week
- White House links Romney to health law
- Obama again calls for ‘trigger’ to help balance budget
- Obama urges Senate Democrats to remain open to debt-ceiling negotiations
- White House defends invitation of rapper to poetry event
- West Wing briefing: In campaign appearance, Obama highlights bin Laden capture
- Obama, in border visit, renews call for immigration reform
- At Texas campaign event, Obama adds bin Laden’s death to his list of accomplishments
- West Wing Briefing: Obama unlikely to get immigration overhaul through Congress
- Obama’s border visit renews focus on immigration policy
- White House defends raid amid Pakistani criticism
- West Wing briefing: In interview, Obama says bin Laden mission made him ‘nervous’
- Obama meets with participants in raid that killed bin Laden
- Obama’s prosperity pledge not squaring with reality
- Obama to visit military base
- Obama lays wreath at Ground Zero after visiting firefighters, police
- Bush will not join Obama at Ground Zero on Thursday
- Obama renews effort to reform immigration laws despite detractors
- West Wing briefing: Is Obama serious about immigration reform?
- Obama urges political leaders to build upon newfound unity
- Obama to host bipartisan dinner
- Obama presents Medal of Honor to families of two Korean war soldiers
- Obama appalled by tornado damage in Alabama
- Obama renews call for immigration action in Miami speech
- No shuttle launch but still a big day
- Obama awed by tornado wreckage across South, pledges federal aid
- Obama to assess storm damage, attend shuttle launch
- Obama sits down with Eva Longoria and other Latinos to discuss immigration
- West Wing briefing: Obama completes fundraising circuit
- Obama takes on Trump, but also media
- Obama to appear on Oprah
- Obama continues local TV blitz
- Four reasons why Republicans are not lining up to take on President Obama
- White House continues focus on gas prices
- Obamas to host Easter egg roll
- Obama has packed schedule on second day of swing through western states
- Obama weighs disclosure order for contractors
- Obama to attend launch of shuttle Endeavour
- Democrats, Republicans choose strong partisans for Obama deficit group
- Obama holds White House immigration meeting
- Obama’s fundraising faces key test in California
- West Wing briefing: Obama to start 3-day campaign-style blitz with Virginia town hall
- Obama made $1.7 million in 2010
- West Wing briefing: Can the ‘birthers’ actually help Obama?
- Obama to hit road to rally support for debt reduction plan ahead of budget battles
- West Wing briefing: From ‘change’ to ‘progress’
- President Obama kicks off his 2012 fundraising in Chicago
- Obama to kickoff reelection campaign in Chicago
- Obama’s budget speech has partisan tone
- West Wing briefing: 5 questions Obama’s deficit speech should answer
- West Wing briefing: public frustrated with both Obama and Congress
- Budget battle came down to 3 men and their weaknesses
- White House talks fail to produce budget deal; House passes stopgap bill
- West Wing briefing: Lessons from the budget impasse
- Obama says shutdown would be ‘inexcusable’
- West Wing briefing: Obama headed out of D.C. as shutdown looms
- Obama, congressional leaders make no progress on budget
- West Wing briefing: What will Obama do to avoid a government shutdown?
- Obama to campaign on record of progress
- Obama starts 2012 campaign before potential rivals
- On Libya, former ally takes on Obama
- Obama reelection campaign expected to tap big-money donors
- White House touts progress on budget, Libya
- West Wing briefing: Unemployed largely off Washington’s radar
- Liberal groups call for GE’s Jeffrey Immelt to resign from White House jobs council
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- West Wing briefing: Obama’s big day in New York
- Obama visits New York for fundraising and interviews
- West Wing briefing: What Obama’s speech did and didn’t tell us about his Libya policy
- Before Libya speech, Obama woos Latinos at town hall
- West Wing briefing: World events reshape Obama’s agenda
- Obama details Libya policy in radio address
- Obama holds conference call on Libya with congressional leaders
- West Wing briefing: White House avoids ‘war’ and plays down Obama role in Libya
- West Wing briefing: White House defends consultation with Congress on Libya
- Latin American countries press for substance behind Obama’s pledges
- Libya concerns prompt Obama to trim stop in El Salvador
- Obama lauds Latin American democracies as role models for the Middle East
- During Chile visit, Obama defends Libya military action
- Obama praises Brazil as model of democracy
- Amid Japan and Libya crises, Obama heads to Brazil for five-day Latin America visit
- Obama emphasizes importance of trip to South America
- West Wing briefing: With humor, Obama takes on birthers
- Obama to focus on economic issues, repairing relations in Brazil trip
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- West Wing Briefing: Obama starts to engage on his reelection effort
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- Obama set to leave for Central and South America
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Reporters discussed the Washington Capitals’ future after playoff elimination and coach Dale Hunter’s decision to not return.
