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  • 6
    Apr
    2012
    3:45pm, EDT

    VIDEO: The Week Ahead: The general-election pivot

    By Domenico Montanaro, NBC Deputy Political Editor
    Follow @DomenicoNBC

     

    With Mitt Romney's big wins last week and the political world declaring the GOP race over, all eyes have shifted to Rick Santorum.

    Santorum, a devout Catholic, is taking a few days off for the Easter holiday. His campaign, though, says he is not rethinking his plans, and he will fight to win Pennsylvania, which holds its primary April 24th. But we'll see if that changes. Polls in the Keystone State are tightening between him and Romney, and Santorum can't afford to lose his home state.

    Meanwhile, Mitt Romney and President Obama are now targeting each other. Expect more of that in the Week Ahead.

    On Sunday... David Gregory's guests on Meet the Press are Governor John Kasich, a Republican from Ohio, and Senator Dick Durbin, a Democrat from Illinois. They'll be talking about the general election.

    On Monday... Santorum campaigns in Pennsylvania. He will STAY in the state all week trying to maintain his lead.

    On Wednesday... First Lady Michelle Obama will appear on The Colbert Report. It will be her first time on the show since April 2008. Longtime Indiana Senator Richard Lugar, who is in a fight for his political life, faces off in a Republican primary debate with state Treasurer Richard Mourdock.

    On Thursday... In New Hampshire, it will be the fourth in a series of swing-state addresses for Vice President Joe Biden.

    90 comments

    Happy Easter to all who celebrate it & Happy Passover to my Jewish friends! Time to head on over to the Dew Drop Inn for our annual Easter Egg hunt! Top prize is an Etch-A-Sketch! I'm bringing some scrumptous 'deviled eggs' for our buffet this evening! As always, thanks to our gracious hosts/mo …

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  • 30
    Mar
    2012
    3:39pm, EDT

    The Week Ahead: Wisconsin, jobs numbers and another 'hot mic'

    Romney may wrap up GOP nomination, voters head to the polls in Wisconsin, Maryland and DC and new jobs numbers.

    59 comments

    Another awesome week @ FR! I hope everyone has their 'Mega-Million' tickets for tonight, rest assured, after I win, I will be taking the entire Dew Drop Inn group on a lavish vacation - I'm open for suggestions as to where...

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  • 23
    Mar
    2012
    4:29pm, EDT

    VIDEO: The Week Ahead: Supreme Court takes up health law

    By NBC's Domenico Montanaro and Andrew Gross

    Oral arguments begin at the Supreme Court, President Obama goes to Korea, the Battle in the Bayou, Mitt Romney on Leno and Vice President Biden campaigns in Iowa.

    Special thanks to editor Wayne Dennis.

    103 comments

    Let us not forget two years ago today was a BIG f@cking deal! Ask Biden... tee hee I remember breaking out a bottle of top notch *bubbly* & will be doing the same when the SCOTUS upholds ObamaCare! Many thanks to the hardest working hosts/moderators on the web; Mark & Domenico for giving us …

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  • 16
    Mar
    2012
    9:51pm, EDT

    VIDEO: The Week Ahead: How's it playing in Peoria?

    128 comments

    Thanks to FR , our hosts and all who posted this week.

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  • 9
    Mar
    2012
    3:35pm, EST

    VIDEO: The Week Ahead: Battle for the South and Pacific

    By NBC's Domenico Montanaro and Andrew Gross

    The GOP nomination process grinds on with races in US island territories and the deep South while Obama heads to Ohio.

    53 comments

    Wait a sec... What happened to the Week that Was? Still editing the plethora of morsels provided to you by the GNOP? @Mark - Good luck tonight against Clara's Tigers - did Caleb get his picks in, in time? ;o) Happy Weekend Everyone! I will see ya'll over at the Dew Drop Inn - I hear there serving …

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  • 2
    Mar
    2012
    3:24pm, EST

    VIDEO: The Week Ahead: Super Tuesday preview

    By NBC's Domenico Montanaro

    The biggest day of the GOP race is Tuesday when 424 delegates are at stake in 11 states. Can Romney wrap up the nomination? Or will the fight extend into the Spring? Plus, new jobs numbers, Gingrich on Meet the Press and new NBC polls nationally and in Ohio and Virginia ahead of Super Tuesday.

    Video edited by Domenico Montanaro

    63 comments

    Jump starting the weekend & cutting out early eh guys? No problem, you all deserve it! Keeping up with this election is more then a full time job! Two sponsors have now pulled their advertising from Limpball's hate machine! Let's see how many more follow suit... When I bought my Sleep Number  …

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  • 24
    Feb
    2012
    5:07pm, EST

    The Week Ahead: Michigan, jobs report, and The Voice

    Voters Head to Polls Tuesday in Michigan and Arizona and President Obama talks Auto Industry Bailout

    92 comments

    Happy Friday & what a week it was! Not only do I want to thank our moderators; Mark & Domenico for providing us political junkies a place to come & play whack a troll... I also want to CONGRATULATE them on their well deserved promotions! Big Mardi Gras party over @ the Dew Drop Inn - dr …

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  • 17
    Feb
    2012
    4:34pm, EST

    VIDEO: The Week Ahead: The 20th debate and MI, AZ poll

    By NBC's Domenico Montanaro and Andrew Gross
    Follow @DomenicoNBC Follow @TVMediaAG

    Republicans debate for the 20th time, a new NBC-Marist poll, Vice President Biden raises money for Obama reelection campaign, and look who’s talking now.

    96 comments

    I stay pretty busy being the Caretaker of the Dew Drop Inn and The Comeback Inn about this time of year. Takes up a lot of my time cutting wood so you’ll have got a fire in the various fireplaces to snuggle with your significant other and making sure the Jukebox is stocked right and the Barten …

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  • 10
    Feb
    2012
    4:01pm, EST

    The Week Ahead: Campaigning, the president's budget and Andy makes his move

    The Obama Administration's FY 2013 budget is released and the Vice President of China comes to the White House.

    103 comments

    Thanks to our wonderful hosts and my fellow posters on both sides of the aisle foranother week's worth of wit, wisdom, and often total absurdity on a week when I really needed politics as a distraction from real life. Like the song says, tonight's gonna be a good, good night at the old Dew Drop Inn: …

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  • 3
    Feb
    2012
    5:30pm, EST

    VIDEO: The Week Ahead: Trumped

    By NBC's Domenico Montanaro and Andrew Gross

    GOP Voters Head to the Polls in more battleground states and conservatives gather in Washington. After Nevada, it’s on to Missouri, Colorado and Minnesota and the Conservative Political Action Conference begins.

    41 comments

    Are we ready for some football? Go Patriots!!! (for my dear friend Pat in Boston). Many thanks to our diligent hosts/moderators; Mark & Domenico for keeping us up to the minute on the GNOP carnival! Good to see you back Mark - I will not make any corny comments about your recent change in sleep …

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  • 27
    Jan
    2012
    4:24pm, EST

    VIDEO: The Week Ahead: Decision Florida: Gingrich or Romney

    By NBC's Domenico Montanaro and Andrew Gross

    Voters head to polls in Florida Tuesday and President Obama holds an online Town Hall with Google.

    114 comments

    It's that time already? I've had enough of politics for the week... let's get this celebration started in honor of the newest addition to the First Read family! For those who might of missed it, our always gracious host Mark Murray & his beautiful wife Sasha welcomed a bundle of joy; Caleb Fenne …

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  • 20
    Jan
    2012
    4:12pm, EST

    The Week Ahead: Beginning of the end?

    By NBC's Domenico Montanaro and Andrew Gross
    Follow @DomenicoNBC Follow @TVMediaAG

     

    South Carolina Republican voters head to the polls, Next stop for the GOP -- Florida, and President Obama delivers the State of the Union.

    Special Thanks, as always, to Drew Fredrickson for your lighting, ingenuity, and... acting.

    56 comments

    And here I thought last week was a wild ride! lol Tomorrow is going to be a nail biter... Mucho Gracias to our distinguished hosts/moderators; Mark & Domenico for keeping us on top of all the twist & turns! One year from today we will be in DC celebrating President Obama's second inauguratio …

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