Video: Republican Hopefuls and the Economy

By BEN WERSCHKUL

John Harwood and Jeff Zeleny discuss how recent bad news on the economy is playing for the Republican presidential field.

With Rebuke of Senate Republicans, Fed Nominee Withdraws

By BINYAMIN APPELBAUM

Peter A. Diamond, a professor at M.I.T., wrote in a column about ?how little understanding of monetary policy? there is among some in Congress. Republicans said he lacked necessary qualifications.

?Culture Warrior? Looks to Broaden the Battle

By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE

Rick Santorum said his chief advantage as a presidential candidate was that throughout all of his previous campaigns he remained true to his conservative principles.

An Antiwar Republican, No Longer His Party?s Pariah

By JAMES DAO

Once outcast for his opposition to the Iraq war, Representative Walter B. Jones is finding support within his party as a leading advocate for swift withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan.

Steeper Pullout Is Raised as Option for Afghanistan

By DAVID E. SANGER, ERIC SCHMITT and THOM SHANKER

President Obama?s national security team is pondering greater troop reductions, with some officials saying the rising cost of the war and the death of Osama bin Laden justify a change.

Obama Retools 2008 Machine for Tough Run

By JEFF ZELENY and JIM RUTENBERG

President Obama is hoping his campaign machinery can overcome high unemployment and a fractured coalition.

Source: http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/06/video-republican-hopefuls-and-the-economy/

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