Albert R Hunt

Critics of President George W. Bush’s anti-terrorism efforts, mainly Democrats and some Republicans, rejoiced when Barack Obama was elected. They were convinced that what they considered the post-Sept. 11 trampling of constitutional rights and civil liberties would end.

U.S. Senator John Kerry, a Democrat from Massachusetts, talks with Bloomberg's Al Hunt about U.S. foreign policy. Senator Marco Rubio, a Republican from Florida, discusses U.S. immigration policy and the Obama administration's handling of Osama bin Laden's death.

Florida Senator Marco Rubio said in an interview on Bloomberg Television’s “Political Capital with Al Hunt,” airing this weekend, that President Barack Obama’s administration’s cooperation with a Hollywood moviemaker on a film about the top-secret Navy unit that killed Osama bin Laden is the type of action that could “impact the ability to carry out similar operations in the future.”

Mitt Romney and Barack Obama concur on how to deal with the politics of gay marriage: Keep it below the radar.

A top surrogate to Mitt Romney, Staples Inc. founder Tom Stemberg, said in an interview on Bloomberg Television’s “Political Capital,” airing this weekend, that making money -- rather than creating jobs -- was the primary goal of the presumed Republican Party presidential nominee when he ran Bain Capital LLC and that Romney “acted responsibly” as chief executive officer of the private-equity firm. Stemberg appeared with a top backer of President Barack Obama, Lawrence Fish, the former chief executive officer of Citizens Financial Group Inc., who questioned Romney’s record.

For more than half a century, the Kennedys were a force in U.S. politics. Their dominance began with John F. Kennedy’s 1960 presidential run and lasted until the death of Senator Edward M. Kennedy in 2009.

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka talks with Bloomberg's Al Hunt about JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s $2 billion trading loss, the outlook for Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker in a June 5 recall election and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's claims that he shares credit for the auto industry's recovery.

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said in an interview on Bloomberg Television’s “Political Capital With Al Hunt,” airing this weekend, that JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s $2 billion trading loss shows that left unchecked, Wall Street will lead the U.S. economy “off a cliff, just like they tried to the last time.”

Several presidential candidates have called the 2012 U.S. elections the most important ever. That seems a reach: more important than 1860 or 1932? Yet there is no doubt that the stakes are high this year, not just in the contest for the White House, but also in the most crucial congressional elections in memory.

National Basketball Association Commissioner David Stern talks with Bloomberg's Al Hunt about the NBA's strike-shortened season and the outlook for teams' profitability.