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Obama: Focused on the Base
Tweet Share on Facebook May 25, 2012 CommentPresident Obama's re-election strategy is increasingly clear. He is moving to consolidate support from the core constituencies of his successful 2008 campaign, and then is expected to focus on swing voters and independents.
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Is Gary Johnson Another Ron Paul?
Tweet Share on Facebook May 25, 2012 CommentHe has a very long way to go, but Gary Johnson is trying to pick up where Ron Paul left off.
Johnson is the Libertarian Party nominee for president, a perch that Paul has used in the past to run for the White House. But this year, Paul is still pursuing his long-shot bid for the Republican presidential nomination and it is Johnson who wants to emerge as the main alternative to the major parties.
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Republicans Work to Lure Young Voters from Obama
Tweet Share on Facebook May 24, 2012 CommentThe Republicans are moving aggressively to lure young voters away from President Obama.
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'Economic Undertow' Could Drag Obama Under With Voters
Tweet Share on Facebook May 24, 2012 CommentPresident Obama is running into serious trouble persuading Americans that he can fix the economy, a top Republican strategist says.
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Gingrich: Ron Paul 'Biggest Danger' For Romney in Tampa
Tweet Share on Facebook May 23, 2012 CommentAs Republicans set their sights on their national convention in August, Ron Paul's forces are rattling the GOP establishment now more than ever.
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Mitt Romney The Ever-Ready Candidate
Tweet Share on Facebook May 23, 2012 CommentMitt Romney marches on. The front-running Republican presidential candidate is expected to lock up the GOP nomination next week in Texas after scoring two victories in the Arkansas and Kentucky primaries Tuesday.
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Western Battleground States Crucial For Obama
Tweet Share on Facebook May 22, 2012 CommentThe new electoral battlegrounds are in the West, especially Colorado, New Mexico, and Nevada, says a senior Democratic strategist.
Pollster Cornell Belcher tells me that these states could be just as important as the traditional Midwestern battlegrounds of Ohio and Missouri in the presidential election. This is partly because their populations are growing, with a resulting increase in their electoral clout, and also because these Western states are now in play for both the Democrats and the Republicans.
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Why The Battle Over Bain Matters
Tweet Share on Facebook May 22, 2012 CommentThe Republicans are fighting back hard against charges that GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney used predatory practices when he ran Bain Capital, a private-equity firm. In the process, Bain has become the first big flashpoint of the 2012 campaign, drawing both sides into a pitched battle.
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Romney Aides: Obama's Job Approval Will Decide Election
Tweet Share on Facebook May 21, 2012 CommentRepublican candidate Mitt Romney and his advisers have boiled down the presidential race to three "realities":
1. The election will be very close.
2. President Obama's standing is "trending downward" as his job-approval ratings remain below 50 percent.
3. The economy will be the top issue.
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Ron Paul Diehards Worry GOP Establishment
Tweet Share on Facebook May 21, 2012 CommentRepublican strategists and some of Ron Paul's advisers are concerned that diehard Paul backers may turn confrontational at the GOP national convention, bent on pushing a libertarian agenda and perhaps staging a series of protests against the Republican establishment and presumptive presidential nominee Mitt Romney.
Paul's effort to amass delegates for his presidential campaign is proceeding, even though he says he won't campaign in the remaining primary states, only at state conventions and other gatherings where political organization can make all the difference. His backers won 32 of 40 delegates from Minnesota last weekend after Paul leaders again outmaneuvered Romney supporters at the state's GOP convention.
