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Bill Clinton: Obama's Favorite Surrogate
Tweet Share on Facebook August 23, 2012 CommentPresident Barack Obama considers Bill Clinton such a powerful advocate that he is giving his predecessor an ever-expanding role in the Obama re-election campaign, underscored by a new ad featuring Clinton praising Obama's economic policies.
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Romney's Lack of Solid Background Narrative Lets Democrats Define Him
Tweet Share on Facebook August 23, 2012 CommentDemocratic strategists are increasingly confident that Republican challenger Mitt Romney won't be able to unseat President Obama in the November election and that the GOP national convention next week won't do much to change the dynamic of the race. That's partly because Romney and his campaign have failed to create a positive narrative about his background and character, allowing Obama and his allies to fill in the blanks in a very negative way, Democratic strategists say.
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Poll: Romney a Zero Among Black Voters
Tweet Share on Facebook August 23, 2012 CommentDemocratic strategists are astonished, and extremely pleased, with a little-noticed finding of the latest NBC/Wall Street Journal poll.
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Democrats Plan Major GOP Convention Presence
Tweet Share on Facebook August 21, 2012 CommentThe Republicans won't have the spotlight to themselves during their national convention in Tampa next week.
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Ron Paul's Last Hurrah
Tweet Share on Facebook August 21, 2012 CommentIt's crunch time for Ron Paul.
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Romney Targets Obama's Greatest Strength: His Likability
Tweet Share on Facebook August 20, 2012 CommentBehind Mitt Romney's increasingly harsh attacks on President Obama is the goal of undermining one of the pillars of Obama's political strength, his likability.
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Obama Avoids Washington's "Gotcha" Journalists in Favor of Local Press
Tweet Share on Facebook August 20, 2012 CommentPresident Barack Obama held a rare news conference with White House reporters Monday, but it's unlikely to ease the growing tension between him and the correspondents who cover him full-time and have been complaining about lack of access.
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Women Voters Disenchanted With Presidential Candidates
Tweet Share on Facebook August 17, 2012 CommentSuburban women are deeply troubled by the economic downturn and aren't drawn to either President Obama or Republican challenger Mitt Romney, according to a summary of a new focus group conducted by Democratic pollster Peter Hart.
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Ron Paul Still Mum As His Son Endorses Paul Ryan
Tweet Share on Facebook August 16, 2012 CommentThe plot thickens for supporters of presidential candidate Ron Paul.
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Mitt Romney Plans to Keep Fighting Over Medicare to the Bitter End
Tweet Share on Facebook August 16, 2012 CommentBy naming Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin as his vice-presidential running mate, it was Romney who actually triggered the current showdown.
It was always clear that if Romney named Ryan, President Obama and the Democrats would go after the Medicare issue with a vengeance, and that's exactly what they're doing.
