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Poll: Brown, Warren Tied in Massachusetts Senate Race
Tweet Share on Facebook May 24, 2012 CommentDespite the media furor over Elizabeth Warren's Native American heritage, or lack thereof, voters in Massachusetts say they just don't care that much, according to a new poll.
The Democratic Senate candidate has faced criticism from her Republican opponent, Sen. Scott Brown, in recent weeks over whether or not she used her ancestry to further her academic and professional career. Questions also arose over whether or not Warren was indeed part Cherokee at all, as she had been told by family members growing up.
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Romney Adds to Lead in Florida, Obama Tops National Polls
Tweet Share on Facebook May 23, 2012 CommentAbortion, gay marriage and swing states, oh my!
A slew of new polling paints a difficult road ahead for President Obama in Florida, record support for same-sex marriage nationally as well as a near-record number of Americans identifying as 'pro-life' when it comes to abortion.
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GOP Groups Dominate Super PAC Landscape
Tweet Share on Facebook May 22, 2012 CommentThis year marks the first election in which Super PACs will enter the fray alongside presidential candidates, bringing with them piles of cash not subject to any limits on fund-raising or spending.
The latest campaign finance filings show that conservative Super PACs continue to vastly out-raise liberal ones and are leveling the presidential playing field in the process.
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Obama Takes Bain Fight Directly to Romney
Tweet Share on Facebook May 21, 2012 CommentPresident Obama brought the attacks his campaign has been making against GOP rival Mitt Romney directly to the businessman on Monday during a NATO summit press conference in Chicago.
Asked about Newark Mayor Cory Booker's comment on Sunday calling the attacks against Bain Capital, the private equity firm Romney used to lead, "nauseating" Obama strongly defended his campaign.
"This is not a distraction, this is what this campaign is going to be about," Obama said. Referring to a recent web video depicting workers laid off from a plant purchased by Bain, Obama said, "What is a strategy for us to move this country forward in a way where everybody can succeed? And that means I've got to think about the workers in that video just as much as I'm thinking about folks who've been much more successful."
Obama called out his opponent twice and took a shot at the fact that while Romney is playing up his business credentials, he's largely glossing over his time as governor of Massachusetts.
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Gingrich, Santorum Fail to Practice Fiscal Responsibility They Preached
Tweet Share on Facebook May 21, 2012 CommentNewt Gingrich's presidential campaign pitch that he'd have been the best leader to crack down on federal spending and balancing the budget was belied by recent campaign finance reports that showed his presidential bid ended with him wallowing in nearly $5 million of debt. The report also showed the candidate with about $800,000 in cash.
As recently as April 13, smack in the middle of the reporting period covered by the monthly Federal Election Commission report showing the outstanding debt, Gingrich was slamming President Obama's fiscal record.
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Obama Guns for Veteran Voters
Tweet Share on Facebook May 17, 2012 Comment (4)The Obama campaign is vowing to reverse historic veteran voting trends in the upcoming election. In announcing its veterans and military family outreach effort on Thursday, the campaign director overseeing the effort said the incumbent Democrat is aiming to top his rival Mitt Romney among veteran voters, despite the fact that vets traditionally vote for Republicans.
"We're going to break down that mythology about the military voting history and the veteran voting history," said Rob Diamond, the Obama campaign official, speaking to reporters on a campaign call. "In 2004, veterans voted 57-41 for Bush. In 2008, they voted 55-45 for McCain. But the fact is we won the under-60 veteran vote with 51 percent [against McCain]. We won those between [the ages of] 55-45 with 53 [percent] for President Obama. There's a changing demographic out there, and there's a changing military."
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Oops. Labor Department Undercuts Romney, Says Fewer Women Lost Jobs Under Obama Than First Thought
Tweet Share on Facebook May 17, 2012 CommentA new CBS News/New York Times poll shows that Mitt Romney is even with President Obama among women who are registered to vote, 46 to 44 percent. But the Romney campaign is about to lose one piece of ammunition in winning women away from the president.
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Mitt Romney Nearly Matches Obama Fundraising
Tweet Share on Facebook May 17, 2012 Comment (3)Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, teaming up with the Republican National Committee for fundraising in the month of April, announced Thursday his campaign raised $40.1 million, nearly matching President Obama and the Democrats total of $43.6 million.
The number is a vast improvement over his March total when the Romney campaign raised $12.6 million. But since all his GOP rivals have fallen by the wayside, Romney has joined forces with the national party infrastructure and had top donors rally around his campaign resulting in the wave of new money.
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Dem Says Obama Won't Move on Keystone Pipeline Until After Election
Tweet Share on Facebook May 15, 2012 Comment (2)A former Democratic senator who supports the controversial Keystone Pipeline XL project says it will eventually be approved by the Obama administration.
Byron Dorgan, a former senator from North Dakota who served on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, now works for the K Street firm Arent Fox. Dorgan said during an American Petroleum Institute forum on energy politics and the 2012 presidential election Tuesday that while the decision is rife with politics, the pipeline will eventually win approval.
"I assume it's going to be debated substantially on the campaign trail," he said. "[But] at the end of the day, this country will have a Keystone Pipeline."
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New Romney Video Focuses on Stories of Unemployed
Tweet Share on Facebook May 15, 2012 Comment (1)Ahead of what's being billed as a major policy address Tuesday in Iowa that will focus on debt and the deficit, Mitt Romney's campaign released a four-minute web video highlighting the stories of some of the 23 million unemployed Americans.
