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Obama, Clinton to Headline Trio of NYC Fundraisers
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Barack Obama talks with former President Bill Clinton before an event in McLean, Va.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is getting a little help from former President Bill Clinton at a trio of campaign fundraisers in New York.
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Obama Ad Targets Romney's Record in Mass.
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Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney surrounded by his family points towards supporters at the Romney for President New Hampshire primary night victory party at Southern New Hampshire University in Manchester, N.H., Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's campaign says Mitt Romney's economic promises didn't pan out when he was governor of Massachusetts and "won't work now."
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Obama Win Could Cost Romney $5M
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks during a campaign rally in Las Vegas, Nevada.
WASHINGTON (AP) — To see where the presidential candidates stand on taxing the rich, just look at how they'd tax themselves. Under his own proposal, Mitt Romney would pay half what he would under President Barack Obama's tax plan. For a man of Romney's means, that could save almost $5 million a year.
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Democratic Faith See Waning Support for Obama
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Barack Obama waves at supporters during a campaign event at the Paul R. Knapp Animal Learning Center in Des Moines, Iowa.
WASHINGTON (AP) — In 2008, Barack Obama took aim at the "pew gap," the overwhelming Republican edge among voters who regularly attend church.
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GOP Plays Offense in Medical Device Tax Fight
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:32AM June 04, 2012 CommentGloved hands with surgical instruments in a surgical suite. Dramatic lighting focused on hands with a blue glow in background.
WASHINGTON (AP) — For Republicans, it's an irresistible trifecta: A bill that gives them an election-season chance to say they're fighting to protect jobs and cut taxes, even as it erodes financing for President Barack Obama's health care overhaul they despise.
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Romney campaign criticizes Obama's experience
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:56PM June 03, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — A weak labor market provided energy Sunday for criticism of President Barack Obama, with the campaign of presumptive Republican challenger Mitt Romney contending that the president's lack of executive leadership experience undermines his policies.
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Few November clues to be found in Wisconsin recall
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:26PM June 03, 2012 CommentMILWAUKEE (AP) — Five months before Election Day, you'd think there would be no better harbinger about who will win the White House than a contentious statewide vote in a critical battleground state that never moved on from the 2010 campaign.
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Losing faith in Democrats' religious outreach
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:02AM June 03, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — In 2008, Barack Obama took aim at the "pew gap," the overwhelming Republican edge among voters who regularly attend church.
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VP Joe Biden's daughter marries doctor in Delaware
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:26PM June 02, 2012 CommentWILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden's daughter Ashley married a Pennsylvania doctor at a ceremony in Delaware, the vice president's office announced late Saturday.
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Michigan congressman ends write-in campaign
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:50PM June 02, 2012 CommentLIVONIA, Mich. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Thaddeus McCotter of Michigan announced Saturday that he would not seek a sixth term through a write-in campaign after he failed to get enough signatures to get on the ballot.
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Wis. governor works to meet voters before recall
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:42PM June 02, 2012 CommentEVANSVILLE, Wis. (AP) — Republican Gov. Scott Walker and Democratic challenger Tom Barrett began a final push Saturday to connect with voters in person before next week's historic recall election, appearing at farm breakfasts and restaurants and rallying campaign workers.
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Obama finds you can go home again _ for 1 night
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:25PM June 02, 2012 CommentCHICAGO (AP) — All President Barack Obama wanted to do was go home.
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Q&A: Hard times for Obama from economic recovery
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:22AM June 02, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Nothing upsets a president's re-election groove like ugly economic numbers.
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Obama to Congress: Act now on bills to aid economy
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:11AM June 02, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama wants Congress to act on bills he says will accelerate the economy. He says the country has responsibilities that are "bigger than an election."
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Outcry over Romney's Mass. affirmative action move
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:27AM June 02, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney scuttled the Massachusetts government's long-standing affirmative action policies with a few strokes of his pen on a sleepy holiday six months after he became governor.
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What's this? Obama longs for GOP rival like McCain
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:11AM June 02, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama seems to think that the world of politics would be better if someone like John McCain were running for the White House.
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US economy souring, so what's a Democrat to do?
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:39AM June 02, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Five months before the elections, the uneven economic recovery is sputtering and job growth is anemic. Stock prices are down to 2011 levels and news on the European debt front is menacing.
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'Anything goes' now in campaign financing?
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:09AM June 02, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Is it "anything goes" now in America's campaign finance system?
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FACT CHECK: Romney misses a mark on Solyndra claim
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:08AM June 02, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney has revived charges about the failed solar company Solyndra as he assails President Barack Obama' green energy policy. But he didn't get the story completely straight when he accused the administration of favoring "cronies."
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Newark mayor addresses Wash. state Dem. convention
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:55AM June 02, 2012 CommentSEATTLE (AP) — The mayor of Newark, N.J., has told the Washington state Democratic Party convention that the Obama campaign offered some advice as he prepared his Seattle speech — don't stick your foot in your mouth again.
