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Romney: Foreign policy shouldn't react to events
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:22PM September 24, 2012 CommentPUEBLO, Colo. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says U.S. foreign policy should not be conducted "at the mercy of events" overseas. He also says the death of a U.S. ambassador in Libya and unrest in the Middle East are more than just bumps in the road.
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Romney criticizes Obama for 'bumps' comments
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:10PM September 24, 2012 CommentDENVER (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says he can't imagine calling the killing of a U.S. ambassador a "bump in the road."
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ND Senate: Booming economy, close race
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:53PM September 24, 2012 CommentMAYVILLE, N.D. (AP) — Off a dirt road a mile-and-a-half from the nearest town, Democratic Senate candidate Heidi Heitkamp is standing in the loft of a barn, giving a campaign pitch heavy on personal appeal: She talks about her independent voice and a work ethic that she took to the state attorney general's office, all gleaned from a life firmly rooted in North Dakota.
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WHY IT MATTERS: Debt
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:36PM September 24, 2012 CommentThe issue:
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Republicans look for voter fraud, find little
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:22PM September 24, 2012 CommentDENVER (AP) — Republican election officials who promised to root out voter fraud so far are finding little evidence of a widespread problem.
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THE RACE: Ohio and Florida could be the deciders
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:16PM September 24, 2012 CommentIt could all boil down to Ohio and Florida.
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DSCC ups spending in Nev., Ind. Senate battles
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:53AM September 24, 2012 CommentINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Democrats are splitting roughly $1.2 million in new spending between tight races in Indiana and Nevada as they try to maintain control of the Senate.
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Romney Medicare plan: Key details still in flux
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:03AM September 24, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Medicare is the one health insurance plan that will cover virtually every American at some point in life, and Republican Mitt Romney is proposing the biggest changes since its creation nearly 50 years ago.
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Candidates Fight for Working-Class Voters in Ads
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Obama and Romney
CHICAGO (AP) — The presidential candidates are criticizing each other in new television commercials aimed at winning working-class voters who could help swing the election, pitting Republican Mitt Romney's wealth against the loss of American jobs to China on President Barack Obama's watch.
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2012 challenge: Corral undecided likely voters
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:26AM September 24, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Loretta Mitchell is 100 percent sure she's going to vote in the presidential race come November. She doesn't have a clue who'll get that vote.
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Obama Medicare plan: No voucher but maybe a bill
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:24AM September 24, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — He'll never turn Medicare into a voucher, but if you are lucky enough to be financially comfortable in retirement, odds are you'll pay higher premiums under President Barack Obama's plan. It's not just the 1 percent who'll feel the pinch.
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Vote early: Skip the lines, maybe the debates, too
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:26AM September 24, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Now it's for real. Every time Mitt Romney or Barack Obama hits a rhetorical high note or commits another blunder, millions of voters watching and listening out there have the power to sit down at home, fill out a ballot, drop it in the mail and be done with the 2012 presidential race.
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Obama ad targets Romney on untaxed Americans
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:17PM September 23, 2012 CommentCHICAGO (AP) — President Barack Obama's campaign is launching its first television advertisement targeting Mitt Romney's comments about Americans who don't pay income taxes, arguing the GOP nominee should stop attacking others on taxes and "come clean" on his own.
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Romney says he'll spend less time fundraising
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:28PM September 23, 2012 CommentDENVER (AP) — Mitt Romney says he's going to spend less time raising money and more time with voters.
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Study: Voting rule changes may deter 10M Hispanics
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:19PM September 23, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — The combined effects of voter roll purges, demands for proof of citizenship and photo identification requirements in several states may hinder at least 10 million Hispanic citizens who seek to vote this fall, civil rights advocates warn in a new report.
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Romney strives to turn the page on rough week
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:04PM September 23, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — Mitt Romney's presidential campaign strove to turn the page on a week of public stumbles and Republican hand-wringing Sunday, promising a redoubled effort in the most competitive states to undercut his opponent's economic record as voters tune in for the final six weeks of a close race.
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Akin rebuilding Mo. Senate bid after rape remark
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:03PM September 23, 2012 CommentJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Written off by many in his own party a mere month ago, Republican Rep. Todd Akin has been slowly rebuilding his Senate campaign after apologizing for inflammatory remarks about pregnancy and rape.
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2012 challenge: Corral undecided likely voters
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:58AM September 23, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Loretta Mitchell is 100 percent sure she's going to vote in the presidential race come November. She doesn't have a clue who'll get that vote.
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Bill Clinton has no idea what Hillary may do next
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:33AM September 23, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Bill Clinton says Hillary Rodham Clinton is qualified to be president, but he says she's tired after serving as secretary of state and he has no idea what she may do.
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WHY IT MATTERS: Global warming
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:23AM September 23, 2012 CommentThe issue:
