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Obama out to renew magic; Romney hits defense cuts
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:35PM September 08, 2012 CommentSEMINOLE, Fla. (AP) — Eager to change the subject after a dismal jobs report, President Barack Obama tried to rekindle some of the enthusiasm of his 2008 campaign Saturday with a bus tour through a must-win swath of Florida, urging supporters not to "buy into the cynicism that somehow the change we fought for isn't possible." Republican candidate Mitt Romney faulted both his own party in Congress and Obama for exposing the armed forces to huge spending cuts.
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Race may be down to a handful of unknowns
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:04PM September 08, 2012 CommentPortsmouth, N.H. (AP) — Flush with cash, Mitt Romney plans to open a new front in the White House race by challenging President Barack Obama in upper Midwest states where he might not have dug in otherwise. Obama is intensifying his efforts to cast his Republican rival as out of touch, which he's already been working pretty hard at doing.
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McCain: Iran situation a 'train wreck'
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:24PM September 08, 2012 CommentCERNOBBIO, Italy (AP) — U.S. Sen. John McCain says he is disappointed with his party's presidential candidate for sidestepping world affairs in his campaign for the White House but reserves his most scathing words for the current dweller, blaming Barack Obama for inaction while the situation in Syria and elsewhere "cries out for American leadership."
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Romney works to put Virginia in his win column
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:07PM September 08, 2012 CommentVIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — Mitt Romney is back in tightly contested Virginia, where he's trying to deny President Barack Obama another victory in a state that typically goes for Republican presidential nominees.
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In campaign, a battle over owning America's story
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:54PM September 08, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Over and over, they spun different versions of the same notion. We are telling America's story, they said. We are redefining, recapturing, reframing the American dream. A deep obsession with the story of America — who tells it and who gets to write its next chapter — was a rare piece of common ground that speakers at the Republican and Democratic conventions managed to share.
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In Florida, Obama says US not a nation in decline
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:56AM September 08, 2012 CommentSEMINOLE, Fla. (AP) — President Barack Obama says Republicans are "dead wrong" in calling America a country in decline.
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Post-convention ad crush to get even heavier
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:49AM September 08, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Now the campaign ad crush and TV spending spree really begins in the presidential race.
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Terror takes back seat; Americans safer now
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:35AM September 08, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — As Americans debate whether they are better off now than they were four years ago, there is a similar question with a somewhat easier answer: Are you safer now than you were when President Barack Obama took office?
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Conventions often leave analysts star-struck
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:12AM September 08, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — A trend toward gushing about rather than analyzing political speeches was apparent during television coverage of the conventions even before CNN's Piers Morgan compared Bill Clinton to Winston Churchill and Martin Luther King Jr.
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Fall's must-see political TV: Obama-Romney debates
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:46AM September 08, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Finally, the fall season offers the matchup sure to attract the biggest audience of the campaign: President Barack Obama going one-on-one with Republican Mitt Romney in three prime-time debates.
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Obama commemorates anniversary of Sept. 11 attacks
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:01AM September 08, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is asking Americans to mark the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks by remembering how far the nation has come since that day.
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Ryan: Don't interfere with legalized medical pot
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:56PM September 07, 2012 CommentDENVER (AP) — Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan says the federal government shouldn't interfere with states that have legalized medical marijuana.
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Analysis: Weak jobs report delivers blow to Obama
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:30PM September 07, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — The disappointing August jobs report raises yet another campaign obstacle for President Barack Obama and makes his hopes of holding onto his own job even more challenging — especially in closely contested battleground states with painfully high levels of unemployment.
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Gloomy jobs report shadows race with 60 days left
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:12PM September 07, 2012 CommentCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A dismal new snapshot of jobs in America shadowed the presidential campaign on Friday, testing the voter patience that will save or sink President Barack Obama's re-election bid. Seizing on the timing, Republican Mitt Romney said Obama's convention party had given way to quite a "hangover."
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Akin pledges to keep ads on TV in Mo. Senate race
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:22PM September 07, 2012 CommentCOLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Insisting his fundraising has rebounded after a nationally publicized gaffe, Republican Rep. Todd Akin said Friday that TV viewers in Missouri should expect to see his U.S. Senate ads all the way until Election Day.
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AdWatch: Swarm of Romney ads strikes local chords
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:53PM September 07, 2012 CommentTITLE: "Better Future"
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Romney, Obama in battle for working-class whites
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:17PM September 07, 2012 CommentDES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney are working feverishly for an increasingly smaller but crucial slice of the electorate — white, working-class voters.
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Romney: Obama gives no confidence of creating jobs
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:15PM September 07, 2012 CommentSIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney claimed Friday that President Barack Obama has failed to fulfill his promises in part because he does not understand what it takes to ignite a more robust economic recovery.
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THE RACE: Obama-Romney contest goes into high gear
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:55PM September 07, 2012 CommentThe presidential race is moving into high gear.
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Eastwood talks about convention chat with chair
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:48PM September 07, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — Clint Eastwood said the idea to use an empty seat as a prop at the Republican National Convention was a spur-of-the-moment decision when someone backstage asked if he wanted to sit down.
