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Obama advisers don't expect big bounce in polls
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:47AM September 06, 2012 CommentCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — President Barack Obama will lay out his vision for a second term, even as advisers say they don't anticipate a big bounce in the polls following the Democratic National Convention.
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Obama sister, brother-in-law: They haven't changed
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:59AM September 06, 2012 CommentCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Michelle Obama's brother says the first lady was reluctant to enter politics, but she is thriving as 'mom-in-chief.'
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ESSAY: Deconstructing Barack Obama the orator
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:03AM September 06, 2012 CommentCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Barack Obama goes before his convention with a reputation as a great orator.
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Obama uses rallies, speech to woo votes, helpers
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:18AM September 06, 2012 CommentCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — President Barack Obama's campaign rallies in battleground states aren't just about winning hearts and minds. They're also about something more practical — courting voters and volunteers.
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Obama, Clinton seal alliance with bow, bear hug
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:08AM September 06, 2012 CommentCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Barack Obama and Bill Clinton sealed their political alliance with a bow and a bear hug.
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Obama, party try to put platform flap behind them
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:50AM September 06, 2012 CommentCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A stirring speech by former President Bill Clinton and a surprise appearance by President Barack Obama unified the Democratic Party just hours after it had been forced to abandon plans for an outdoor pageant and been riven by rushed changes to the party platform.
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Politics and truth: Uneasy partners, easy enemies
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:48AM September 06, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — It's unprecedented, the experts say: The volume and audacity of distortion, deception and truth-stretching in this year's presidential campaign has political fact-checkers busier than ever in their pursuit of the truth. But whose truth, precisely? And, in the context of a bitter campaign, does the actual truth — and the responsibility of a politician to tell it — really matter?
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Clinton in East Timor on democracy push
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:37AM September 06, 2012 CommentDILI, East Timor (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton praised East Timor on Thursday for holding fair elections this year, and said it was up to the government of Asia's newest and poorest nation to decide when and how to seek accountability for past violence during its struggle for independence.
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Hilllary Clinton 'anxious' to see husband's speech
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:46AM September 06, 2012 CommentDILI, East Timor (AP) — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton missed her husband's speech to the Democratic National Convention but got a preview of the address in the days before former President Bill Clinton delivered it.
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Democrats change platform to add God, Jerusalem
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:19PM September 05, 2012 CommentCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Needled by Mitt Romney and other Republicans, Democrats hurriedly rewrote their convention platform Wednesday to add a mention of God and declare Jerusalem the capital of Israel after President Barack Obama intervened to order the changes.
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Clinton nominates Obama for president
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:44PM September 05, 2012 CommentCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton has formally nominated President Barack Obama to be the Democratic Party's candidate in the next presidential election.
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Warren says Obama is a fighter for middle class
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:41PM September 05, 2012 CommentCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Massachusetts Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren says President Barack Obama is a fighter for the middle class. And she slams his Republican opponent, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, as someone who wants to cut taxes for the rich and big corporations.
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Chicago mayor shifting to pro-Obama super PAC
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:27PM September 05, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's national campaign co-chairman, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, is stepping down to help raise money for a "super" political committee supporting Obama. The move reflects increasing alarm by Democrats being outspent by Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney and shows that despite legal limits, the lines between campaigns and super PACs are blurry.
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AP sources: Obama to join Clinton on stage
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:19PM September 05, 2012 CommentCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Campaign officials say President Barack Obama is expected to join Bill Clinton on stage at the Democratic convention Wednesday night.
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Women's rights leader sends alarm on health issues
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:01PM September 05, 2012 CommentCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Attorney and women's rights activist Sandra Fluke (FLOOK) is sounding dire warnings at the Democratic National Convention on a range of health issues if the GOP wins the White House.
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Reported theft of Romney tax records being probed
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:20PM September 05, 2012 CommentFRANKLIN, Tenn. (AP) — The Secret Service said Wednesday it is investigating the reported theft of copies of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's federal tax records during a break-in at an accounting office in Franklin. Someone claiming responsibility demanded $1 million not to make them public.
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Rain, political risks force Obama's speech indoors
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:37PM September 05, 2012 CommentCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — President Barack Obama's decision Wednesday to scrap plans to accept his Democratic nomination before a massive crowd outdoors was as much about trying to mitigate political risk in a key battleground state as it was about public safety.
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Romney sequestered in Vermont for debate prep
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:18PM September 05, 2012 CommentWEST WINDSOR, Vt. (AP) — Obama-Biden signs dot the back roads of Vermont, a state that has voted for a Democratic president since 1988. And yet, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has chosen a friend's home in rural Vermont to hunker down to prepare for next month's presidential debates.
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Politics and truth: Uneasy partners, easy enemies
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:20PM September 05, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — It's unprecedented, the experts say: The volume and audacity of distortion, deception and truth-stretching in this year's presidential campaign has political fact-checkers busier than ever in their pursuit of the truth. But whose truth, precisely? And, in the context of a bitter campaign, does the actual truth — and the responsibility of a politician to tell it — really matter?
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Bill Clinton says election offers sharp contrast
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:15PM September 05, 2012 CommentCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton says the presidential election offers a sharp contrast between the Republican advocacy of a winner-take-all society and the Democratic vision of shared prosperity.
