Political News
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Obama, Romney pursue divergent ad strategies
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:04PM August 23, 2012 CommentA new TV ad featuring former President Bill Clinton is the latest evidence of a deliberate and potentially risky advertising strategy by the Obama campaign to blitz airwaves with its strongest material months before the general election.
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Isaac could shake up security for GOP convention
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:50PM August 23, 2012 CommentTAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Tropical Storm Isaac could force a shakeup of the security plans for the GOP convention in Tampa, because about half of the expected officers come from other parts of Florida and some could be forced to stay home for the storm, authorities said Thursday.
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Police investigating reported threat against Akin
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:45PM August 23, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Capitol Police said Thursday that officers are investigating a reported threat against Rep. Todd Akin, the Missouri congressman who has been criticized for comments he recently made about rape.
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AP Exclusive: Energy loan watchdog an Obama donor
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:17PM August 23, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — A veteran Wall Street executive who performed an independent review that exonerated the Obama administration's program of loans to energy companies contributed $52,500 to re-elect President Barack Obama in the months since completing his work, according to an Associated Press review of campaign records. The executive defended the integrity of his conclusions and said he decided to donate to Obama after his work was finished.
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RNC platform takes hard line on immigration
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:36PM August 23, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Drafters of the Republican National Committee platform are taking a hard line on immigration, calling for an end to so-called sanctuary cities and in-state tuition for illegal immigrants at public universities.
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AdWatch: Clinton hits GOP tax cuts, deregulation
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:27PM August 23, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Title: "Clear Choice"
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At 55 and 53, couple split by Romney Medicare plan
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:41PM August 23, 2012 CommentCHICAGO (AP) — Mike O'Malley is 55; wife Sharon is 53. So what?
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Two different conventions, much different goals
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:35PM August 23, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Barack Obama needs to remind voters why they loved him in 2008. Mitt Romney needs for voters to get to know and like him better.
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AdWatch: New Romney ad criticizes Obamacare
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:31PM August 23, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — TITLE: "Nothing's Free"
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THE RACE: A Dem storm, too, during GOP convention?
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:11PM August 23, 2012 CommentWhile high winds and rain could disrupt next week's Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., Democrats will try to manufacture some of their own thunder by campaigning through it.
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Obama seeks a coalition bloc by voting bloc
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:46PM August 23, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — For all the recent diversions over Medicare and abortion, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is still running a campaign that paints with a broad economic brush in hopes of rallying voters on jobs and fiscal policy. President Barack Obama, by contrast, is painting by the numbers, filling in the Democratic landscape step by demographic step.
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SPIN METER: China-bashing on the campaign trail
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:14AM August 23, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — While U.S. presidential candidates talk tough about what they see as China's unfair trade policies, one fact gets little notice: Chinese companies are investing more than ever in the U.S. and supporting thousands of American jobs.
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Clinton pitches for Obama in new campaign ad
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:01AM August 23, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton is promoting President Barack Obama in a new presidential campaign ad, the first to feature the two-term Democrat.
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Parties' challenge: Make conventions exciting TV
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:38AM August 23, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Patriotic music? Check. Balloon drop? Check. Sign-waving delegates? Check. Viewer interest in this summer's Republican and Democratic national conventions? Still unclear.
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Battle-tested, female war vets run for Congress
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:36AM August 23, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — One flew an A-10 Warthog over Iraq and Afghanistan. Another was part of the 29th Infantry Brigade's medical operations near Baghdad. A third lost both legs and partial use of an arm in a rocket-propelled grenade attack in Iraq.
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To Obama, campaign is barely ahead in 4th quarter
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:26AM August 23, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — President Barack Obama sees the presidential contest as a clutch moment in his favorite sport — the fourth quarter of a taut basketball game.
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Obama mocks Akin, says Akin missed science class
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:24PM August 22, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — President Barack Obama is mocking Senate candidate Todd Akin of Missouri for his remarks about a woman's body being able to avoid pregnancy during what Akin called a "legitimate rape."
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Obama fundraises with help of his NBA buddies
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:34PM August 22, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — President Barack Obama sees the presidential contest as a clutch moment in his favorite sporting moment — the fourth quarter of a taut basketball game.
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GOP upheaval arrives just before Romney convention
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:15PM August 22, 2012 CommentTAMPA, Fla. (AP) — This is the convention prelude of the Republicans' dreams — their nightmares, that is.
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Romney, Ryan pulled into abortion debate
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:48PM August 22, 2012 CommentRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Republicans Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan found themselves dragged into a debate Wednesday over hot-button social issues and answering for differences between their personal positions on abortion, just days before a national convention aimed at showing a unified Republican party. The discussion lingered while President Barack Obama and Romney tangled from afar over issues like education and the deficit.
