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Dems: Obama could lose, donors better get moving
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:21PM June 13, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — A growing chorus of once-confident Democrats now say President Barack Obama could lose the November election.
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Panetta warns of 'disaster' from defense cuts
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:22PM June 13, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta pleaded with Congress Wednesday to avoid the disaster of automatic defense cuts even as he criticized lawmakers' affection for protecting aging ships and aircraft.
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Dems, GOP claim national meaning in House election
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:07PM June 13, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Based on recent precedent, Democrat Ron Barber's special election triumph in a Republican-heavy Arizona congressional district portends little or nothing about the outcome of this fall's battle for control of the House.
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Republican 'reflecting' after losing Giffords seat
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:17PM June 13, 2012 CommentPHOENIX (AP) — Ron Barber's decisive victory in a special election for the congressional seat held by his old boss and fellow mass shooting survivor Gabrielle Giffords is raising questions over whether his Republican opponent will continue to campaign for the November election.
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Romney starts ad wave; GOP PAC gets more cash
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:05PM June 13, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — A deep-pocketed casino mogul is pouring a $10 million infusion of cash into a group backing Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's cause just as the Romney campaign makes its largest ad buy since becoming the all-but-certain GOP challenger to President Barack Obama.
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Romney Amends Budget Goals, Assails Obama's Record
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks during a campaign rally at Alice Pleasant Park in Craig, Colo.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney told business leaders Wednesday that he would try to put the federal budget on track to be balanced within eight to 10 years, acknowledging it could take longer than two presidential terms to get the job done as he had previously hoped.
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Battleground Ohio: Romney hopes to ride 2010 wave
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:51PM June 13, 2012 CommentLORAIN, Ohio (AP) — The office of Chase Ritenauer, the Democratic mayor of this north-central Ohio city, overlooks peacefully moored sailboats on Lake Erie — and a sewage treatment plant. So it goes for Ohio Democrats this election year: Some things look a lot better than others.
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Republicans, Democrats at odds on energy issues
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:13PM June 13, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans and Democrats seem to be living on different planets when it comes to how to meet U.S. energy needs.
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SPIN METER: Romney championed green energy fund
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:42PM June 13, 2012 CommentBOSTON (AP) — Mitt Romney slams President Barack Obama for using taxpayer dollars to pick "winners and losers" among green energy firms rather than allowing them to rise or fall in the free market. Yet as governor of Massachusetts, Romney backed a state program that targeted investments to individual green startup companies in hopes of boosting jobs and the state's revenues.
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House Republicans reserve $18 million for ads
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:41PM June 13, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans have reserved more than $18 million in ad time in districts from California to Massachusetts as they look to protect their majority.
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THE RACE: Obama, Romney both wooing business
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:56PM June 13, 2012 CommentRepublican presidential challenger Mitt Romney is showcasing his private-sector experience and trying to persuade voters his business savvy makes him the best suited to lift the economy out of its long funk.
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Obama honors dads, troops with ribs and greens
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:00PM June 13, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is celebrating Father's day a few days early by having an impromptu lunch with two members of the military and two local barbers.
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Michelle Obama joins Pinterest, pins family photos
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:23AM June 13, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Michelle Obama is up on Pinterest.
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CORRECTION: First Lady Tweets story.
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:53AM June 13, 2012 CommentPARIS (AP) — In a story June 12 about a controversial tweet by France's new first lady, The Associated Press erroneously identified Segolene Royal as President Francois Hollande's ex-wife. Royal and Hollande had four children together but never married.
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Survivor of Shooting Spree Wins Ariz. House Seat
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In an election to fill former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., congressional seat, Democratic candidate Ron Barber, middle, pauses as he celebrates a victory with Giffords, right, and his wife Nancy Barber, left, as he addresses supporters at a post election event, Tuesday, June 12, 2012, in Tucson, Ariz.
PHOENIX (AP) — Ron Barber, who almost lost his life in the Arizona shooting rampage that wounded former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, won a special election to succeed her, giving Democrats a psychological boost after last week's failed effort to recall Wisconsin's Republican governor.
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2010 Median Family Wealth No More Than in 1992
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Happy mother and father and their teenage sons eating at the dinner table
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats and Republicans are wary of trying to exploit a new report about the sharp drop in household wealth over the past 20 years.
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Obama doesn't emphasize issues he fought hard for
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:33PM June 12, 2012 CommentPHILADELPHIA (AP) — Fighting for re-election, President Barack Obama is playing down his historic health care overhaul and the multibillion-dollar recession-fighting stimulus — two landmark efforts of his first three years in office. Those signature policies are unpopular, and voters clearly want the candidates to focus instead on jobs.
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THE RACE: Obama, Romney ramp up economic battle
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:19PM June 12, 2012 CommentPresident Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney are sharpening their economic talking points.
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Jeb Bush: Willingness to compromise in DC is gone
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:59PM June 12, 2012 CommentTALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush says he believes that the willingness to compromise that allowed Presidents George H.W. Bush and Ronald Reagan to succeed no longer exists in Washington — and he faults both parties.
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Eagles' Joe Walsh backs opponent of Rep. Joe Walsh
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:32PM June 12, 2012 CommentCHICAGO (AP) — An Iraq war veteran from Illinois hoping to limit tea party-backed Republican Rep. Joe Walsh to a single term in Congress was endorsed Tuesday by none other than ... Joe Walsh.
