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Obama and Romney on gay rights
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:33PM May 10, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney on gay rights:
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Final Day for Prosecution in John Edwards Trial
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Former U.S. Sen. and presidential candidate John Edwards arrives at federal court in Greensboro, N.C.
Adviser and fundraiser expected be one of the final witnesses against John Edwards Thursday.
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THE RACE: Clarity on issues in presidential race
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:14PM May 10, 2012 Comment (1)Rarely have the differences between presidential candidates been so stark.
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Obama making cultural waves, or just a ripple?
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:11PM May 10, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — He gave no speech, issued no call to action. He spoke of changing alongside the nation's people, not of leading them into uncharted territory. He made sure to say what so many so passionately believe — that states should decide such issues on their own.
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A slo-mo evolution for Obama on gay marriage
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:55AM May 10, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's evolution on gay marriage unfolded at a Darwinian pace, like that of the giant tortoise. For more than a year — eons in politics — he danced up to the edge of endorsing it, always stopping short, still "evolving."
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Obama dings Romney's claim of credit for autos
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:44AM May 10, 2012 Comment (1)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says Mitt Romney is having an "Etch A Sketch moment" when he claims credit for the U.S. auto industry's revival.
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Obama Says He's Not Worried About Being Upstaged By Biden
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Vice President Joe Biden gestures during a speech on college spending on April 3, 2012, at Maury High School in Norfolk, Va.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says he'd already decided to come out for gay marriage before Vice President Joe Biden publicly endorsed it.
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Obama Campaign Touts Support for Gay Marriage
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President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama wave to the crowd during a campaign rally at Virginia Commonwealth University.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's campaign is using his support of gay marriage to draw a contrast with Republican rival Mitt Romney.
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Romney stands by his opposition to gay marriage
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:55PM May 09, 2012 CommentOKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Mitt Romney on Wednesday reaffirmed his view that marriage should be restricted to one man and one woman, highlighting a sharp contrast with President Barack Obama.
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Obama voices his support for gay marriage
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:28PM May 09, 2012 Comment (1)WASHINGTON (AP) — On the fence no longer, President Barack Obama declared his unequivocal support for gay marriage on Wednesday, a historic announcement that gave the polarizing social issue a more prominent role in the 2012 race for the White House.
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Analysis: Obama gambles with gay marriage move
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:55PM May 09, 2012 Comment (1)WASHINGTON (AP) — Public opinion about gay marriage has changed so rapidly that President Barack Obama's historic embrace of it may pose as many political risks to Republicans as to the president and his fellow Democrats.
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Senate leader: States should decide marriage issue
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:32PM May 09, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says he believes marriage should be between a man and a woman but that states should decide whether it's legal for same-sex couples to marry.
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Lugar loss has stark lessons for Obama, Romney
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:08PM May 09, 2012 CommentVALPARAISO, Ind. (AP) — President Barack Obama and his presumptive Republican challenger, Mitt Romney, can take a few lessons from veteran Sen. Richard Lugar's loss in Indiana's GOP primary.
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AP-GfK Poll: Afghan war support drops to new low
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:52PM May 09, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Support for the war in Afghanistan has hit a new low and is on par with support for the Vietnam War in the early 1970s, a bad sign for President Barack Obama as he argues that to end the war responsibly the United States must remain in Afghanistan another two years.
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NAACP launches voter registration push in Georgia
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:10PM May 09, 2012 CommentATLANTA (AP) — Saying it won't let recently enacted voter ID laws suppress turnout, the NAACP on Wednesday launched a nationwide drive to register thousands of mostly minority, student and elderly voters before the Nov. 6 elections.
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Lugar's legacy in Senate: Cooperation and security
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:42PM May 09, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Far from politics, six-term Sen. Richard Lugar is considered a visionary who looked beyond U.S. exuberance over the end of the Cold War and saw the dangers and opportunities in the collapse of a nuclear-armed Soviet Union.
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Against Obama, even a jailbird gets some votes
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:19PM May 09, 2012 Comment (6)CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Just how unpopular is President Barack Obama in some parts of the country? Enough that a man in prison in Texas got 4 out of 10 votes in West Virginia's Democratic presidential primary.
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Milwaukee mayor will try again to beat Walker
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:15PM May 09, 2012 CommentMADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Democrats' hope for ousting Scott Walker is a low-key, well-liked Milwaukee mayor whose last brush with fame came when he interceded in a fight outside the Wisconsin State Fair and got badly beaten with a tire iron.
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Romney moves within 200 delegates of nomination
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:09PM May 09, 2012 Comment (4)WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney won most of the delegates in a three-state primary sweep and added a few more Wednesday from previous contests to move him within 200 delegates of clinching the Republican nomination for president.
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Romney says Obama has failed on energy policy
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:00PM May 09, 2012 CommentFORT LUPTON, Colo. (AP) — Republican Mitt Romney says President Barack Obama taking credit for increased American energy production is like Romney claiming responsibility for the Red Sox's World Series wins when he was Massachusetts governor.
