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2012 U.S. Presidential Election

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    Jan 4, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. It's official: Obama, Biden win second term

    President Obama was declared the winner of the 2012 presidential election Friday in a special joint session of Congress, finally closing the book on the tumultuous and expensive campaign.
    President Obama was declared the winner of the 2012 presidential election Friday in a special joint session of Congress, finally closing the book on the tumultuous and expensive campaign. Vice President Joe Biden, serving as president of the Senate,...

    Tags: Sonia Sotomayor, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, John G. Roberts, Jr., Colleges and Universities

    2. Dec 29, 2012 |Story| Allentown Morning Call

  2. 2012 year in review: The world didn't end but plenty has changed

    For Allentown, Penn State football and President Barack Obama, 2012 was a year of new beginnings.
    For Allentown, Penn State football and President Barack Obama, 2012 was a year of new beginnings. For Jerry Sandusky, certain Catholic priests in Philadelphia and leaders of the Boy Scouts of America, it was the year the past caught up with them....

    Tags: Penn State Nittany Lions, Jim Martin, Amanda Seyfried, Punishment, Crime, Law and Justice

    3. Dec 31, 2012 |Story| S-S

  3. 10 Spectacular Low Points of the 2012 Election

    The 2012 presidential election provided plenty to look back upon: 10. A slew of people you don’t know threaten to move to Canada after the Supreme Court’s controversial ruling in favor of the Affordable Care Act. 9. Obama first uses the...

    Tags: Todd Akin, Candy Crowley, Mitt Romney, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Politics

    4. Dec 12, 2012 |Story| Jessamine Journal

  4. Letter to editor: Young voters are interested in issues

    In the 2012 presidential election, young voters were a mighty force keeping a Republican out of the White House. An analysis of the 2012 race by the Pew Research Center revealed that if the legal voting age were 30 in Ohio, Florida, Pennsylvania and...

    Tags: University of Kentucky, Religion and Belief, Mitch McConnell, Hollywood (Broward, Florida), Values

    5. Dec 4, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. What's slower in Florida, counting ballots or fixing flawed system?

    <div style="padding: 18px 0px 8px 8px; float: right;"><a href="http://www.latimes.com/search/dispatcher.front?Query=james+rainey&target=adv_article"><img src="http://www.trbimg.com/img-500f4a84/turbine/la-jim-rainey-inline-teaser.gif/950" /></a></div>Florida&rsquo;s secretary of state took a grilling Tuesday from lawmakers about why the Sunshine State struggles to provide efficient elections and vote tallies. But officials still seemed to lack the clear resolve to end the state&rsquo;s long polling waits and stagecoach-era ballot tabulation systems a dozen years after disputed Florida voting threw the presidential election into a constitutional crisis.
    Florida’s secretary of state took a grilling Tuesday from lawmakers about why the Sunshine State struggles to provide efficient elections and vote tallies. But officials still seemed to lack the clear resolve to end the state’s long polling...

    Tags: Rick Scott, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), Clearwater (Pinellas, Florida), Elections, U.S. Congress

    6. Nov 29, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Obama's victory margin keeps growing in slow tally

    <div style="padding: 18px 0px 8px 8px; float: right;"><a href="http://www.latimes.com/search/dispatcher.front?Query=james+rainey&target=adv_article"><img src="http://www.trbimg.com/img-500f4a84/turbine/la-jim-rainey-inline-teaser.gif/950" /></a></div>Three weeks after the presidential election, President Obama continues to slowly build his margin of victory over Mitt Romney. The political analyst most closely following the tally now projects that Obama to eventually best the Republican by about 5 million votes and earn 51% of the total.
    Three weeks after the presidential election, President Obama continues to slowly build his margin of victory over Mitt Romney. The political analyst most closely following the tally now projects that Obama to eventually best the Republican by about 5...

    Tags: Republican Party, Mitt Romney, John McCain, Politics, Dwight D. Eisenhower

    7. Dec 18, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Year in review: Heartbreak and heroes of 2012

    2012 was a year marked by national tragedy -- the shootings in Newtown, Conn. and Aurora, Colo.,  the damage from Hurricane Sandy --  as well as instances of heroism and transcendence. The presidential election dominated headlines throughout 2012,...

    Tags: Gabby Douglas, George Zimmerman, Brooklyn (Windham, Connecticut), Sandy Hook Elementary School, Elections

    8. Nov 26, 2012 |Story| Herald Mail

  8. Letters to the Editor - Nov. 26

    Democracy is a theory yet to be disproved To the editor: Watching the election returns on television reminded me why I migrated to this country a few years ago. I am proud to be an American. We are a country that is so big, so great, so diverse and...

    Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Petroleum Industry, Democracy, Invention and Innovation, Elections

    9. Nov 23, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Asian Americans turn Democratic

    As the dust settles on the presidential election, there seems to be a new theory daily as to why Mitt Romney lost and what it signals for the future of the Republican Party. Common to nearly all the speculation are the partisan implications of demographic change. The United States is shifting gradually toward a majority-minority electorate, with ever-growing numbers of Latino and Asian American voters. Notably, these groups are increasingly voting as Democrats. According to exit polls from Nov. 6, 73% of Asian Americans and 71% of Latinos voted for President Obama.
    As the dust settles on the presidential election, there seems to be a new theory daily as to why Mitt Romney lost and what it signals for the future of the Republican Party. Common to nearly all the speculation are the partisan implications of demographic...

    Tags: Wars and Interventions, Iraq, Minority Groups, Elections, Bill Clinton

    10. Dec 31, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  10. North Shore candidates to square off in April

    While 2012 was dominated with coverage of the presidential election, 2013 will begin with a more local focus. North Shore residents had until 5 p.m. Dec. 26 to file petitions to place their name on the ballot to run for local office in the upcoming...

    Tags: Arts and Culture, Mitt Romney, Politics, Stuart, Robert Bailey

    11. Jan 6, 2013 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  11. McManus: The worst job in Congress

    Spare a little sympathy, if you can, for John A. Boehner of Ohio, speaker of the House of Representatives. On paper, he's the most powerful Republican in the land. In practice, he's caught between a cliff and a ceiling as the uneasy chairman of an...

    Tags: Government Health Care, John Boehner, Eric Cantor, Elections, Parties and Movements

    12. Dec 17, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  12. Michael Phelps to grace cover of 2013 World Almanac

    Yet another laurel for Michael Phelps' swim cap: The Olympian will grace the cover of the 2013 World Almanac.
    The Baltimore Sun
    Yet another laurel for Michael Phelps' swim cap: The Olympian will grace the cover of the 2013 World Almanac. Phelps will be in good company, the Almanac folks announced Monday. Joining him in the prime spot are Barack Obama, Mitt Romney and, for some...

    Tags: Mitt Romney, Anne Hathaway, Michael Phelps, Barack Obama

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