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Romney, Obama spar at close quarters in first presidential debate
Associated PressDENVER -- In a showdown at close quarters, President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney sparred aggressively in their first campaign debate Wednesday night over taxes, deficits and strong steps needed to create jobs in a sputtering national economy....Tags: Government, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Elections, Joe Biden, Executive Branch
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Election 2012: 1 debate left for Romney, Obama
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (AP) — Two alphas in the fight of their lives, President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney sparred with passion and grit in a debate that previewed the closing arguments of a campaign that keeps circling back to bedrock...
Tags: Government, Bill Clinton, Elections, Mitt Romney, Planned Parenthood
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Debate tonight analysis: Romney wants a repeat, Obama a reversal
WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney would love another debate like the last one. President Barack Obama most certainly would not. Twenty-one days before Election Day, Debate Two comes as both candidates seek to break out of a neck-and-neck national...
Tags: Primaries, Elections, Joe Biden, Public Finance, U.S. Department of the Treasury
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Candidates hit campaign trail after Romney's strong debate
CNNPresident Barack Obama and Mitt Romney return to the campaign trail in battleground states on Thursday after going toe-to-toe on dominant campaign issues of taxes, healthcare and the economy in a debate that analysts and a snap poll agreed the...Tags: Primaries, Government, Bill Clinton, Insurance, Elections
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No knockout punch by Romney or Obama, but Romney sharp and steady
Los Angeles TimesIn the first presidential debate of the fall campaign, neither Mitt Romney nor President Obama appeared to land a knockout blow or commit the sort of serious blunder that would instantly change the presidential race. The Republican challenger held his...Tags: Government, Bill Clinton, Elections, Mitt Romney, John Kerry
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Early voting becomes an issue
South Florida Sun-SentinelAt a time of budgetary belt-tightening, it's worth asking whether state law should force counties to stage early voting for primary elections. Early voting sites drew few voters prior to Tuesday's primary. Right before the deadline, Broward statistics...Tags: Primaries, Broward County, Elections, U.S. Presidential Election Early Voting (2008), Palm Beach County
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Presidential challenge
Tina Fey's signature red suit and faux Alaskan accent were hard to miss in 2008. This election year, the next star political imitator on "Saturday Night Live" may be Jay Pharoah, the show's newly anointed portrayer of President Barack Obama, taking...
Tags: Celebrities, Joe Biden, Elections, Comedy (genre), Will Ferrell
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Voters sour on economy, but Obama job approval up
WASHINGTON (AP) — Still sour on the state of the U.S. economy, Americans are nonetheless heading into the home stretch to Election Day feeling better about the country's future and about how President Barack Obama is doing his job, a new...Tags: Death of Osama bin Laden (2011), Elections, Auto Trends, Mitt Romney, Voting
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Analysis: Race may be down to a handful of unknowns
Portsmouth, N.H. (AP) — Flush with cash, Mitt Romney plans to open a new front in the White House race by challenging President Barack Obama in upper Midwest states where he might not have dug in otherwise. Obama is intensifying his efforts to...
Tags: Bill Clinton, Elections, Mitt Romney, Julian Castro, Israel
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O T H E R V O I C E S
As the national drumbeat builds for Mitt Romney to release additional tax returns, we can't help but wonder if he is the only person on the planet who doesn't know how his petulant game of keep-away is going to end. Surely, everyone knows he is going to...Tags: Democratic Party, Elections, Public Finance, Consumer Goods Industries, Nashua Corporation
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Friday Morning Coffee: The weekend warm-up.
Capitol Ideas with John L. MicekGood Friday Morning, Fellow Seekers. Welcome to the final weekend of July 2012. August is almost upon us, and, with it, the final opportunities to wring some fun out this sweltering summer. So, with that in mind, we'll dive right......
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