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Indiana's electors cast their votes for Romney
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana's 11 members of the Electoral College have formally cast the state's presidential votes for Republican Mitt Romney. The secretary of state's office says the electors made their votes official during a session at the...Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, Elections
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Obama cancels campaigning to monitor Sandy
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A strengthening Hurricane Sandy disrupted the race for the White House Monday, with President Obama cancelling two of his precious waning campaign days to get Air Force One safely back to Washington and monitor the storm. Obama...
Tags: Jay Carney, Joe Biden, Bill Clinton, Elections, Air Transportation Industry
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Romney pressed on abortion question
DEFIANCE, Ohio (AP) — Republican Mitt Romney is renewing his focus on the nation's economy while facing continued pressure to break his silence on a GOP Senate candidate's statement that any pregnancy resulting from rape is "something God intended."...
Tags: MTV (tv network), Richard Mourdock, Television Stations, Elections, Democratic Party
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What do Mourdock's controversial comments mean for Senate race?
WSBT-TVIndiana's Republican Senate candidate says his words were twisted, but could it cost him the race? Several local political science experts believe Richard Mourdock’s words at the end of Indiana’s U.S. Senate debate Tuesday night could be...Tags: Richard Mourdock, Joe Donnelly, Todd Akin, Elections, Mitt Romney
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LETTER: Objects To Article Referencing Obscure, Unimportant Case Of Bush v. Gore
I would like to express my fervent gratitude to The Courant for dedicating a full two-thirds of a page of its Opinion space to yet another hand-wringing article about the 2000 Bush v. Gore Supreme Court decision [May 14, "What Gives With Sandra Day O'...Tags: Politics, Elections, Sandra Day O'Connor
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Commanders-in-chief?
He concludes, "Two heads really are better than one." Printers Row Journal spoke with Orentlicher recently. Here's an edited version of the conversation. Q: Make sure I understand your proposed process: Every state has a primary, Democratic and...Tags: New York University, Republican Party, Politics, U.S. Senate, U.S. Congress
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David Orentlicher thinks 'Two Presidents are Better Than One'
He's a doctor, a lawyer, a university professor and a one-time politician (in the Indiana House). With all that education and real-life experience, it might be surprising that David Orentlicher would propose such an unlikely — some would say...
Tags: New York University, Republican Party, Politics, U.S. Senate, Colleges and Universities
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Oval Office may be Floridian's home
With each passing day, Jeb Bush looks more and more like a presidential candidate. At this stage, he's striking the obligatory, non-committal tone, but he's just come out with a book on immigration reform, is showing up on radio and TV talk shows, and...Tags: John F. Kennedy Assassination (1963), Rick Santorum, William Henry Harrison, Jeb Bush, Regional Authority
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For GOP substance, deregulate
WASHINGTON -- Because of the grotesquely swollen place the presidency now occupies in the nation's governance and consciousness, we are never not preoccupied with presidential campaigning. The Constitution's Framers would be appalled. The nation reveres...
Tags: Rand Paul, Republican Party, Politics, U.S. Congress, Lyndon B. Johnson
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Republicans Should Change The Way They Pick Candidates
The Hartford CourantBecause of the grotesquely swollen place the presidency now occupies in the nation's governance and consciousness, we are never not preoccupied with presidential campaigning. The Constitution's Framers would be appalled. The nation reveres the Framers,...Tags: Rand Paul, Republican Party, Politics, U.S. Congress, Elections
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Column: Deregulation needed for Republican substance
WASHINGTON — Because of the grotesquely swollen place the presidency now occupies in the nation’s governance and consciousness, we are never not preoccupied with presidential campaigning. The Constitution’s Framers would be appalled....Tags: Rand Paul, The Washington Post, U.S. Congress, Elections, Political Fundraising
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Can anybody save the Republican Party?
The year 2012 was a disaster for the Republican Party. They failed to regain control of the U.S. Senate. They lost eight seats in the House of Representatives. They didn't just lose the White House to Barack Obama, they got clobbered: losing the Electoral...
Tags: Rand Paul, Ted Cruz, Elections, Jeff Sessions, Social Issues
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May 15, 2013
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Apr 26, 2013
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Apr 26, 2013
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Mar 24, 2013
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Mar 25, 2013
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Mar 24, 2013
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Mar 24, 2013
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Mar 22, 2013
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
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