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Vice President Joe Biden makes unscheduled campaign stop in downtown Roanoke
WDBJ7 Anchor/ReporterElection Day is almost here, and both presidential campaigns spent time in our area Monday. Vice President Joe Biden was plugging away on this final day of campaigning. On Monday afternoon he made an unexpected visit to Roanoke. The Obama campaign...Tags: Lynchburg (Lynchburg, Virginia), Mark R. Warner, Jill Biden, Politics, Elections
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Obama, Romney Down to the Wire in Final Bid for Votes
CNNCOLUMBUS, Ohio -- The long, costly and contentious presidential campaign wound down Tuesday to a series of final stops in a handful of fiercely competitive states, as President Obama and challenger Mitt Romney sought to fortify their positions in the...Tags: Republican Party, Politics, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Kid Rock, Joe Biden
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Dead-heat consequences
WASHINGTON -- Karl Rove, the Republican political savant George W. Bush dubbed "Turd Blossom," has an election-week tradition worthy of his nickname: He dumps a load of manure on the American public and watches to see if it will flower. Like clockwork,...
Tags: Republican Party, The Wall Street Journal, Barack Obama, The New York Times, Politics
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Poll dancing
WASHINGTON -- With just days to go, this is the un-callable election. Between daily tracking polls, punditry, Intrade gambles, Nate Silver predictions, RealClearPolitics averages -- and hurricanes -- heads are spinning with anticipation and angst. Who's...
Tags: Michael Bloomberg, Chris Christie, Barack Obama, Politics, Mitt Romney
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Hillary in 2012? It could happen
A number of news reports have suggested the possibility of the presidential election ending in a draw — both candidates garnering 269 electors. You need 270 to win. A long shot? Maybe. It happened in 1800, when Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr each...Tags: Republican Party, Judges, Barack Obama, Politics, Al Gore
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Fundraiser in chief
As President Barack Obama recently headlined the last of a record-breaking number of fundraisers for his reelection bid, it is important to understand that the extraordinary rise in presidential fundraising efforts in recent decades is an unintended...
Tags: Republican Party, Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter, Barack Obama, George H.W. Bush
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Small Wonders: Just getting what we deserve
It all comes down to Tuesday. The year-long tour de force of stump speeches, primaries, promises, debates and conventions. All the mudslinging, invectives, media circuses, accusations, half-truths, almost-facts and outright lies. All the straight...Tags: Social Media, Politics, Dodger Stadium, Elections, Entertainment
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How a bitter campaign will end
Last month, a New York Times story noted "an extraordinary event" in the former Soviet republic of Georgia. President Mikhail Saakashvili, whose human rights record is not exactly the gold standard, "conceded defeat in parliamentary elections," saying...
Tags: Barack Obama, The New York Times, Politics, Georgia, Parties and Movements
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The mighty fine state of our political system
My fellow taxpaying chumbolones. With only days before Tuesday's election — between a big-government Republican and a big-big-big-really-big-government Democrat — why don't we wrap things up? The dog that didn't bark Can President Barack...
Tags: Republican Party, Barack Obama, Politics, Al Gore, Parties and Movements
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Congressional candidate profiles
MEET THE CANDIDATES When Marylanders head to the polls Nov. 6, they will elect members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives in addition to casting their ballots for president. Dozens of people are running for a chance to represent the...Tags: Energy Resources, Foreign Exchange Market, Bethesda (Montgomery, Maryland), Social Security, Research
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Hardy says she's an advocate for residents
For years in the last decade, it was a common line in Huntington Beach City Council stories: "The council voted 6 to 1, with Jill Hardy dissenting." Hardy, who served on the council from 2002 to 2010 and is running again this year, often did not speak...
Tags: Politics, Elections
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From the Right: Don't say he didn't warn you
I write this column as a public service announcement. Brace yourselves America! If the trends continue, Nov. 7 will be a very critical day in this nation’s history; especially in the big cities of New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and most of all in...
Tags: Missouri Tigers, Mitt Romney, Politics, CBS Corp., Polls
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