Articles filed under Barack Obama
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Advantage Obama in hunt for 270 electoral votesOct 28, 2012 6:30 pm - AMES, Iowa — President Barack Obama is poised to eke out a victory in the race for the 270 electoral votes needed to win re-election, having beaten back Republican Mitt ...
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Endorsement: The case for Mitt Romney for presidentOct 28, 2012 5:00 am - Here, finally, we are. After months of seemingly endless campaigning, we arrive at the last few days of the race for the White House. After all that campaigning, many ha...
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Romney closing argument focuses on the economyOct 26, 2012 9:29 am - DEFIANCE, Ohio — Mitt Romney is trying to close the deal with voters by focusing on their economic concerns, an area where polling shows the Republican nominee has an ed...
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Star-powered political rallies get party startedOct 26, 2012 9:29 am - WASHINGTON — Baseball great Hank Aaron is a Barack Obama guy. Golf legend Jack Nicklaus is in Mitt Romney’s camp. From athletes and astronauts to singers and Hollywood ...
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Campaigns deploy radio ads to gin up base votersOct 26, 2012 9:29 am - ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Drivers listening to adult contemporary radio along Interstate 4 in central Florida are hearing ads like this: “President Obama raised taxes on Fl...
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Presidential election to pass $2 billion fundraising markOct 25, 2012 9:23 pm - WASHINGTON — The 2012 presidential campaign was expected Thursday to pass the $2 billion mark in fundraising, according to accounting statements submitted to the governm...
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Obama flies in to vote earlyOct 25, 2012 4:00 pm - President Barack Obama has cast his ballot early, returning to Chicago to drum up support for early voting. The president says, “all across the country we're seeing a lo...
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Powell standing by Obama in 2012 presidential raceOct 25, 2012 11:17 am - WASHINGTON — Former Secretary of State Colin Powell, a longtime Republican, is sticking with President Barack Obama in this year’s election. He told “CBS This Morning” h...
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Guns, climate, gays missing in presidential raceOct 25, 2012 8:51 am - WASHINGTON — Of the roughly 50,000 words spoken in this month’s three presidential debates, none were “climate change,” “global warming” or “greenhouse gas.” Housing was...
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AP poll: Romney erases Obama advantage among womenOct 25, 2012 8:51 am - WASHINGTON — What gender gap? Less than two weeks out from Election Day, Republican Mitt Romney has erased President Barack Obama’s 16-point advantage among women, a new...