Articles filed under Democratic Party
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Longtime Wheaton educator made her markSep 16, 2012 4:18 pm - Helen Gum Westlake spent her elementary school years in a one-room country schoolhouse near Elburn, always the lone student of her class and usually left to fend for her...
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McSweeney slams Beaubien’s Democrat-backed mailersSep 14, 2012 12:52 pm - Republican David McSweeney is slamming the latest political mailer to go out on behalf of his opponent in the Barrington-area 52nd House District race, calling it an ina...
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Crucial Ohio at the heart of presidential campaignSep 10, 2012 7:36 pm - MANSFIELD, Ohio — It’s all about Ohio — again. The economy has improved here, and so has President Barack Obama’s standing, putting pressure on Republican Mitt Romney in...
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Why it matters: the economySep 10, 2012 7:13 pm - The issue: The economy is weak and the job market brutal. Nearly 13 million Americans can’t find work; the national unemployment rate is 8.1 percent, the highest level e...
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Editorial: A wish for compromising political leadershipSep 10, 2012 5:00 am - The conventions are over. It’s now an eight-week sprint to General Election Day. Already, the mailers are landing in our boxes, the ads are airing and the robocallers ar...
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Romney, Obama aim at swing voters on health careSep 09, 2012 7:26 pm - BOSTON — With swing voters in his sights, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is tacking toward the center on health care and defense spending now that he’s pu...
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Brace for post-convention ad rushSep 08, 2012 1:32 pm - NEW YORK — Now the campaign ad crush and TV spending spree really begins in the presidential race. The TV ad campaign, with total spending expected to swell to $1.1 bill...
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Obama approval hits 15-month highSep 07, 2012 1:18 pm - President Barack Obama’s job approval hit a 15-month high during the Democratic National Convention this week, according to a Gallup Poll. The poll, conducted Sept. 4-6 ...
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Fact Check: Obama and the phantom peace dividendSep 07, 2012 1:23 am - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama laid claim to a peace dividend that doesn’t exist when he told the nation he wants to use money saved by ending wars to build highway...
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Biden: ‘Conviction. Resolve. Barack Obama’Sep 07, 2012 1:14 am - CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Joe Biden stepped forward Thursday as Barack Obama’s chief character witness, link to middle class voters and potentially the most biting critic of Rep...