Articles filed under Misc Elections
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Undoing Obama Medicare cuts may backfire on RomneyAug 16, 2012 6:42 am - WASHINGTON — GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s new promise to restore the Medicare cuts made by President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul law could backfire i...
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The other Paul Ryan plan: $800B in Medicaid cutsAug 15, 2012 10:35 am - WASHINGTON — There’s another Paul Ryan plan for health care, a fundamental change in caring for the poor and disabled that would affect many more people than the Medicar...
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Report: Obama’s campaign more wired than Romney’sAug 15, 2012 9:32 am - WASHINGTON — Four years ago, then-Sen. Barack Obama got a head start on Arizona Sen. John McCain when it came to reaching voters online, on their mobile phones and on so...
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Judge won’t halt Pa. voter ID lawAug 15, 2012 9:14 am - HARRISBURG, Pa. — A Pennsylvania judge on Wednesday refused to stop a tough new voter identification law from going into effect, which Democrats say will suppress votes ...
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Romney says Obama just trying to ‘hang onto power’Aug 15, 2012 9:14 am - WASHINGTON — Escalating an increasingly acrimonious campaign, Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney dug in Wednesday on his charge that President Barack Obama’s...
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Familiar foe: In Ryan, Obama sees twofold targetAug 14, 2012 10:00 am - DES MOINES, Iowa — In his run for a second term, President Barack Obama had an opponent before he had an opponent: House Republicans. They shellacked him in the midterm ...
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GOP ticket faces growing pains as Dems attackAug 14, 2012 9:56 am - DENVER — The newly shaped Republican presidential ticket is fighting growing pains amid charges from President Barack Obama’s re-election team that challenger Mitt Romne...
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In new role, Ryan faces Obama in IowaAug 13, 2012 8:13 am - DES MOINES, Iowa — Newly tapped Republican vice presidential contender Paul Ryan is facing off against President Barack Obama as the front lines in the battle for the Wh...
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Harry Reid's claims about Romney's taxes are highly suspectAug 12, 2012 6:00 am - “The word's out that he (Romney) hasn't paid any taxes for 10 years.” — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on the floor of the Senate, Aug. 2, 2012 Reid, a Nevada Democra...
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Ryan seen as Romney’s bridge across GOP spectrumAug 11, 2012 7:30 pm - JANESVILLE, Wis. — Even before Wisconsin sent Paul Ryan to Congress, he was meticulously carving a path that seemed to point only upward. As a young Capitol Hill staffe...