Articles filed under Misc Elections
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In Iowa, Obama to make pitch on tax cutsJul 10, 2012 9:51 am - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney are clashing in a reinvigorated election-year debate over tax fairness, with both sides claiming the...
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More suburban Jews turning to the Republican PartyJul 07, 2012 11:00 pm - Standing at a Skokie Holiday Inn before a table full of “Obama! Oy Vey!” buttons, Anita Ashe and Ellen Warsaw had a strikingly similar story to tell. The women, both Sko...
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Obama: Economy has to grow ‘even faster’Jul 06, 2012 11:08 am - POLAND, Ohio — A sobering economic snapshot intensified the presidential campaign on Friday as President Barack Obama rolled through two vote-rich battleground states an...
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GOP critics attack Romney’s safe approachJul 06, 2012 10:22 am - WOLFEBORO, N.H. — A chorus of prominent conservative voices is worrying aloud that Republican candidate Mitt Romney’s play-it-safe strategy is jeopardizing his chance to...
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Romney’s wife says woman being eyed for ticketJul 05, 2012 9:26 am - WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney’s wife says her husband is thinking about picking a woman to be on his ticket this fall. Ann Romney says in an interview, “We’ve been looking at...
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Spin meter: Meet the health care taxJul 03, 2012 12:00 pm - WASHINGTON — It looks like a tax, smells like a tax, and the Supreme Court says it must be a tax. But politicians in both parties are squirming over how to define the Th...
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Poll: 1-in-4 uncommitted now in White House raceJun 24, 2012 7:31 am - WASHINGTON — They shrug at President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney. They’re in no hurry to decide which one to support in the White House race. And ...
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Obama and Romney are worlds apart on economic policyJun 24, 2012 7:08 am - WASHINGTON — Millions of Americans are desperate for work, runaway government spending clouds the future, and Democratic and Republican candidates are busy making one th...
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Fact check: Romney’s immigration promises hard to deliverJun 22, 2012 9:20 am - WASHINGTON — Courting Hispanic voters, Mitt Romney is promising to ease the path to a green card, fix a complicated and cumbersome system to let farm workers into the Un...
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Poll: Obama, Romney even amid economic worriesJun 21, 2012 10:02 am - WASHINGTON — Fewer Americans believe the economy is getting better and a majority disapproves of how President Barack Obama is handling it, according to a new Associated...