Articles filed under Republican Party
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Fact check: Stumbles in latest presidential debateOct 16, 2012 10:40 pm - In the rough-and-tumble of a town hall-style debate, not all of the presidential candidates’ claims stood up to scrutiny Tuesday night. Yet again, President Barack Obama...
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Gasps, applause: What you didn’t see on TVOct 16, 2012 10:38 pm - HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. — Most voters watching the debate from home didn’t get to see what happened before and after President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney...
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Face to face: Obama, Romney in crackling debateOct 16, 2012 10:13 pm - HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. — An aggressive President Barack Obama accused challenger Mitt Romney of favoring a “one-point plan” to help the rich in America and playing politics wit...
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Eyes are on the voters in town hall-style debatesOct 15, 2012 9:13 pm - WASHINGTON — The every-four-years ritual of a national “town hall” style debate began as a nerve-racking experiment in live television. Moderator Carole Simpson was so n...
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Obama embraces economic record in new commercialOct 15, 2012 7:25 pm - WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — With the economy showing some signs of improvement three weeks before Election Day, President Barack Obama on Monday laid down a full embrace of the ...
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Pizza Hut rethinks presidential debate stuntOct 15, 2012 1:35 pm - NEW YORK — Pizza Hut is rethinking its contest daring people to ask “Sausage or Pepperoni?” at the presidential debate Tuesday. After the stunt triggered backlash last w...
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Ambassador death no political football, father saysOct 14, 2012 7:35 pm - The father of Christopher Stevens, the U.S. ambassador to Libya who was killed in the attack in Benghazi last month, said his son’s death shouldn’t be politicized in the...
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Debate preparation trumps 2012 campaigning SundayOct 14, 2012 7:25 pm - BURLINGTON, Mass. — As Mitt Romney’s campaign claimed new momentum in the race for the White House, President Barack Obama’s political advisers on Sunday promised the in...
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Fewer qualms for gun-rights groups over Romney nowOct 14, 2012 7:19 pm - ST. PAUL, Minn. — Gun-rights groups perceive President Barack Obama as a threat to unfettered access to firearms. They once had qualms about Mitt Romney, too. But times ...
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Presidential debate watch party in Mount ProspectOct 14, 2012 4:29 pm - The Republican Organization of Elk Grove Township is hosting a presidential debate watching party starting at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 16 at Moretti’s Ristorante & Pizzeria, 1799 ...