Articles filed under Republican Party
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Ricketts spending millions to urge Obama voters to shiftSep 17, 2012 9:05 pm - Chicago Cubs owner Joe Ricketts will spend $10 million on television ads and voter-outreach efforts to help Republican challenger Mitt Romney defeat President Barack Oba...
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Romney tries to clarify 'off the cuff' remarksSep 17, 2012 7:00 pm - Candidate says nearly half of all Americans 'believe they are victims'
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Rauschenberger at GOP breakfast in SchaumburgSep 17, 2012 4:05 pm - Retired Illinois state Sen. Steve Rauschenberger will be the guest speaker at the Schaumburg Township Republican Organization’s next monthly breakfast meeting at 8:30 a....
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Obama takes on China as Romney shifts strategySep 17, 2012 2:20 pm - CINCINNATI — Appealing to Rust Belt voters, President Barack Obama announced a new trade enforcement action against China on Monday, while Republican challenger Mitt Rom...
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Editorial: Assessor stipend program fails to make senseSep 17, 2012 11:57 am - Pop quiz: Did you get a $3,000 stipend last year for doing your job as expected? If you got any kind of bonus or stipend, could you put it toward sweetening your pension...
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Obama to detail new China trade rulesSep 16, 2012 9:20 pm - President Barack Obama will launch a new trade enforcement case against China Monday, using the power of incumbency to counter Republican Mitt Romney’s criticism that he...
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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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Romney assails Obama anew over foreign attacksSep 12, 2012 10:53 am - JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Republican Mitt Romney on Tuesday assailed President Barack Obama anew over his administration’s handling of foreign attacks on U.S. diplomatic miss...
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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...