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Obama, Romney swap sharp foreign policy criticism
SEATTLE (AP) — In a rare face-off on foreign policy, President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney are swapping sharp criticism but exposing few clear policy differences on key national security matters. For Romney, who seeks to boost his...
Tags: David Cameron, CBS Corp., United Kingdom, Barack Obama, Afghanistan
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Electoral College should be replaced
To become president, the Constitution specifies that a candidate must win a majority of the Electoral College votes. There are a total of 538 electoral votes, so the fat lady sings when one of the candidates reaches 270. Sometimes the outcome is not...Tags: Politics, Democratic Party, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, U.S. Electoral College
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5 things Obama needs to win Florida (or that Republicans must counter)
With 29 electoral votes, Florida is the most glittering prize in this year's presidential election. Without a win in the nation's biggest swing state, it's hard to come up with a scenario that keeps Barack Obama in the White House.
Since 1960, only one...Tags: U.S. Elections, Hurricanes, Tea Party Movement, Orlando, Disasters and Accidents
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News briefs for Thursday, May 3
U.S. ambassador denies blind Chinese activist's claim he was pressured to leave Embassy BEIJING (AP) — U.S. officials said Thursday they are still trying to help a blind Chinese activist who says he fears for his family's safety, and denied he...
Tags: Health, Career and Workplace, Court Administration, Medicare, Barack Obama
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Jobs report a potential turning point in Obama's reelection year
If President Obama wins reelection in November, Friday's jobs report may be remembered as the turning point when he shifted from slight underdog to favorite. "Where are the jobs?" has been the question at the heart of the Republican case against Obama....Tags: U.S. Presidential Election Results (2008), Whit Ayres , Career and Workplace, Politics, Republican Party
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NBC: PA is a tossup in 2012
Pennsylvania Ave.As President Barack Obama heads to Pennsylvania Tuesday for the second time in a month, NBC released its one-year out battleground map, shifting Pennsylvania from leans Democrat to a tossup in 2012. As NBC puts it: A year out from...... -
Clinton, Obama Indiana primary petitions tainted by forged signatures
SOUTH BEND -- The signatures of dozens, if not hundreds, of northern Indiana residents were faked on petitions used to place presidential candidates on the state primary ballot in 2008, The Tribune and Howey Politics Indiana have revealed in an...Tags: Politics, Prosecution, Primaries, Democratic Party, Voting
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As Obama talks war, Americans see economic gloom: 66% wrong track and only 23% sense any recovery
Top of the TicketOminous signs for an incumbent: Large majority of Americans see a worse life for their children.... -
Obama pulled off the swindle of the year
WASHINGTON — Barack Obama won the great tax-cut showdown of 2010 — and House Democrats don't have a clue that he did. In the deal struck last week, the president negotiated the biggest stimulus in American history, larger than his $814 billion...Tags: The Washington Post, Politics, Republican Party, Democratic Party, African Americans
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President Obama, the new comeback kid
— If Barack Obama wins re-election in 2012, as is now more likely than not, historians will mark his comeback as beginning on Dec. 6, the day of the Great Tax Cut Deal of 2010. Obama had a bad November. Self-confessedly shellacked in the midterm...Tags: The Washington Post, Politics, Republican Party, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton
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Tapes reveal unvarnished Blagojevich pushing for campaign money
Three days before he was arrested, Rod Blagojevich was getting bad news from his brother Robert. Their goal of boosting the governor's campaign fund to $4 million was quickly fading.
The governor was not happy.
"Oh, this is no good, forget that. This is...Tags: FBI, Politics, Prosecution, Rod Blagojevich, Executive Branch
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Blagojevich trial focus shifts to alleged Senate seat sale attempt
It was right before the 2008 election when then- Gov. Rod Blagojevich first heard that future President Barack Obama had strong feelings about whom he wanted to succeed him in the U.S. Senate. And almost immediately, the governor had a question.
"What...Tags: U.S. Embassy, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Political Corruption, Executive Branch, Regional Authority
Jul 25, 2012
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Mar 11, 2012
|Column| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Feb 19, 2012
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May 3, 2012
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Feb 3, 2012
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Nov 7, 2011
| Allentown Morning Call
Oct 8, 2011
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Jun 22, 2011
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Dec 13, 2010
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Dec 20, 2010
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Jun 20, 2010
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Jun 22, 2010
|Story| Chicago Tribune
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