Polls suggest Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum all have a shot at victory today in Mississippi. The state is hosting the most competitive Republican presidential primary in its history. In the five contested Republican primaries between 1988 (when Mississippi voters first...
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Senators Joe Lieberman, left, and Lindsey Graham, conduct a news conference.
Gingrich Gets Afghanistan Rebuke From Graham
With only a few hours left before polls close in today’s two Southern contests, Newt Gingrich may not appreciate comments by fellow Republican southerner Lindsay Graham. Graham told reporters that politicians are undercutting the forces on the ground when they...
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President Barack Obama, right, with David Cameron, U.K. prime minister, in New York, on Sept. 21, 2011.
Magic Number of the Day: 269,400
That’s how many manufacturing jobs Ohio has lost in the past 10 years. President Obama heads to Ohio today with British Prime Minister David Cameron, not to talk manufacturing jobs, but to watch the start of March Madness. The...
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