When President Barack Obama makes his inaugural trip to Vermont tomorrow he’ll be checking off one of eight U.S. states he has yet to visit since taking office. In an election-year presidents want to show they’re connected to their constituents by telling voters...
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President Obama figurines at the famed 'South of the Border' stop on the North Carolina/South Carolina border. It's not a big seller according to one cashier.
Obama Excludes Seven Republican States in Nationwide Travels
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A donation box for Rep. Ron Paul at a rally in Hudsonville, Michigan, on Feb. 26, 2012.
Month’s End Compels Candidates to Chase Campaign Cash
Seeing a lot of urgent requests for campaign contributions in your in-box or on campaign websites lately? There’s a good reason. Saturday brings the end of March — the cutoff for the next batch of campaign finance reports. So candidates...
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Magic Number of the Day: 6,291
That’s the number of commercial banks that were insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation at the end of 2011, according to statistics published by the independent agency that insures deposits and regulates banks. The number is down 3.7 percent...
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