A prominent Republican super-PAC is scoffing at how little Obama’s re-election campaign apparently is spending on a two-minute ad that attacks the private-equity firm co-founded by likely Republican nominee Mitt Romney. The ad, which blames Bain Capital for the bankruptcy...
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Activist associated with the Occupy Wall Street movement demonstrate outside a hotel where Mitt Romney was holding a fundraiser.
Obama Campaign Spending Little on Anti-Romney Bain Ad, Republicans Say
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Jim Rogers, left, CEO of Duke Energy, and Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx make an official announcement regarding the city of Charlotte being named the site of the 2012 Democratic National Convention.
Obama Wants His PE Friends to Meet His Party Planner
President Obama is making sure that 60 of his richest supporters in Manhattan meet a friend of his from Charlotte — someone who could sure use a little cash. No, it’s not Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan, who inadvertently lended...
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Mitt Romney
Parsing the Latest Ad Buys
The ad wars today between the Obama campaign and the Romney campaign give a glimpse of what will become the new normal. And a sign (for anyone still unsure) that we are in full blown, general election mode. With each new...
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Mitt Romney speaks at Gregory Industries in Canton, Ohio.
Romney Responds to Obama Criticism With Ad Touting Job Creation
As President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign readied ads criticizing Mitt Romney’s record at the private equity firm Bain Capital LLC, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee unveiled his own ad touting his performance as a job creator. The dueling ads are attempts to shape...
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Ron Paul at the University of Wisconsin.
Ron Paul Stops Spending
Ron Paul announced today that he will stop spending money on the Republican primaries. But the Texas Congressman has not given up on his quest for the GOP nod — or at least, his quest for delegates and a showing...
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Police watch as doctors and other medical professionals stand outside the Supreme Court on in Washington.
Supreme Court Roulette: A $1 Trillion Payout
Guess who’s sitting on the edge of their seats in anticipation of the Supreme Court’s impending ruling on the constitutionality of Obamacare? It’s the nation’s health insurance companies. If the law is upheld, health insurers will gain $1 trillion in...
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A Mitt Romney supporter with a Cheesehead hat in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Republicans Seek Young Voters for Romney, Who Supports Cutting Student Aid
As Republicans move to cut federal aid for college students, a coalition of party organizations and allied groups created a new organization to go after young voters, who have been major supporters of President Obama. The new group, Crossroads Generation, is being...
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Mitt Romney's pancake brunch in Snellville, Georgia.
Mitt Romney’s Personal Meet, Greet and Eat
In his ongoing quest to woo small donors, Mitt Romney is now offering a meal to four supporters who contribute at least $3 to his campaign. It’s all part of the presumptive Republican presidential nominee’s effort to recruit an army of financial...
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Barack Obama posters in New York.
Obama Pays His Own Visit to House of Private Equity
President Barack Obama is heading into the den of private equity tonight with an urgent plea: Please re-elect me. His visit to New York apartment of Tony James, the number two at Blackstone, the world’s largest private equity firm, comes on the...
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The Obama re-election campaign in Richmond.
Magic Number of the Day: 378
That’s the number of electoral votes in states that President Barack Obama or Arizona Senator John McCain carried by a margin of more than 10 percentage points in the 2008 presidential election, adjusted to reflect new electoral vote allocations after...
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