Median income. Mortgage foreclosures. Unemployment. There are all sorts of economic indicators. Yet the one most visible to most people is attached to the other end of a debit card at a gas pump. And a few days into the...
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A gasoline delivery to a station on June 12, 2012 in San Anselmo, California.
Gas Prices: One Less Political Worry
Official White House Photo by Pete Souza
President Barack Obama with a hot fudge sundae at the UNH Dairy Bar on the University of New Hampshire campus in Durham on June 25, 2012.
Obama’s ‘Once in a While’ Sundae
Fudge sundae for the president, banana split for the press secretary: President Barack Obama, out raising money for his re-election campaign, made a quick stop today at the University of New Hampshire’s Dairy Bar. He courted ice cream-eaters on a...
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A campaign worker for Rep. Charlie Rangel with a re-elect Rangel sign during the Annual 116th Street Festival, in East Harlem.
Hatch, Rangel Primaries Top Five-State Vote
Two of the most enduring members of Congress find out tomorrow if voters in their own parties want them to stay in office. Orrin Hatch, a Utah Republican who’s served in the Senate since 1977, and Charles Rangel, a New...
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Protesters against Arizona's immigration law outside of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Romney Rations Immigration Words
Updated at 3:45 pm and 4:35 pm EDT His campaign’s chartered airplane full of reporters eager for any hint of response to the Supreme Court’s marquee rulings this week, Mitt Romney initially took a pass today on discussing the decision...
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Ron Paul supporters in Springfield, Virginia.
Obama Out-Runs Ron Paul Missive, Romney’s Wawa ‘Keypad’ Hoagies
YouTube may be an uphill battleground for Mitt Romney. By the numbers, President Barack Obama had a better week there. The Obama re-election campaign’s Web-video about Romney’s record as governor of Massachusetts — you guessed it, not a favorable picture...
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Mitt Romney makes a pie shell with the help of Sweetie-licious Bakery Café store owner, Linda Hundt, during a campaign stop at her store on June 19, 2012 in DeWitt, Michigan.
Obama vs. Romney: ‘In-Touch’ or Out
The in-touch, out-of-touch, plot of the 2012 election campaign is thickening. ”I talk to folks on rope lines, in coffee shops, people who have been out of work,” President Barack Obama says in a soft, conversational tone in a new...
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President Barack Obama during a campaign rally at Hillsborough Community College on June 22, 2012 in Tampa, Florida.
Bloomberg by the Numbers: 359
That’s how many electoral votes President Barack Obama would have won in the 2008 election if it were re-run using revised Electoral College vote allocations that will be in effect for the November election. That’s a decrease of six from...
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A pro-Obamacare demonstrator outside the U.S. Supreme Court as they await the court's ruling on the Healthcare Reform Law.
Health Care Court Ruling Thursday — Crossroads on Case Today
”Ouch.” The Supreme Court is saving its long-awaited health-care ruling for last. The ruling will come Thursday, seasoned Bloomberg court-watcher Greg Stohr advises. See what he is watching for in the ruling. But American Crossroads, the super-PAC that has reported...
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Donations to the Orange County Liberty Counsel in Florida.
Supreme Court Doubles the Money
If there was any doubt about the Supreme Court’s stance on Citizens United — the ruling that opened a floodgate of big donations to political campaigns — that was removed today. Without even holding any arguments on the case, the...
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People wait for the arrival of Mitt Romney during a campaign event at the Milford Ice Cream Social on June 15, 2012 in New Hampshire.
Married Moms: Marginal Advantage
In 1992, the “Year of the Woman,” female representation in Congress soared. Bill Clinton became president with a plurality of women voters and lost the married-mother vote by one percentage point. Bloomberg’s Esmé E. Deprez reports today that President Barack...
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