Updated at 6:45 pm EDT Mitt Romney said today that he will release another year of federal income tax returns, after his accountants are finished with them, and that’s all. “I’ve already put out one year of tax returns,” Romney...
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President Barack Obama with Sen. Mark Warner, left, and Virginia Democratic Senate candidate, former Gov. Timothy Kaine, right, during a campaign stop at Green Run High School in Virginia Beach, Va., on July 13, 2012.
Obama to Virginia, 52.6-Percenter: `Finish What We Started in 2008′
Yes, Virginia, you gave 52.6 percent of your vote to President Barack Obama in 2008, the first time you went Democratic since the 1960s. You were closest among all 50 states to matching the president’s margin of victory nationally: 52.9...
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President Barack Obama at Green Run High School in Virginia Beach, Va.
Obama-Allied Super-PAC: $6 M June
Updated at 4:30 pm EDT: A super-political action committee devoted to helping re-elect President Barack Obama raised more than $6 million in June, its best month yet, said Bill Burton, Priorities USA Action co-founder and former White House spokesman. The...
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A " Made in China" label.
Obama’s Wardrobe: Made in USA?
Does the president of the United States wear American-made clothes? The question actually arose today aboard “Baby Air Force One,” the smaller jet that the president flies for stops at smaller airports, such as the ones he’s using on a...
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Sen. Marco Rubio on Capitol Hill on July 12, 2012.
‘Taxmageddon:’ Rubio Ready to Talk
The Republican-run House voted this week, again, to repeal ‘Obama-care.’ The Democratic-run Senate plans votes next week on “in-sourcing” jobs and limiting excessive campaign spending — all of this “messaging” meant more for home consumption in election campaigns than for...
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A Barack Obama supporter in Virginia Beach, Va.
Bloomberg by the Numbers: 6.3
That was the percentage-point margin of victory for President Barack Obama four years ago in Virginia, where his 52.6 percent showing came closest to his nationwide share of 52.9 percent. Obama is making campaign stops today and tomorrow in Virginia,...
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The Boeing Co. stand during the Farnborough International Air Show.
Boeing’s `Zero GDP’ Air-Show Sales
The Farnborough air show, taking place this week outside London, was supposed to be the year’s biggest bash for buyers and sellers of airplanes. Instead it’s been a disappointment, with orders falling short of expectations and “almost no one coming...
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Mitt Romney
You’re so Bain, Obama Tells Romney
The Democrats like the reports of Mitt Romney’s Bain Capital paper trail at the Securities and Exchange Commission. They’ve produced 30 seconds on it — just the right size clip for a TV ad — at BarackObama.com: The video plays...
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Obama Hedges Romney’s Business
The hedgehog knows one big thing, and the fox knows many. But a hedge fund means many things to many people, to borrow from the Greek poet Archilochus. Kind of. And President Barack Obama, an arch fox, is subtly suggesting...
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President Barack Obama has gained an advantage over Republican Mitt Romney in a Pew Research Center Poll showing public confidence in either one’s handling of the economy shifting toward the president in the past month. Obama leads Romney by 50...
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