Updated at 9:55 pm EDT There are reasons that campaign fundraisers are often closed-door events. Evidence of one reason surfaced today with the revealed remarks of Republican Mitt Romney at a private fundraising dinner earlier this year. “There are 47...
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Mitt Romney addresses the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in Los Angeles on September 17, 2012.
Romney’s 47 % Write-Off: Lost Vote
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Rep. Leonard Boswell, D-Iowa, left, talks with Rep. Tom Latham, R-Iowa, during a Statehouse rally in Des Moines, Iowa.
Wall Street Bailout Issue in Race Between Two Iowa Congressmen
Updated: 5:15 p.m. The Troubled Asset Relief Program is a campaign issue in a race between two Iowa U.S. House members who took opposite positions on the $700 billion Wall Street financial bailout. Democrat Leonard Boswell “voted for the TARP...
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Mitt Romney is greeted by Hector Barreto, chairman of the Latino Coalition, before he addresses the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in Los Angeles on Sept. 17, 2012.
Romney’s Omission: His Self-Deportation Plan for Illegal Immigrants
On a day when Ed Gillespie, a senior adviser to Mitt Romney, told reporters that the Republican presidential nominee will be offering more policy specifics, the candidate left out a key one as he spoke to the U.S. Hispanic Chamber...
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A recruiter reviews a job seeker's resume during a Coast to Coast Career Fairs event in Houston.
Consumer Doubt Keeps Unemployment Up
Consumers’ uncertainty is weighing down the economy. The Federal Reserve said today that the country’s unemployment rate would be lower — at around 7 percent instead of more than 8 percent — if consumers were less doubtful about economic issues. “Uncertainty...
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A Federal food stamp card.
Poll: Government Does Too Much
A majority of Americans think the government does too much, but it’s a smaller majority than it was just a few months ago. Fifty-four percent of respondents to a new Gallup poll said the government is taking on too many...
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The new iPhone 5 in San Francisco.
Obama’s iPhone 5: `Find a Tax Cut’
With politicians trying to prove their cultural relevancy and tech-savvy, is it any surprise that the record-setting new iPhone 5 found its way into the presidential campaign before hitting store shelves? President Obama has been working ridiculous notions of what...
Read more »`War on Women:’ Timing of Statistics
The so-called War on Women has become a War for Women. “Dear daughter, welcome to America,” says the woman narrating a new Romney campaign ad that opens with a precious infant in a mother’s arms. “Your share of Obama’s debt...
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Mitt Romney at a campaign rally in Painesville, Ohio.
Romney Camp Pledges `Specifics’
It’s time, the Romney campaign says, to get more specific. Most voters surveyed agree. A Poll run for ABC News and the Washington Post last week found that, by a margin of 63-31 percent, the registered voters surveyed said Mitt...
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Senate candidate Rep. Todd Akin, R-Missouri, speaks during a forum at a Republican conference in Kansas City, Mo.
Akin Links McCaskill to Obama in Ad
Updated 3:30 p.m. with the McCaskill campaign Rep. Todd Akin is trying to go back on offense in the Missouri U.S. Senate race after spending weeks apologizing and doing damage control following his controversial comments about rape and abortion. Akin’s...
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Jay Pharoah portraying President Barack Obama during a skit from "Saturday Night Live," in New York.
2012 Debate Players Ready: SNL
“Well, Jim,” the fellow playing Al Gore (Darrell Hammond) famously said on “Saturday Night Live” 12 years ago, “Governor Bush and I have two ve-ry diff-er-ent plans to of-fer tax re-lief to American families. In his plan, the wealthiest...
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