Call it the Battle of the Bulge. California Tortilla, a fast-food chain based in Rockville, Maryland, is selling burrito bowls named for President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney. “Vote with your gut,” the chain urges in promotional materials....
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A woman asks at the opening of Paul Ryan’s campaign ad: “Can America afford the path we’re on?” Ryan’s answer: No. “Washington promotes a culture of dependency,” Ryan tells his audience. “We need a cultural of accountability and personal responsibility.”...
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Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich and Rep. Todd Akin on Sept. 24, 2012 in Kirkwood, Missouri.
First Newt Gingrich. Now Rick Santorum and Jim DeMint. These are the latest high-profile Republicans to put their support behind Missouri Republican Todd Akin. “Todd Akin is a principled conservative who is committed to winning and fighting for freedom in the U.S....
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President Barack Obama gives a student a high five during a tour of the Wind Turbine Manufacturing and Fabrication Lab at Lorain County Community College, in Elyria, Ohio.
President Barack Obama’s Ohio strategy is more college campus than coal country. The president will argue that his administration is more assertive about China than a Mitt Romney White House would be at two university campuses today: First at Bowling...
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Supporters cheer President Barack Obama during a campaign event at the Palm Beach County Convention Center.
President Barack Obama has extended his lead over Republican challenger Mitt Romney in Florida and Ohio, swing states that may decide the winner of the Nov. 6 election, according to a survey released today. The Quinnipiac University/New York Times/CBS News...
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Mitt Romney attempts to accomplish two things in his new, minute-long, open-shirt collared TV ad in which he speaks directly to the camera: Connecting with voters living “paycheck to paycheck” and arguing that “we can’t afford another four years like...
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Supporters cheer during a campaign rally of Mitt Romney and his running mate Rep. Paul Ryan on Sept. 25, 2012 in Vandalia, Ohio.
Mitt Romney says his running mate, Paul Ryan, was angry that the Green Bay Packers lost this week on a disputed last-second desperation pass. Romney, campaigning in Ohio today, may need a Hail Mary pass of his own. With 41...
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Mitt Romney at a campaign rally on Sept. 25, 2012 in Vandalia, Ohio.
Mitt Romney’s remark about the 47 percent of Americans who pay no taxes, thus “victims” of government dependency and politically unreachable by his campaign, hasn’t gone over well. “Americans disagree with Romney’s recently leaked comment to high-dollar donors that 47...
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Nancy Pelosi with female members of the House of Representatives during the Democratic National Convention.
That’s the record number of women who are major-party nominees for U.S. House and Senate seats in the Nov. 6 election. The 18 women seeking Senate seats and 163 running for House seats also are record numbers for each chamber,...
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Sen. Bob Corker speaks during a Senate Republican news conference on June 29, 2011.
Who reads party platforms? Not Senator Bob Corker. The first-term Republican from Tennessee doesn’t “put a lot of stock in platforms,” he said when asked about the Republican Party’s platform in an interview today. “You’ve read one more sentence of...
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