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Rahm Emanuel, mayor of Chicago, at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Charlotte.
Rahm Emanuel, mayor of Chicago and former chief of staff to President Barack Obama, predicted today that his former boss will give a “big, visionary” speech tomorrow at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte. Former President Bill Clinton, delivering a...
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Filmmaker Clint Eastwood on stage at the Republican National Convention (RNC) in Tampa.
Clint Eastwood’s speech: Highlight of the Republican Party’s Convention. So said 20 percent of those surveyed by the Washington-based Pew Research Center. The speech of the party’s presidential nominee, Mitt Romney? — 17 percent called it the highlight. In polling...
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A delegate with Obama buttons at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Charlotte.
The Weather Report: The president goes indoors. President Barack Obama had hoped to accept his party’s nomination for re-election at the Bank of America stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina, just as he accepted his party’s nomination at Invesco Field in...
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Vice President Joe Biden speaks with Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar during the Democratic National Convention.
“He’s just a heartbeat away from the president,” a secretive committee’s Web video says of Vice President Joe Biden. It takes someone smart, serious, intelligent and articulate to be the VP, the ad says. It turns to Paul Ryan, Mitt...
Read more »Former President Bill Clinton speaks tonight, on the second night of the Democratic National Convention, and he will present “a clear difference” in the economic visions of Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney, campaign manager Jim Messina said today. Clinton...
Read more »President Barack Obama’s campaign will make a decision within the next few hours about whether to move the president’s convention speech from outdoors at Bank of America stadium in Charlotte, to inside at the Time Warner arena, campaign manager Jim...
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Attendees sit under the National Debt Clock at the Republican National Convention (RNC) in Tampa.
At the Republican National Convention in Tampa last week, digital debt clocks hanging above the convention floor alerted delegates to the rising toll of the accrued federal debt: Approaching $16 trillion as Mitt Romney accepted his party’s nomination for president....
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Kelly Jacobs, a delegate from Mississippi, with an Obama dress before the start of day one at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Charlotte.
Bill Clinton in 1992 produced the largest post-convention bounce in modern history, helping him turn a 7 percentage point deficit in polls into a lead he would never relinquish. Tonight, Clinton takes the stage at the Democratic National Convention to demand a second...
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Matt Servitto, of New York City, stops to pose with a cardboard cutout of President Barack Obama at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte.
That’s how many North Carolina counties voted for President Barack Obama in the 2008 election four years after backing the re-election of Republican predecessor George W. Bush. By winning some historically Republican-voting counties, Obama became the first Democrat in 32...
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First Lady Michelle Obama after speaking at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Charlotte.
The White House is painting a simple contrast in Charlottte. Michelle Obama was raised on Chicago’s South Side in a one-bedroom apartment. Her father, Frasier Robinson, was a city pump operator. Her mother, Marian, was a secretary. She graduated from...
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