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Travelling Press Secretary Susan Hepworth, center, and secret service agents monitor the crowd as Mitt Romney departs a Wawa gas station in Quakertown, Pennsylvania on June 16, 2012.

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Travelling Press Secretary Susan Hepworth, center, and secret service agents monitor the crowd as Mitt Romney departs a Wawa gas station in Quakertown, Pennsylvania on June 16, 2012.

Bloomberg by the Numbers: 75

That’s the cumulative number of electoral votes in the four states on a bus tour for Mitt Romney that starts Saturday in Virginia and heads to North Carolina, Florida and Ohio after that. All four states voted Republican in 2000...

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President Barack Obama at the home of John and Nicole Armstrong and their neighbors in Fairfax, Virginia.

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President Barack Obama at the home of John and Nicole Armstrong and their neighbors in Fairfax, Virginia.

DC Suburb, Bellwether County, Critical to Winning Commonwealth

It’s affluent, it’s a suburb of the nation’s capital and it’s the land of the independent voter. And it’s a critical county for President Barack Obama to carry big in November if he wants to win the election. Republican Mitt...

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Mitt Romney leaving a fundraising event in Manhattan on August 9, 2012 in New York City.

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Mitt Romney leaving a fundraising event in Manhattan on August 9, 2012 in New York City.

Who’s Romney Talking About Here?

Updated at 7:30 and 8:15 pm EDT As he works to stir publicity about his pick of a running mate, Mitt Romney sat for NBC News. Chuck Todd, political director and chief White House correspondent for NBC, asked the Republican...

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President Barack Obama during his visit to the U.S. Olympic Training center on Aug. 9, 2012 in Colorado Springs, Colo.

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President Barack Obama during his visit to the U.S. Olympic Training center on Aug. 9, 2012 in Colorado Springs, Colo.

Obama’s Socks, Romney’s Gold Medalists — Gaming the Olympics

Everyone wants a piece of the Olympics. The president, campaigning in Colorado today, stopped in at the U.S. Olympic Training Facility in Colorado Springs. He gave a shout-out to the U.S. Women’s Soccer team for “avenging” their World Cup loss. He...

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President Barack Obama with owner Virginia Romero, left, as he orders breakfast from her son Robert Romero, right, during an unannounced visit to Romero's Cafe & Catering in Pueblo, Colorado, on August 9, 2012.

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President Barack Obama with owner Virginia Romero, left, as he orders breakfast from her son Robert Romero, right, during an unannounced visit to Romero's Cafe & Catering in Pueblo, Colorado, on August 9, 2012.

Mr. President, Meet Mr. Chile

President Barack Obama, hoping to energize Hispanic voters in the swing state of Colorado, started his campaign morning in Pueblo today at Romero’s Cafe, which advertises itself as the “Home of Mr. Chile.” “I hear you guys got solid breakfast...

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Congressman Thaddeus McCotter at the 1st Annual Freedom Fest in Whitmore Lake, Michigan.

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Congressman Thaddeus McCotter at the 1st Annual Freedom Fest in Whitmore Lake, Michigan.

McCotter Staff “Lost its Moral Compass,” Michigan AG Office Says

A “dysfunctional congressional staff” that had “completely lost its moral compass” forged and falsely signed nominating petitions for Thaddeus McCotter, the former Michigan Republican congressman, according to a report today from investigators in the Michigan Attorney General’s office. McCotter quit after...

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