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GOP cufflinks during a rally in Atlanta.
That’s the difference in consumer confidence between Democrats and Republicans as measured by the Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index for the week ended July 22. The index — a measurement of respondents’ views on the economy, the buying climate and their...
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Mitt Romney, second right, tours the GREAT Pavilion Exhibit with British Foreign Secretary William Hague, second left, in London on July 26, 2012.
When it comes to political giving, both presidential candidates are for repatriation. The campaigns of President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney each have held fundraisers abroad. More are planned, including an event featuring George Clooney for Obama in Geneva...
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Mitt Romney meets with former British Prime Minister Tony Blair in London, on July 26, 2012.
Take a look at Mitt Romney’s serve return: Brian Williams, the sonorous news anchor for NBC News, was reading from a script when he asked Romney, the Republican Party’s presumptive presidential nominee, if it’s true he’s seeking an “incredibly boring...
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A Bush Master AR15 assault rifle is displayed at the Firing-Line in Aurora, Colorado.
President Barack Obama is vowing to seek a consensus on reducing gun violence in the wake of a mass shooting in Colorado last week, while his Republican challenger Mitt Romney says the U.S. doesn’t need new limits on firearms. Obama, addressing a conference of...
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Steve Tellam, co-owner of Tellam & Tellam Cattle, prepares to round up cattle to sell to another ranch in Ramona, California.
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association was not amused, not by a long shot, when it learned this week that the USDA was endorsing — or at least someone with access to an agency website was endorsing — “Meatless Mondays.” The...
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The Chick-fil-A Inc. cow mascot during the grand opening of the company's restaurant in Costa Mesa, California.
The Chick-fil-A debate has reached the U.S. Congress. Members of the Republican Study Committee today dined on chicken sandwiches and wraps from the fast food company at their weekly luncheon. It was a show of support after its president, Dan...
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Mitt Romney meets VFW members following his speech in Reno, Nevada, on July 24, 2012.
Mitt Romney could use a Sally Field moment. The presumed Republican presidential nominee has a lot going for him in his White House bid, most obviously a sluggish economy that undermines support for President Barack Obama. But, as new public...
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The stage is set for the Republican presidential candidates' debate on Feb. 22, 2012 in Mesa, Arizona.
Get the popcorn ready. After this summer’s Olympics and the national political conventions, this fall’s presidential and vice presidential debates will offer a little bit of everything for that small slice of the electorate still trying to decide between President...
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Gov. Jerry Brown responds to a questions about the plan to build a giant twin tunnel system to move water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta to farmland and cities, with Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, right, in Sacramento, Calif., on July 25, 2012.
Jerry Brown was California’s youngest governor when he was first elected in the 1970s. Now back in the statehouse at age 74, he’s California’s oldest. Apparently he isn’t afraid to admit that, at his age, he can’t dilly-dally around anymore....
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Landscaper Mark Feliciano, who voted previously for Obama, has switched parties and will vote for GOP candidate Mitt Romney. Feliciano, who is of puerto rican descent, had to short sale his previous house and watch his business drop by 75 percent in the housing crash.
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, who famously called on undocumented immigrants to “self-deport,” is getting less than one fourth of the Hispanic vote, according to a poll out today. The survey by NBC News, Telemundo and the Wall Street Journal, found...
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