All-nighters, early morning campaigning in Tampa. It’s like deja vu all over again. President Barack Obama, making a 48-hour, nonstop tour of swing states and stopping at home-town Chicago today to vote early, opened a campaign rally at Centennial Park...
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President Barack Obama gets a hug from a firefighter at Station 14 during a stop in Tampa, Fla. on Oct. 25, 2012.
Obama’s All-Nighter: Tampa Deja Vu
Obama’s ’537′ Ad: Romney = Bush
The president is playing two tracks in this swing-state TV ad. 537: The number of disputed votes by which former President George W. Bush won Florida in 2000, and with it the White House. The Obama “537′ ad is not...
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As in 2000 and 2004, the vice presidential nominees will be seated at a table rather than standing at separate podiums.
Biden, Ryan Won’t Stand For it
Vice President Joe Biden and Rep. Paul Ryan will meet in debate tonight. But this won’t be a stand-up debate. As in 2000 and 2004, the vice presidential nominees will be seated at a table rather than standing at separate...
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Vice President Joe Biden and Paul Ryan will debate tonight.
Vice-Presidential Debates Replayed (Part 2)
Vice President Joe Biden and Republican Rep. Paul Ryan meet tonight at Centre College in Danville, Kentucky, for their only debate, continuing a tradition of one No. 2 encounter every four years. Our retrospective of previous vice-presidential debates focuses on...
Read more »Obama Unwinds Romney Debate — `President with Character’ Needed
The Obama campaign, working to recover from a presidential debate last week which critics and the polls alike handed to Mitt Romney, is challenging the Republican rival’s “character” with a rebuttal of Romney’s claims on stage. “When the cameras rolled,...
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Rep. Paul Ryan at a campaign event at Walsh University on August 16, 2012 in North Canton, Ohio.
Romney’s Cheney: Norquist’s View
Paul Ryan could be to economics and tax policy what Dick Cheney was to national security — should Republican Mitt Romney win election as president. That’s how Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform, sees it. “I think that...
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Karl Rove, right, and President George W. Bush in this Aug. 13, 2007 file photo.
Mounting Debt Suddenly a Problem
For Karl Rove, now the debt’s a problem. Crossroads GPS, the nonprofit co-founded by the former Bush White House political adviser that keeps its donors secret, announced today that it will spend $7 million attacking President Barack Obama for failing...
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Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer Michelle Bernales with an Afghan contractor while conducting a site survey of the Sanjaray health clinic in Kandahar.
State Secrets: Far Fewer These Days
It could be a sign of the times: A decade-long war is winding down, yet the threat of terrorism against the homeland persists. Then again, there’s also a different sheriff in town. For any number of reasons, there’s a lot...
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