The “secretary of explaining stuff,” as President Barack Obama has called former President Bill Clinton since their party’s convention in Charlotte, appears in another TV ad in the closing two weeks of the 2012 campaign. Clinton is comparing his vision...
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President Barack Obama, left, with former President Bill Clinton during the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Charlotte.
Clinton on Obama: `Sound Familiar?’
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Mitt Romney, left, Rep Paul Ryan greet supporters during a Victory Rally at the Daytona Beach Bandshell on Oct. 19, 2012 in Daytona Beach, Florida.
Romney, Ryan: Fireworks, Fly-Away
In the early Florida light, Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan lingered on the tarmac as they said their goodbyes this morning, after a wild Friday night rally in Daytona Beech, a city that’s witnessed its share of passing ships. Last...
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Employees prepare chairs to be sprayed at a furniture manufacturing facility in Lakewood, NJ.
Obama’s GDP Growth Lowest of Six — Some Re-Elected, Some Not
The nation’s Gross Domestic Product has grown less during President Barack Obama’s term than during the first terms of two Bush presidencies, Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter or Ronald Reagan. Of course, it started off in a trough during Obama’s first...
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A sales manager ties balloons to General Motors Chevrolet vehicles at a dealership in Wake Forest, North Carolina.
Obama’s Auto Bailout: Moody’s OK
The Obama administration managed quite a deal for U.S. taxpayers when it rescued General Motors Co., Chrysler Group LLC and their financing arms in 2009, according to Moody’s Investors Service. The bond rating service issued an endorsement of the auto...
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Video of former president George W. Bush is played during the Republican National Convention (RNC) in Tampa..
Romney vs. George W. Bush: Debate
What is the biggest difference between him and George W. Bush, Republican Mitt Romney was asked tonight. “President Bush and I are different people, and these are different times,” Romney said at the town hall-styled debate tonight at Hofstra University,...
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Big Bird, who lists taxable wages of about $280,000, may not get much of a tax break if Romney gets elected.
Big Bird’s Taxes: Little Relief Promised in Romney’s Tax Cuts
If Mitt Romney gets elected president, Big Bird and his Sesame Street colleagues may have to go out and hustle donations to keep stations airing their show operating. Big Bird, who lists taxable wages of about $280,000 on the IRS...
Read more »Biden vs. Ryan, and On to Wisconsin
After a friendly meeting in Danville, Kentucky, Vice President Joe Biden will fly to Rep. Paul Ryan’s backyard, perhaps to praise his debate opponent’s performance. Or not. For an indication of just how confrontational Biden will be when he faces...
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Big Bird from Sesame Street may be an endangered species.
Romney: Obama `Creating Debt’ — Obama: Created Long Before
Unemployment isn’t the only weapon in Republican Mitt Romney’s campaign arsenal. There’s still a record federal deficit — $1.3 trillion on an annual basis — and accrued federal debt: $16 trillion. “President Obama says he’s creating jobs, but he’s really...
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The Tesla Motors Inc.'s Model X vehicle at its unveiling in Hawthorne, California.
Romney’s `Losers’ Overlook Ford, Nissan — and Tesla Repaying
In last night’s debate, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney singled out four recipients of U.S. Energy Department aid as he lumped such companies together as “losers.” Romney was essentially repeating a refrain he’d used last week at a campaign event...
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Rep. Paul Ryan during a rally on Sept. 26, 2012, at America the Beautiful Park in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Swing State, Swing County: Ryan’s Reason for Larimer, Colorado
It probably wasn’t a coincidence that Republican vice-presidential nominee Paul Ryan made a Colorado campaign stop this afternoon in Fort Collins. Fort Collins, Colorado’s fourth-largest city, is in Larimer County, a quintessential swing area in one of the nine states...
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