A narrative is quickly developing in Washington that former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney’s pick of Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin as his running mate is a gift to President Obama. Ryan’s proposal to “end Medicare as we know it” seems...
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Republican vice presidential candidate Rep. Paul Ryan at a campaign rally at the Waukesha County Expo Center on August 12, 2012 in Wisconsin.
Ryan Not Necessarily Gift to Obama
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President Barack Obama at the Iowa State Fair on Aug. 13, 2012, in Des Moines.
Bloomberg by the Numbers: 9.5
That was President Barack Obama’s margin of victory by percentage points in the 2008 election in Iowa, where he’s campaigning on a bus tour for three days this week. Today the president visits the communities of Oskaloosa, Marshalltown and Waterloo....
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Elderly Memphians gather up pamphlets and contact information before a town hall meeting set up by State Senator Jim Kyle. The meeting was organized to help connect seniors with various state organizations that can help answer questions about Medicare, senior center programs, and other retirement concerns.
Medicare: Truth Behind the `Cuts’
The fundraising committee charged with electing Republicans to the U.S. House plans to campaign against reductions in Medicare costs for which most of their members voted. “We want this fight,” said Mike Shields, political director for the National Republican Congressional...
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Hecklers are removed as Rep. Paul Ryan speaks at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines on Aug. 13, 2012.
Ryan’s Iowa-Fair Welcome: Hecklers
Paul Ryan, the congressman from Wisconsin and House Budget Committee chairman, made a debut as running mate for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney at the Iowa State Fair today. It was a raucous one. He was heckled at the fair’s...
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House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan works with Republican members of the committee on Capitol Hill in Washington before introducing his "Path to Prosperity" debt-reduction plan.
House Budget: A Document Where Big Ideas Often Go to Die
“House Budget Committee Chairman” may sound like a top-tier power position to people outside the Beltway. Insiders know the committee as something much different: a place where nothing important happens very often. However, Paul Ryan’s addition to the Republican presidential...
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Fair goers walk past the butter sculpture during the opening day of the Iowa State Fair on Aug. 11, 2011, in Des Moines.
Mooo-ve Over, Butter Cow — the Chocolate Moose is in Iowa’s House
The Butter Cow is so passe. Now, the Chocolate Moose, with apologies to the French, that’s a show-stopper. As the president and his rival party’s vice presidential contender converge at the Iowa State Fair this week — Republican Paul Ryan...
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Sarah Palin in The Woodlands, Texas.
Palin Won’t Take Convention Podium
Mitt Romney’s convention planners may be breathing a sigh of relief today — the question of what to do about Sarah Palin no longer confronts them. The polarizing 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee issued a statement last night to her...
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A supporter holds a photo of Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan at the Waukesha County Expo Center on August 12, 2012 in Wisconsin.
Ryan Finds Little Enthusiasm in Polls
The first numbers are out and it appears that presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney’s choice of U.S. Representative Paul Ryan of Wisconsin as his running mate is not a game changer. A slim plurality of Americans weren’t moved by Republican Mitt...
Read more »Washington Daybook: Where’s the Beef?
President Barack Obama is going to Iowa today and bringing a present. He’ll announce $170 million in government meat purchases and urge Congress to pass an agriculture bill that provides aid for farmers struck by drought. Obama, who is also...
Read more »Romney in Florida, Without Ryan
Mitt Romney landed in Florida today with a few winners of his campaign’s “Day with Mitt” contest — a man and woman from Florida, and a man from Wisconsin. But that man from Wisconsin is not the running mate. It’s...
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