Paul Ryan, the budget-cutting congressman from Wisconsin who ran with Mitt Romney on the Republican presidential ticket, maintains that the re-elected President Barack Obama is carrying no mandate for tax increases. “I don’t think so, because they also reelected the...
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Florida Governor Rick Scott greets Mitt Romney during a rally at Flagler College, in St. Augustine, Florida, on August 13, 2012.
Medicare Fraud: Obama-Backing Super-PAC Ties Scott, Romney
Florida Gov. Rick Scott, who won election despite a business record including a company engaged in Medicare fraud, is not the most popular politician. The super-PAC backing President Barack Obama is counting on both that and the Medicare voucher plan...
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President Barack Obama’s campaign is attacking Mitt Romney on Medicare in a television ad featuring senior citizens, including one who warns of “sleepless nights” if Romney wins the Nov. 6 election. “Mitt Romney would turn Medicare into vouchers,” a narrator...
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Presidential candidate Mitt Romney attends a campaign rally at Ida Lee Park on Oct. 16, 2012 in Leesburg, VA.
Wisconsin, Virginia: Most RNC $
The Republican National Committee sent more than $14 million this month to its affiliates in 28 states led by Wisconsin and Virginia, both key states in the Nov. 6 presidential and U.S. Senate elections. The RNC sent more than $3.3...
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Paul Ryan at a rally on Oct. 23, 2012 in Henderson, Nevada.
Ryan Talks Tax Overhaul in Ad for his Other Campaign
Republican vice-presidential nominee Paul Ryan, as he seeks re-election to Congress as a fallback, is echoing policy arguments he and Mitt Romney are making in their quest to unseat President Barack Obama. Ryan emphasizes the importance of overhauling the U.S....
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The presidential debate at a laundromat in the Chatsworth area of Los Angeles.
Crushed in Obama-Romney Debate: Anatomy of Emotional Weaponry
This just in from the meme patrol. Mitt Romney used the term “crushed”, or a variant, 11 times in the debates with President Barack Obama, mostly in reference to his view of the treatment of the middle-class at the hands...
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Mayer Kotlarsky, owner of The Village Pharmacy store, speaks with Kay Stein who has questions about the Medicare Drug Plan in Deerfield Beach, Florida.
Obama Attacks Romney on Medicare `Vouchers’ in Florida TV Ad
President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign began airing a television ad in Florida this morning that criticizes Republican opponent Mitt Romney on Medicare. “We’re not going to turn Medicare into a voucher,” Obama, dressed in shirtsleeves, is shown saying to two...
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Vice President Joe Biden, left, and Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan participate in the vice presidential debate at the Norton Center at Centre College in Danville, Kentucky, on October 10, 2012, moderated by Martha Raddatz, center, of ABC News.
Biden and Ryan Argue Over Tank Funding Army Doesn’t Want
The war in Iraq ended in December 2011 and the U.S. is winding down the war in Afghanistan. So you’d think it would be a no-brainer to cut costs for war-related equipment. Not so, the Pentagon has discovered. The military...
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Mitt Romney participates in a presidential debate with President Barack Obama at the University of Denver.
Romney May Be Victim of Unrealistic Expectations
Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney did so well in his first debate that registered voters now expect him to go toe-to-toe with with President Barack Obama tomorrow, according to a Pew Research Center poll out today. The poll found 41...
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People listen as Republican Vice Presidential candidate, Rep. Paul Ryan speaks during the Victory Rally in Florida at Town Square, Lake Sumter Landing on August 18, 2012 in The Villages.Ryan spoke about his family's reliance on Medicare.
Study: Medicare Premiums Would Rise for 59% With Ryan Plan
Elderly people in Florida would have paid more than $200 extra for traditional Medicare if a system similar to Paul Ryan’s proposed overhaul of the program had been in place in 2010, according to researchers at the nonprofit Kaiser Family...
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