Republicans don’t have much of a chance at winning the Philadelphia-area congressional district that Democratic Rep. Allyson Schwartz plans to give up to run for governor next year. And that’s just fine by Republicans. That’s because Republicans who redrew district...
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Rep. Allyson Schwartz in Philadelphia.
Why Republicans OK Conceding Schwartz’s Pennsylvania District
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President Barack Obama took his oath of office in the Blue Room of the White House, with Chief Justice John Roberts presiding and First Lady Michelle Obama and daughters Malia and Sasha watching.
Bloomberg by the Numbers: 57
That’s how many presidential inaugurations will have been held after today’s public ceremony for President Barack Obama, starting his second term. Obama took the oath of office yesterday, per the 20th Amendment. Because yesterday was a Sunday, the inaugural ceremony...
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A Barack Obama supporter visits the Democratic Party's headquarters in Espanola, New Mexico.
Obama On the Air: English y Espanol
President Barack Obama has been accused of campaigning after Election Day. House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell have chided him for the trips he’s made to places such as the toy factory in Pennsvylania and the...
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Samantha Pawlucy accused her geometry teacher of mocking her for wearing a Romney-Ryan campaign T-shirt.
Romney Calls High-Schooler Harrassed for Campaign T-Shirt
Mitt Romney called Samantha Pawlucy’s home yesterday, reaching out to the Philadelphia high school student who made headlines last week when she accused her geometry teacher of mocking her for wearing a Romney-Ryan campaign T-shirt. The Republican presidential candidate spoke...
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Mitt Romney is introduced by his wife Ann at a fundraiser at The Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California on Sept. 22, 2012.
Romneys at White House: Lincoln Bedroom, George Bush’s Massage
Mitt and Ann Romney tell different stories about their visit to the White House when President George W. Bush lived there. The candidate’s wife has spoken of walking in on a massage that Bush was getting. Ann Romney remembers the...
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Mitt Romney at a call center at his Pennsylvania campaign headquarters in Harrisburg.
Romney’s Philly Cash Haul Today
Republican Mitt Romney is campaigning today in Pennsylvania, a state that polls portray as securely ready to vote for President Barack Obama’s re-election. He is there for money. The Romney campaign motorcade rolled out of the Renaissance Hotel in Philadelphia...
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Philadelphia Mayor Michael A. Nutter.
Democrats Read Romney Playbook?
For about an hour today, the Democrats appeared to be reading from Mitt Romney’s playbook. Appearing at a panel on the nation’s fiscal plight, cosponsored by Bloomberg and the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter gave a bracing...
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Mitt Romney in a 6th grade language class at Universal Bluford Charter School on May 24, 2012 in Philadelphia.
Struggling Charter School Touted on Romney’s Education Tour
A day after Mitt Romney unveiled his first education policies, the presumptive Republican nominee visited students at a West Philadelphia charter school to illustrate how his plans to promote such schools would improve education. The only problem: their report card....
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