Updated at 10 am EDT He’s been “known to make a mistake” now and then, Republican Mitt Romney said, after introducing his running mate, Paul Ryan, as “the next president of the United States.” He quickly recovered from his misspoken...
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Mitt Romney in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire.
Obama vs. Romney: Tightening Nationally and in Critical States
A few storm warnings for the president: – From the New York Times and CBS: Voter disapproval of President Barack Obama’s handling of the economy is hurting his re-election prospects and improving the outlook for Republican challenger Mitt Romney, a New...
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President Barack Obama during a meeting of the President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness.
Obama’s Jobs Council in 30 Seconds
Here’s what’s wrong with 30 seconds in politics: The president has a lot on his plate. So said Jay Carney, the White House press secretary, when asked why the president’s Jobs Council hasn’t met in several months. So notes the...
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Protesters outside the Supreme Court on June 28, 2012.
Dueling Instant Health-Care Videos
In the world of pre-packaged media, it doesn’t take long for some highly polished productions to hit the Internet on a day like this. “The final verdict on the Obama health care law is now in your hands,” says the...
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President Barack Obama leaves after speaking about the economy in the briefing room of the White House.
Obama Trips Over `Fine Economy’
“The private sector is doing fine.” President Barack Obama said this today, at a podium in the West Wing. The Republican National Committee pounced, with a Web-video replaying his words and asking: “How can President Obama fix our economy, if...
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President Barack Obama at the TPI Composites in Newton, Iowa.
Obama’s ‘Headwinds’ Echo in Ad
Headwinds. President Barack Obama has talked about them — what the American economy still faces as it recovers from the worst recession since the 1930s — at least 17 times in the past three years. That’s how many times...
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Unemployed men wait for bread and handouts during the Great Depression.
It’s the Economy, All Over Again
The season of distractions is over. The American economy’s worst performance in job creation in a year has refocused the presidential campaign debate on the place where it started: The relative abilities of President Barack Obama or the Republican alternative...
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Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican National Committee, during the Fall Media Walk-Through for the 2012 Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida.
‘Caterpillargate,’ a War is Born
Sometimes pols don’t only make news, they start trends. Reince Priebus, Republican National Committee chairman, probably had no such intentions in mind. He was merely responding to Bloomberg’s Al Hunt on a question about that “war on women” that Republicans...
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Al Hunt
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