A majority of Americans favor stronger gun laws and believe undocumented immigrants should get a path to citizenship, according to a poll released today. As the Senate prepares to vote on whether to allow gun legislation to be debated, amended...
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Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., left, meets in his office with families of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Conn., including Nelba Marquez-Greene, mother of victim Ana Marquez-Greene and Mark Barden, father of victim Daniel Barden, on the day he announced that he reached a bipartisan deal on expanding background checks to more gun buyers, at the Capitol in Washington, on April 10, 2013.
Majorities Favor Stronger Gun Laws Republicans Vowing to Block
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President Barack Obama walks to the White House, with just three days until the $85 billion in reductions for this year are scheduled to start.
Polls Backing Obama on Sequestration
Two surveys out today show Americans siding with President Barack Obama over congressional Republicans on how best to address the automatic spending cuts due to take effect March 1. A Washington Post/ABC News poll taken Feb. 20-24 showed 67 percent disapproving...
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Rupert Murdoch in New York.
Murdoch’s Anti-Obama Twitter Drive: Christie, Petraeus and More
Rupert Murdoch, the News Corp. CEO at the helm of some of the world’s most influential media outlets, including Fox News and the Wall Street Journal, has close to 360,000 followers on Twitter — and they all know exactly who...
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Voters cast their ballots as they participate in early voting on Nov. 2, 2012 at the Silver Spring Civic Building in Silver Spring, Maryland.
`Tight’ Swing States, Long Night?
“Tight as a tick” — President Barack Obama’s words for how close the vote is in some of the battleground states that matter most. The latest national polling portrays a virtual tie among likely voters divided between Obama and Republican...
Read more »Florida: Eight-Point Gap in Two Polls
In Florida, President Barack Obama is either one point ahead of Republican Mitt Romney. Or seven points behind him. Pick a poll. A survey conducted this week for the Tampa Bay Times and Miami Herald found 51 percent of likely...
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White House senior adviser David Plouffe speaks to reporters after the Presidential Debate between President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney at the University of Denver on October 3, 2012.
Romney’s Comeback: Plouffe’s Nightmare — Florida, Ohio Get Ready
There’s nothing like a comeback story. The Obama campaign, working to spin away Republican Mitt Romney’s perceived success in the first presidential debate last night, suggests that reporters have been waiting for a turnaround in fortunes. “I think some of...
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Mitt Romney at a campaign rally in Fairfax, Virginia.
Obama’s Florida, Virginia Leads Narrow: Swing-State Poll
Republican challenger Mitt Romney has pulled closer to President Barack Obama in two key swing states — Florida and Virginia — as he finished preparations for tonight’s first presidential debate. The NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist College survey of likely voters...
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A post card with the words "Thank you for your support" at a donor's table as Mitt Romney speaks at a campaign fundraising event in Atlanta, on Sept. 19, 2012.
Romney’s Campaign Journal: `Government-Centered Society’
Mitt Romney has set out to recast the argument he was making at a closed-door fundraiser in May — talking about that 47 percent of Americans who are “victims” of government dependency — in a more palatable presentation. Romney, at...
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Mitt Romney at a town hall meeting in Grand Junction, Colorado.
Romney Transcends Private Equity… Until He Doesn’t
So just how big a drag is Mitt Romney’s history in private equity? Not much, if you believe the latest NBC News Wall Street Journal Poll, which involved interviews from Sept. 12 to 16 with 900 registered voters. Voters ranked...
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President Barack Obama boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base on his way to New York City on Sept. 18, 2012 in Maryland.
Obama’s Advantage Over Romney: Five Points, NBC/Journal Poll Finds
President Barack Obama leads Republican challenger Mitt Romney even as a majority of voters continues to disapprove of the president’s handling of the economy, according to an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. Obama holds a five-point advantage over Romney, 50...
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