Adam Ryan, second cousin of Mitt Romney’s running-mate Paul Ryan, said he may not be watching the vice presidential debate tonight. “I get too nervous,” Adam Ryan said. The two cousins grew up together, both graduating from the same 1988...
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Swing-State Polls: Contest Tightens
A series of new polls of competitive states shows the race between President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney tightening since their debate last week — so much so that they conflict over who’s leading in Virginia. A CBS...
Read more »Biden vs. Ryan, and On to Wisconsin
After a friendly meeting in Danville, Kentucky, Vice President Joe Biden will fly to Rep. Paul Ryan’s backyard, perhaps to praise his debate opponent’s performance. Or not. For an indication of just how confrontational Biden will be when he faces...
Read more »Electoral Votes: $5.6 Mln For Nevada’s, Most Expensive of All
How much does an electoral vote cost? In the heavily contested swing states, the cost of courting those votes adds up to the price of a small Cezanne. The presidential candidates and their super-PACs are nearing the half-billion dollar mark...
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Big Bird on the run in a scene from the movie "Follow That Bird."
Big Bird’s Budget: Obama’s Buddy
President Barack Obama might as well appoint Big Bird as a campaign surrogate. For a second day on the campaign trail, Obama mocked Republican rival Mitt Romney’s threat in this week’s presidential debate to pull funding from PBS, and by...
Read more »Obama Tops Romney in TV Ads — New Hampshire in Particular
President Barack Obama’s campaign is running more television ads than Mitt Romney and his allies in key states, aided by a bigger campaign treasury than his Republican opponent’s and by rules allowing candidates to buy ads more cheaply than outside...
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President Barack Obama in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Priorities Sets New Priority: Nevada
Priorities USA Action, a super-political action committee backing President Barack Obama, is shifting and increasing its television advertising buy to include the swing state of Nevada, its co-founder Bill Burton said this morning. The super-PAC’s new focus on Nevada, which...
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Ryan: Dependency vs. Responsibility
A woman asks at the opening of Paul Ryan’s campaign ad: “Can America afford the path we’re on?” Ryan’s answer: No. “Washington promotes a culture of dependency,” Ryan tells his audience. “We need a cultural of accountability and personal responsibility.”...
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President Barack Obama leaves after meeting with supporters about voter registration at OMG Burgers on September 20, 2012 in Miami.
Obama Hits Key 50-Percent Mark in 3 Swing States
Talk about consistency! President Barack Obama polled right at 50 percent among likely voters in three swing states, accordinga NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist College poll out today. The survey gave Obama identical five-percentage-point leads over Mitt Romney, 50 percent to 45 percent, in Colorado...
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A Mitt Romney supporter in Lansing, Mich.
Pro-Romney Super-PAC Returning with Ads in Michigan and Wisconsin
The last Republican group to air presidential campaign ads in Michigan is returning to that state and to Wisconsin to aid Mitt Romney’s campaign. Restore Our Future, the pro-Romney super-political action committee, is spending $2.2 million in the two states...
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