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Why did Mitt Romney cancel appearance on 'The View'?Mitt Romney has shown he can handle a tough televised situation: Remember the debate earlier this month? Instead, here are two other reasons that he's a no-show on 'The View.'
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Video of Obama speech from 2007 resurfaces on debate eve
Sen. Barack Obama gave a speech to black clergy in 2007 saying the Bush administration's handling of hurricane Katrina "was colorblind in its incompetence." Conservatives now say Obama used racially charged rhetoric.
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Romney criticizes Chicago teachers, sides with parents (+video)
Mitt Romney, the Republican presidential nominee, said the teachers striking in Chicago aren't putting their students first.
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Decoder Wire
The real problem with Mitt Romney's birth certificate joke (+video)Campaigning in Michigan, Mitt Romney quipped that no one has ever asked to see his birth certificate – a nod to anti-Obama 'birthers.' But what was he doing in Michigan?
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Are Obama critics using 'Swift Boat' tactics?
A group with Republican and tea party ties says President Obama leaked information and took too much credit for the US Navy SEAL raid that killed Osama bin Laden. It reminds some of the 'Swift Boat' attack on Sen. John Kerry when he challenged former President Bush in 2004.
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Romney says Obama 'naive' when it comes to Chavez
Mitt Romney slammed President Obama after he stated he didn't consider Venezuela much of a national security threat.
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Democrats fear Obama may lose
Some of the recent talk in the media may be designed to galvanize donors, though there are growing concerns that Mitt Romney will be a real challenge.
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Obama to Romney: congratulations on winning the nomination
President Obama called GOP nominee Mitt Romney on Wednesday to congratulate him for winning enough delegates to secure the Republican nomination.
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Obama's Cory Booker problem: allies undercut anti-Bain message
Cory Booker, Newark's charismatic mayor, back-tracked on his defense of Mitt Romney's company, Bain, but only part-way. Other Obama supporters are muddying his message on private equity, too.
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Romney: President Obama should not be tried for treason
Obama's likely Republican opponent told reporters after a campaign rally Monday in Cleveland that 'no, of course' the president should not be tried for such an offense.
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President Obama vastly outspends GOP presidential campaigns
Obama has spent more than $135 million — more than GOP challengers Romney and Rick Santorum combined — on his re-election apparatus, according to an Associated Press analysis of Federal Election Commission records.
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Obama tells Russia that election will bring 'flexibility' on missile defense
The president's comments were caught accidentally by a microphone left on during a private conversation with Russian leader Dmitry Medvedev.
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The Vote
New Obama movie: more love letter than documentary (+video)The Obama campaign is holding screenings of 'The Road We’ve Traveled' across the US on Thursday night. The film’s director is Academy Award winner Davis Guggenheim.
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Obama returns $200,000 from family of Mexican fugitive
President Obama's campaign will return more than $200,000 donated by brothers of Juan Jose Rojas Cardona (Pepe Cardona), who faces drug and fraud charges but fled the US in 1994.
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Obama looks to bypass Congress with help for homeowners, students
With the jobs bill stalled, Obama is bypassing Congress and using executive powers to enact change. Strapped homeowners and indebted students are first in line under his relief plan.
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Foreclosures: Don't slow them, Romney says
Foreclosures need to go forward so the housing market can begin to recovery, GOP presidential hopeful Romney says in Nevada. Nevada leads the nation with the highest rate of foreclosures.
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Obama campaign memo: Preview of a highly negative 2012?
The campaign memo, released Monday, said that Rick Perry, Mitt Romney, and the rest of the Republican field have ‘embraced policies that the American people oppose.’
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For Obama, bipartisan aims, party-line votes
A desire to build cross-party consensus in Senate rubs up against political perils of compromise.
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Campaigns move into rivals' home turf
Barack Obama launched ads for his campaign in New York this week, contesting Hillary Rodham Clinton in her home state.
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