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Decoder Wire
Does it matter if Mitt Romney was a bully in high school? (+video)
When Mitt Romney was a senior at suburban Detroit’s Cranbrook school, he led a 'posse' that forcibly cut the long blond hair of a nonconformist junior, according to a Washington Post report.
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Decoder Wire
Should Mitt Romney have to defend Obama against 'treason' remark? (+video)
Mitt Romney did not rush to contradict a woman at a town hall who called for President Obama to be tried for treason. He's hardly the first politician not to rush to the aid of an opponent.
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Decoder Wire
Obama ad hits Romney Swiss bank account. Effective? (+video)
A new attack ad accuses Mitt Romney of sending jobs overseas and stashing his cash in a Swiss account. Political scientists are dubious that attack ads are as powerful as some think they are.
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Decoder Wire
Obama ad questions Romney's will to get Osama bin Laden. Fair? (+video)
The ad questions whether presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney would have ordered the raid that killed Osama bin Laden. It cites statements that Mr. Romney made in 2007.
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The Vote
If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em. Obama embraces ‘Obamacare’
Ever since he launched it, President Obama’s health care reform program has been slammed by its critics as 'Obamacare'. Now Obama's reelection campaign has adopted the term.
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The Vote
Etch-A-Sketch: Can Mitt Romney shake off his aide's Mr. Potato Head gaffe? (+video)
Mitt Romney rivals have had their fun with senior aide Eric Fehrnstrom's Etch-A-Sketch comment about appealing to moderates in the fall, but the jokes don't really undermine his strong position.
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Vox News
Obama campaign video: what it may say about his reelection strategy
The Tom Hanks-narrated video, as judged from the just-released trailer, sheds light on the Obama campaign's likely themes. Among them, that voters should take the long view.
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Vox News
Rush Limbaugh: Do Democrats want uproar to continue?
Conservatives see 'media-generated histrionic' over vulgar comments Rush Limbaugh made about law school student Sandra Fluke. Liberals see a ripe opportunity to pin wings of GOP candidates to the wall.
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Vox News
Is Rush Limbaugh damaging the Republican Party?
Before Rush Limbaugh spoke up, the Republicans thought they had a winning issue on contraception in health-care plans. Now, everyone is on the same side: against Rush Limbaugh.
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Deficit super committee fails: Who's to blame?
The members of the super committee tasked with cutting $1.2 trillion from federal budgets announced that it failed to reach a deal. Polls and newspapers chime in on why that happened.
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The Vote
Robert Gibbs mocks the 'professional left': Is it war?
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said the 'professional left' is ungrateful for all President Obama and the Congress have achieved. Alienating your base ahead of a tough midterm election might not be the best idea, though.
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Palin, Limbaugh, Beck … now it’s Republicans seeing the downside
Some moderate conservatives see danger in the vociferous right, especially among broadcast pot-stirrers. They want to advance the GOP by changing the tone.
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