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Eight open US Senate seats in 2014
Here are eight senators who have opted out of a reelection bid in 2014, giving hopefuls in both parties a rare shot at a US Senate seat – and, moreover, one that could flip control of the Senate.
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Karl Rove: 5 deep thoughts at start of GOP convention
Karl Rove has resuscitated his political career and now runs Crossroads GPS and American Crossroads, two political organizations that could spend $1 billion combined to promote Republicans during the coming election. Here are five political pearls from arguably the No. 1 conservative powerbroker in America.
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Clint Eastwood Chrysler Super bowl commercial: Facebook fans respond
If you didn’t see it aired on TV during halftime of the Super bowl Sunday, you’ve likely heard about it by now: The Clint Eastwood Chrysler commercial. Amid all the debate on the ad's perceived political stance, we took this question to our Facebook fans: After watching this video, do you think Chrysler came out with a pro-Obama commercial, or a patriotic commercial? We’ve culled their 127 comments and grouped the best here.
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5 best books by 2012 presidential hopefuls
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Election 101: Five basics about 'super PACs' and 2012 campaign money
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Is Obama really losing the money battle? A fundraising Q&A.
President Obama is claiming that Mitt Romney and his allies could outspend him, but the truth (not surprisingly) is a little more complicated. Here is what's known about the money race.
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Decoder Wire Could Congress jail Attorney General Eric Holder for contempt?
Congress has jailed those deemed in contempt before but never a sitting Cabinet official – and not recently. Moreover, the few times Congress has locked down people within the Capitol, it has not turned out well for Congress.
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Robert Reich In the age of super PACS, campaign dollars are becoming harder to trace
Big corporations and Wall Street are also secretly funneling big bucks into front groups like the US Chamber of Commerce that will use the money to air anti-Obama ads, while keeping secret the identities of these firms.
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Democrats' campaign chief: US House is 'in range' for takeover
Rep. Steve Israel, chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, says Dems have moved within striking distance for winning control of the US House in Election 2012.
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Obama helps re-election campaign and Dems by raising almost $44 million in April
President Obama raised that amount, almost nine million dollars less than what he raised in March, with more than 400,000 people contributing.
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Obama unveils new ad campaign on economic recovery
The President is trying to convince middle-class voters that his re-election poses the best chance for economic recovery.
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Secret Service scandal forces delicate touch
No one in either party is entirely comfortable politicizing the agency paid to protect for the President.
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Endorsements, dollars shift to Romney. Can he close the deal?
The former Massachusetts governor and his allies spent hundreds of thousands of dollars more than Santorum and his backers in Illinois, and it showed in the results: Romney was beating Rick Santorum by 47 percent to 35 percent.
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'It's the economy, stupid.' Can Mitt Romney woo South with that pitch?
Mitt Romney has built his campaign around his background as a business leader who can best manage a fragile economy. But that's far from a slam-dunk pitch with voters in the South.
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As Election 2012 nears, Hollywood Republicans are braving the limelight
Hollywood Republicans say for years it was best to keep their heads down and mouths shut to preserve their careers. But Election 2012 and the national debate are luring more conservatives into the open.
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Vox News Sarah Palin: Press 'wee-weed up' over Santorum Satan speech. Is she right?
Sarah Palin has criticized the 'lame-stream media' for making too much of Rick Santorum's 2008 statement that Satan is attacking America. But the media aren't the only ones concerned.
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Robert Reich GOP's big investors: Who's really running for president?
A handful of billionaires are all but funding the GOP primaries. Never before have so few spent so much to influence so many.
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Vox News Santorum on Satan: Who leaked the speech to the press?
We think it’s important here to follow one of the cardinal questions of politics – who benefits? That would narrow the field down to Rick Santorum’s GOP opponents.
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Vox News Clint Eastwood Chrysler ad: why some Republicans support it
Some Republicans – most notably Newt Gingrich – like the Chrysler Super Bowl ad featuring Clint Eastwood. Indeed, the controversy over the ad might have little to do with the ad, at all.
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What did Clint Eastwood say about Chrysler bailout?
Before Clint Eastwood did the Chrysler Super Bowl commercial, the libertarian actor criticized the Chrysler bailout.
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Why Obama’s flip-flop on super PACs won’t matter
Barack Obama abandoned a campaign finance promise in 2008 and still won the presidential election. That suggests that his new embrace of super PACs might not be too damaging.
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Clint Eastwood Chrysler Super bowl commercial: Facebook fans respond
If you didn’t see it aired on TV during halftime of the Super bowl Sunday, you’ve likely heard about it by now: The Clint Eastwood Chrysler commercial. Amid all the debate on the ad's perceived political stance, we took this question to our Facebook fans: After watching this video, do you think Chrysler came out with a pro-Obama commercial, or a patriotic commercial? We’ve culled their 127 comments and grouped the best here.
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Vox News Stephen Colbert super PAC raises $1 million. How does that compare? (+video)
OK, other super PACs have a lot more money to spend. But the Stephen Colbert super PAC ranks in the middle class of super-PACdom, and with it the comedian can keep ridiculing the US campaign finance system.
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Donald Trump withdraws as debate moderator. Did he just fire himself?
Donald Trump won't moderate a Republican debate after all. The problem, he said, was that the GOP establishment is terrified that he himself might run for president as an independent.
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Donald Trump to moderate GOP debate. But what if nobody shows up?
Billionaire and reality show host Donald Trump is scheduled to moderate a Republican presidential debate. But only Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich have agreed to participate.
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Ron Paul feud with Donald Trump: Who's winning?
Donald Trump said there's no way Ron Paul can win the presidential election. Ron Paul has called the planned Donald Trump-moderated presidential debate 'inappropriate' and vowed to skip it. Others might follow suit.
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5 best books by 2012 presidential hopefuls
“You’re not a real candidate, Pinocchio, if you haven’t written your own book,” Mark Halperin, political director of ABC News, once said. Indeed, these days the one – perhaps only – condition all serious presidential candidates seem to satisfy is publishing their own book, whether it’s a rags-to-riches memoir, a political manifesto, or a motivational manual. While plenty of political lit is ghost-written pabulum, some titles pop with personality, authenticity, or just plain good writing. Here’s our pick of the five best books by 2012 presidential hopefuls.
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Is Herman Cain helping the GOP win the Hispanic vote?
Herman Cain has 'joked'" about erecting an “electrified barbed wire” on the US-Mexico border. DCDecoder asks how is that playing with Hispanics?
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'Occupy Wall Street' the Left's Tea Party? Maybe, but...
If Occupy Wall Street coalesces into something like a real movement, the Democratic Party may have more difficulty digesting it than the GOP has had with the Tea Party.
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Election 101: Five basics about 'super PACs' and 2012 campaign money
The 'super PAC' promises to shake up the 2012 election. This new fundraising heavyweight – which Stephen Colbert famously brought attention to with his own Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow – heralds a new era of 'superspending' in politics. Here are the basics about super PACs and how their emergence may influence elections.
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