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Eight states charging hard against abortion
This year, numerous governors are promoting new limits on abortion – or have already signed legislation. Here’s a rundown:
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George H. W. Bush in his own words: 10 stories from the updated 'All the Best, George Bush'
"All the Best, George Bush" is a collection of the personal correspondence of George H. W. Bush from his first years in the Navy in 1942 all the way to 2011. Here are 10 excerpts from the book.
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Focus Republican Party 2.0: 4 GOP leaders share ideas for political upgrade
In the aftermath of election 2012, four prominent Republicans share their visions for how the GOP can adapt its messaging to reflect a diversifying US electorate.
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Election 2012: 12 reasons Obama won and Romney lost
President Obama went into his reelection fight facing significant head winds – most important, high unemployment and slow economic growth. But for a multitude of reasons, including Obama’s positives and Republican challenger Mitt Romney’s negatives, Obama succeeded. Here’s our list.
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Election 2012: top seven super PACs
Decoder profiles the seven top super PACs, the organizations that have spent the most trying to influence the elections – and still have the most money in the bank.
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Decoder Wire Is Mitt Romney really ahead in the money race? (+video)
Mitt Romney has raised more millions in May and June than has Obama. But Obama, who did not have to spend big to win the nomination, has a lot more cash on hand for the fight ahead.
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Obama visits Iowa to make pitch on tax cuts
Romney challenged Obama's call for an extension of tax cuts for households earning less than $250,000, saying the US needed to restore economic freedom for everyone.
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Romney's June fundraising outpaces Obama's
Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney appears to be collecting more money from big donors than President Obama. June fundraising figures will be available later this month.
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Decoder Wire Will Ron Paul pull off one last delegate surprise? (+video)
Ron Paul supporters in Nebraska appear on the verge of winning a plurality of delegates from their state to the GOP convention in Tampa, Fla. That could lead to him getting 15 minutes to address the convention audience.
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Koch Brothers: N. Y. fundraiser for Mitt Romney draws protestors
Mitt Romney raise $3 million Sunday at three events, including one at the Southampton home of David Koch, one of the billionaire Koch brothers, who have come to dominate conservative fundraising.
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Obama, Romney campaign surrogates duke it out on TV blabfests
While Mitt Romney and President Obama were finishing up a little summer down time, their campaign surrogates were arguing issues and candidate character on the Sunday TV talk shows.
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Decoder Wire Romney raised $100 million in June. Will that quiet conservative critics? (+video)
Mitt Romney's haul in June was a monthly record for a GOP candidate. He'll need that money in the Battle of the Ads, which will only escalate. But conservative critics are clamoring for more from their party's standard-bearer.
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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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Obama and Romney scrap along battleground Florida's I-4
Bush won the state again four years later, 52 percent to 47 percent, over Democrat John Kerry. But in 2008, the state sided with Democrats when Obama defeated Republican John McCain, 51 percent to 48 percent.
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Monitor Breakfast Haley Barbour: Republicans are 'totally united' behind Romney
Haley Barbour, the former Mississippi governor and longtime Republican power player, dispels the notion that the Republican Party is too orthodox, pointing to its support for Mitt Romney.
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Has Puerto Rico found a solution to the US housing crisis?
A set of incentives for home buyers in Puerto Rico has helped stimulate the housing market there, and some experts think they could help on the mainland, too.
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Obama gaffe: why judging the economy is a no-win (+video)
Broad statements about the economy – good or bad – are a losing proposition for President Obama. Team Romney will exploit them either way.
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Can Obama recover from his 'horrible, no-good' week?
President Obama's bad week included weak jobs numbers, the Wisconsin recall vote, less-than-helpful comments by Bill Clinton, and his own verbal gaffe. Obama has the edge in most polls, but there could be more bad weeks between now and the presidential election.
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Obama tells Congress, Europe to get in gear
In a news conference, President Obama capped a tough political week by blaming Congress (again) for failing to pass his jobs plan and urging Europe to address its financial crisis.
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Decoder Wire Rush Limbaugh calls Obama 'Barack Hussein Kardashian.' What's he mean?
Rush Limbaugh and the Republican National Committee are in full 'Obama as out-of-touch celebrity' attack mode, but it's not clear that voters care more about that than jobs.
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Decoder Wire Sarah Jessica Parker: Is she helping or hurting President Obama? (+video)
Sarah Jessica Parker features in a new Obama campaign spot that ran numerous times during the MTV Movie Awards. The GOP says a dinner thrown by Sarah Jessica Parker for the president makes him look out of touch.
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With nomination in hand, Romney turns focus on Obama
His win in Texas on Tuesday put him over the top in the delegate count, and now the entire GOP establishment is focused on November.
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In Iowa, Obama on the offensive against Romney
He criticized the GOP nominee for distorting the truth and said he wasn't prepared to be President.
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Obama fundraises hard as super-PACs boost Romney's cash
The President has so far enjoyed a large lead in the money race, but as the GOP field solidifies more cash in flowing into the Romney camp.
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Cory Booker: Have the Democrats figured out how to respond?
Team Romney is trying to milk the rogue comments by Obama ally Cory Booker for all they're worth. But Obama's press conference in Chicago has given his own team some ammunition.
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Briefing Five things Ron Paul wants from the Republican National Convention
It looks as if Ron Paul is going to be an active participant in the Republican National Convention in Tampa this August. Here’s our take on the five things Paul hopes to gain from staying within his party’s tent in 2012.
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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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Why aren't more conservatives donating to Mitt Romney?
Mitt Romney raised $40 million last month. But an analysis of Romney's fundraising shows that many wealthy conservatives, who backed rivals Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich, aren't donating to Romney's campaign.
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Cory Booker 'very uncomfortable' with Obama's attack on Romney (+video)
Newark Mayor Cory Booker is a campaign surrogate for Barack Obama and a rising Democratic star. But he finds himself ‘very uncomfortable’ with Obama’s attacks on Mitt Romney’s business record.
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Romney nearly matches Obama in April fundraising
Mitt Romney and the RNC raised $40.1 million in April, nearly matching President Obama and the Democrats. After a slow start, because of the competitive primaries, Romney’s campaign is poised to become a fundraising juggernaut.
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