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McConnell's Message: On The Budget, The 'Missing Person Was The President'
August 27, 2012 The trash-talking continues when it comes to who's responsible for the nation's soaring budget deficits.
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Romney's Plan To Broaden Tax Base Finds Critics
August 27, 2012 The Republican presidential candidate says he favors keeping all of the Bush-era tax cuts and then adding some more. To pay for these cuts, he would reduce or eliminate some of the tax deductions that many Americans have come to rely on. Economists support that plan, but Mitt Romney must win over Americans who benefit from them.
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Was Romney's Song Playing Sunday? Check 'I Want You To Want Me'
August 26, 2012 Sunday afternoon inside the Tampa Bay Times Forum, guitarist G.E. Smith and his band ripped through the Cheap Trick classic. What better metaphor could there be for a presidential nominee seeking to woo voters?
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Republicans Are Ready (If Isaac Allows); And We're On The Scene In Tampa
August 26, 2012 From start to finish, NPR and NPR.org will be covering the news at the 2012 Republican National Convention in Tampa. The weather has forced some changes to the schedule. Here's our coverage plan.
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A Screening Room With A Point Of View
August 22, 2012 If you think the election-year debate has descended to the level of a farcical B-movie plot, then On The Media's "Media Scrutiny Theater" is the campaign coverage for you.
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Favored In GOP Senate Primary, Linda McMahon Faces Critics Left And Right
August 13, 2012 WNPRFormer World Wrestling Entertainment executive Linda McMahon is making her second run for a U.S. Senate seat in Connecticut. Once again she is campaigning with primarily her own millions. And her opponents again say she can't separate herself from the controversial side of professional wrestling.
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One Clue To Romney's Veep Pick: Whose Wiki Page Is Getting The Most Edits?
August 7, 2012 If campaign aides get busy scrubbing those Wiki pages, it could be a sign that a choice has been made. That's what happened in 2008. Right now, Republican Sen. Rob Portman's Wiki page seems to be getting the most activity.
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Romney Adviser Defends Candidate's Statements About Palestinian Culture
August 1, 2012 A top foreign policy adviser to Mitt Romney on Wednesday defended statements the Republican presidential candidate made in Israel about Palestinian culture.
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Aide Says Romney's Words That Outraged Palestinians Were 'Mischaracterized'
July 30, 2012 The GOP presidential candidate talked about "culture" as being one reason Israel's economy is stronger than those in areas managed by the Palestinian Authority.
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GOP Says Coverage For The Uninsured Is No Longer The Priority
July 27, 2012 In the wake of the Supreme Court ruling on the Affordable Care Act, Republicans are subtly turning the debate away from covering people who don't have health insurance toward the goal of reducing costs.
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'Social Welfare' Organizations Play Big Role In Presidential Politics
July 7, 2012 Some of the heaviest advertisers are groups financed by anonymous donors. They're not organized as political committees, but as "social welfare" organizations. One of those groups, led by GOP strategist Karl Rove, is rivaling the campaigns themselves for ad money spent so far in the election.
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Where's The Bathroom? Half Of All State Lawmakers Will Be New On The Job
June 27, 2012 Due to big GOP gains in 2010 and likely turnover this fall, about half the nation's state legislators will have just two years' experience or less when they take their seats next January.
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Rubio On Compromise, Immigration And His 'Union Activist' Past
June 21, 2012 Sen. Marco Rubio talked to NPR's Robert Siegel about his evolution from liberal child to Tea Party darling. The senator viewed as a potential Republican vice presidential choice has just released a new memoir.
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With Polka Band And Pie, Romney Wraps Up Small-Town Tour In Michigan
June 19, 2012 GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney campaigned Tuesday in his home state of Michigan, avoiding big cities and staying in places friendly to the GOP. Romney seemed to be using each stop on his five-day tour to hone his attacks and his humor.
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From Our Readers: Keep The Heat Down When Talking Politics
June 13, 2012 There were calls for civility last year after a gunman killed six and wounded 13 at an event hosted by Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz. The election of her successor has commenters renewing that appeal.
