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In New Ads Focused On Character, Obama And Romney Get Personal
August 10, 2012 In new ads, President Obama and Mitt Romney seek to raise doubts about each other's character. Romney accuses the president of being willing to do anything to stay president. Obama's ad accuses Romney of making a "blatantly false" claim.
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Obama Targets Romney On Tax Credit For Wind Energy Producers
August 9, 2012 The president supports extending the credit that's due to expire at the end of the year. His GOP rival does not. Their positions may have consequences in two battleground states: Iowa and Colorado.
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Romney Attacks President On Welfare; Obama Team Alleges Hypocrisy
August 7, 2012 Mitt Romney's campaign charged President Obama with weakening work requirements for welfare recipients by offering waivers to the law. But Obama's campaign says that, as Massachusetts governor, Romney requested waivers as well.
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For July, Romney Fundraising Outpaces Obama Yet Again
August 6, 2012 Republican Mitt Romney's overall take for July was $101.3 million, compared with $75 million for President Obama's re-election effort.
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Latest Jobs Data Maintain Status Quo Of Obama-Romney Race
August 3, 2012 The monthly jobs report pretty much left the presidential race unchanged, though it may benefit President Obama. The news that the economy had created far more jobs than were forecast was clearly good news for the incumbent. But Republican Mitt Romney jumped on an uptick in the jobless rate.
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In Ohio, Obama Seeks Middle-Class Mantle Romney's Team Would Deny Him
August 1, 2012 Campaigning in Ohio, President Obama leaned heavily on a new analysis of Mitt Romney's economic plan that concluded the Republican's proposal would mean higher taxes for middle-class families while lowering them for the superwealthy.
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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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Obama And Bush's Shared First-Term Obsession: Battleground States
July 31, 2012 A political scientist observes that President Obama and his immediate White House predecessor, George W. Bush, spent a disproportionate amount of their first terms visiting battleground states.
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Obama Picks San Antonio Mayor For Convention Keynote
July 31, 2012 Julian Castro, the high-achieving and young mayor of San Antonio, will become the first Hispanic American to give the keynote address at a Democratic convention.
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Poll: Jobs Should Be Next President's Priority; Tax Fairness? Not So Much
July 30, 2012 A new poll shows voters, even those who say they support President Obama, do not think raising taxes on the wealthy should be a top priority of the next president.
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Obama Pre-Empts Romney's Israel Visit With Security Aid Bill Signing
July 27, 2012 It may have just been a coincidence that on the eve of Mitt Romney's visit to Israel, President Obama signed legislation that increases U.S. military and security aid to the Jewish state. But the timing showed once again the benefits of incumbency in an election year.
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Romney Backer Explains Why Obama's Wrong, Despite Her Firm's Gov't Contracts
July 26, 2012 Rebecca Smith owns a construction-management firm that does a lot of work overseeing the building of schools, jails and other projects for state and local governments. She explains why she is "disgusted" by President Obama's thesis that government had a significant role in her success.
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Oakland Police Radios Failed During Obama's Visit To City
July 26, 2012 "It was a train wreck," Lt. Fred Mestas told the San Francisco Chronicle. For 30 minutes, many officers couldn't communicate with each other, the newspaper reports.
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Obama Ad Accuses Romney Of Twisting 'You Didn't Build That' Line
July 24, 2012 President Obama's campaign released a new swing-state ad aimed at stopping the damage being done by Mitt Romney's campaign harping on Obama's "you didn't build that" line. The ad accused Romney of twisting the president's words. The Romney campaign showed no indication that it planned to stop.
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Sen. Feinstein Backtracks On White House National Security Leaks
July 24, 2012 Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein's criticism of the Obama White House for intelligence leaks were picked up by Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. This didn't please Feinstein, who backed away from some of her statements.
