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Obama, Romney Will Try To Sway Undecided Voters

President Obama and Mitt Romney will meet Tuesday night for a town hall-style debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y. In the latest poll, 18 percent of respondents said they still hadn't made up their mind who they were going to vote for.

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Campaigns Make The Most Of Remaining Weeks

GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney gives a foreign policy speech Monday. Campaigning in Florida Sunday, he posed the question, "Where's American leadership?" And President Obama in L.A. poked fun at his own debate performance, and talked about falling unemployment numbers.

Campaigns Make The Most Of Remaining Weeks

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Pre-Debate: Parties Rally Around Their Candidate

President Obama and his GOP rival Mitt Romney are preparing for the first presidential debate Wednesday in Denver. Over the weekend, Republican operatives said the debates would change everything.

Pre-Debate: Parties Rally Around Their Candidate

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Candidates Step Up Their Presidential Campaigns

President Obama and his Republican rival Mitt Romney appeared in separate interviews on CBS's 60 Minutes. Despite many cries from Republicans that Romney needs to give specifics of his plans, he refused to do that on his tax overhaul proposals.

Candidates Step Up Their Presidential Campaigns

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Worries At Home From Anti-American Protests

The protests against an anti-Islam movie made in the U.S. are expected to continue for a while. How concerned is the Obama administration about political fallout at home? Plus, what's the impact of early and absentee votes on November's presidential election?

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Elections

With Weeks Until Election, What's Next?

With both conventions over, it's on to November. For a look at where the candidates stand, and what they think they need to accomplish in the next eight weeks, Steve Inskeep speaks to regular Morning Edition contributor Cokie Roberts.

With Weeks Until Election, What's Next?

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Charlotte Hosts Democratic National Convention

The Democrats convention comes right on the heels of the Republican meeting in Tampa last week. Democrats are taking full advantage of the traditional allocation of conventions where the party in power goes last.

Charlotte Hosts Democratic National Convention

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GOP Convention To Spotlight Romney-Ryan Ticket

The Republican National Convention will come to order at 2 p.m. in Tampa, Fla., and then quickly go into recess. Because of Tropical Storm Isaac, the main events have been delayed until Tuesday. This is the second convention in a row where the GOP had to delay the opening because of bad weather.

GOP Convention To Spotlight Romney-Ryan Ticket

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Republicans Get Ready For Party's Convention

Next week, Mitt Romney's campaign will seek to introduce Rep. Paul Ryan again to the American people. Even before Ryan was selected as the GOP vice presidential choice, President Obama's campaign had been working to define Ryan as extreme on issues from Medicare to abortion.

Republicans Get Ready For Party's Convention

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Ryan Pick Was A Bold Choice For Romney Campaign

As the nation gets closer to Election Day, the addition of Rep. Paul Ryan to the GOP ticket will present the public with a dramatic choice about the role the government should play in health care.

Ryan Pick Was A Bold Choice For Romney Campaign

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Week In Politics: Romney Headed To Poland

GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney traveled to Israel over the weekend, causing a stir with comments about Iran and other issues. He then gave interviews clarifying the remarks. Next, he travels to Poland.

Week In Politics: Romney Headed To Poland

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Week Ahead In Politics: Colo. Shooting Fallout

Even as the country grieves over the mass killings in Colorado — a major battleground in the coming election — the public policy and political fallout has become part of the story.

Week Ahead In Politics: Colo. Shooting Fallout

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Obama To Campaign In Ohio, Another Swing State

President Obama will be holding his first big town hall meeting of the 2012 campaign in Cincinnati Monday. And he will probably continue his campaign attack on Mitt Romney's record of what Democrats characterize as sending jobs abroad while he was the head of Bain Capital.

Obama To Campaign In Ohio, Another Swing State

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June Jobs Report Hinders Obama Campaign

On Friday, the Labor Department reported that fewer jobs had been added to the work force than economists had expected. Plus, the unemployment rate stayed stuck at 8.2 percent. Unsurprisingly, Republicans pounced on those numbers to make their case for defeating President Obama.

June Jobs Report Hinders Obama Campaign

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Democrats, GOP Say Health Ruling Works For Them

Members of Congress have left town for their July 4 recess but Washington is still reacting to the Supreme Court decision upholding President Obama's health care law. Each party is looking for ways to use the decision to its advantage in the fall campaign.

Democrats, GOP Say Health Ruling Works For Them

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