Obama 2012

Everyone Has The Same Lame Idea For Long-Term Jobless

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 06.01.2012

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Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney wants to create an incentive for businesses to hire the long-term unemployed, based on a program he launch...

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Obama: Republican 'Fever' Will Break During My Second Term

The Huffington Post | Sam Stein | Posted 06.01.2012

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President Barack Obama on Friday told a room full of donors that he believed the Republican Party would eventually become more moderate, but only afte...

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Obama Sounds Positive Note On Economy

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 06.02.2012

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MINNEAPOLIS — President Barack Obama said Friday the latest employment report shows that the economy is not creating jobs "as fast as we want," ...

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Facing Super PAC Onslaught, Democrats Take Solace In 1970s Campaign Law

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.01.2012

WASHINGTON -- As he assesses the electoral landscape, in which Democratic candidates will be pummeled with hundreds of millions of dollars in attack a...

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Key Figure Becomes Election Flashpoint

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 06.01.2012

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CHICAGO — The suddenly dismal news on American jobs is a blow to President Barack Obama's re-election argument that he has been a steward of rec...

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WATCH: Anna Wintour's Incredibly Intimidating Dinner Invitation

Posted 06.01.2012

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If we were asked to assemble our dream dinner party, our fantasy guests would likely include Anna Wintour, Sarah Jessica Parker and Michelle Obama. ...

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Romney Gives Obama An 'F'

Posted 06.01.2012

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is giving President Barack Obama "an F, across the board" for his handling of the econo...

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Help Us Track How Politicians Target Voters

ProPublica | Posted 05.31.2012

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Today, we are relaunching the Message Machine, and expanding it from handling just one mailing to handling every email from all of the campaigns in the 2012 election. It will seek a broad understanding in real time of the new and sophisticated ways modern campaigns are targeting voters.

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Romney Supporters Turn Press Conference Into A Circus

The Huffington Post | Sam Stein | Posted 05.31.2012

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David Axelrod, communications director for President Barack Obama's reelection campaign, held a press conference today on the steps of the Massachuset...

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Obama, Romney Seek New Lines Of Attack

AP | KEN THOMAS and KASIE HUNT | Posted 05.31.2012

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Wednesday congratulated Mitt Romney on securing the Republican presidential nomination, a gesture coupled...

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The Truth About the President and the Deficit, Continued...

Bob Cesca | Posted 05.30.2012

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Whatever your Republican friends might say about the evils of government spending, one thing is always -- always! -- true. High government spending creates jobs.

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National Service Ignored In 2012 Candidates' Discussion Of Jobs Crisis

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.30.2012

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WASHINGTON -- In July 2008, then-candidate Barack Obama promised that public service would be "a central cause" of his presidency. The pledge excited ...

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GOP Makes Dubious Tie To Obama In Key State

AP | HOLLY RAMER | Posted 05.29.2012

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CONCORD, N.H. -- New Hampshire isn't just first in the nation when it comes to hosting presidential primaries. It also ranks first in student-loan deb...

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Obama Uses 'Kill List' To Target Terrorists

New York Times | Posted 05.29.2012

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This was the enemy, served up in the latest chart from the intelligence agencies: 15 Qaeda suspects in Yemen with Western ties. The mug shots and bri...

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Hotter Summer than Usual

David Issacharoff | Posted 05.29.2012

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It's summer, and now the talk about vice-presidential candidates rises. It's 'veepstakes' season, and Romney must make one of the hardest and most important choices of his political life.

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Controversial Billionaire Finds New Way To Attack Obama

New York Times | Posted 05.26.2012

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When news broke last week that the billionaire investor Joe Ricketts had considered financing a $10 million advertising effort linking President Obama...

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Romney Distorting Obama Record On Key Issue

AP | CHRISTINE ARMARIO | Posted 05.25.2012

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-- When Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney decried President Barack Obama as beholden to the nation's teachers' unions and unable to stand...

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Obama Camp Opening New Front On Romney

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2012

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* President's team broadens attacks beyond business record * Obama foreshadows new strategy at Iowa campaign rally * Aid...

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Booker Addresses 'Meet The Press' Critics On Twitter

Benjamin Hart | Posted 05.25.2012

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Newark mayor Cory Booker sent out a series of impassioned tweets Thursday evening in response to continuing fallout from his appearance on "Meet The P...

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Wall Street Reform: Taking a Knife to a Gunfight

Sanjay Sanghoee | Posted 05.24.2012

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If Congress is truly serious about banking reform, it needs more than just well-intentioned laws: it also needs the right people to enforce those laws, it needs to give those people the resources they require to do their job properly, and it needs to pay them decently.

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Obama Plunges Into Campaign To Maintain Rapidly Shrinking Edge

AP | KEN THOMAS | Posted 05.24.2012

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ATHERTON, Calif. — His cash advantage threatened, President Barack Obama and his party are redoubling their fundraising efforts after robust hau...

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Battleground Arizona: Can Latinos Turn It Into An Election 2012 Swing State For Obama?

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 05.23.2012

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Someone trying to draw up a list of election 2012 battleground states would not put Arizona at the top. It's best known in political circles for notor...

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Team Obama Unveils Social Networking Tool

The Huffington Post | Sabrina Siddiqui | Posted 05.23.2012

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President Barack Obama's reelection campaign on Wednesday introduced its online organizing tool for 2012, called Dashboard. The program enables volunt...

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Obama And Gay Marriage: A Lesson For All Progressives And The Obama Campaign

Michelangelo Signorile | Posted 05.23.2012

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We were told by the Democratic strategists and the campaign pollsters, the Democratic establishment, that coming out for marriage equality would be harmful to the president. But the opposite has happened.

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Don't Vote Against Obama Because Of Gay Marriage: Former Romney Spokesman

The Huffington Post | Sam Stein | Posted 05.23.2012

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Mitt Romney's ousted foreign policy spokesman Richard Grenell has penned an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal making the case that same-sex marriage w...

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