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Mitt Romney: Gordon Gekko or Thurston Howell?

Leonard Steinhorn | Posted 05.31.2012

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Leonard Steinhorn

How revealing was his recent Liberty University commencement speech, in which he describes the dreams and challenges we all face as "ambitions fulfilled, ambitions disappointed ... investments won, investments lost ... elections won, elections lost."

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Truth or Repose: The Choice

Richard Geldard | Posted 05.31.2012

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Richard Geldard

Even though Obama is not the progressive that many supposed he was, he is a man devoted to finding the true path among alternatives and as such has, I believe, earned the trust of most Americans.

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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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Outcome Of Presidential Contest Written In The Stars?

Reuters | Posted 05.30.2012

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By Kathy Finn NEWS ORLEANS, May 29 (Reuters) - The votes are in and it is unanimous: Barack Obama will win re-election to the U.S. pr...

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Election Monitor: Romney Decides the Best Defense Is a Good Offense

Steve Lombardo | Posted 05.29.2012

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Steve Lombardo

One thing is certain thus far in the election cycle: we have two well-armed and savvy political teams that are unlikely to let any shot from the opposition go without response.

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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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Obama 'Revolves,' Romney 'Devolves': Now the Rest of the Campaign Begins!

Peter D. Rosenstein | Posted 05.22.2012

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Peter D. Rosenstein

This is an important election and the American people will give voice to their vision of the future. Marriage equality will be but a sidebar, a small part of the panoply of issues that will foretell how American's want their nation to look in the next 50 years.

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Why Cory Booker Was Wrong

Jason Stanford | Posted 05.22.2012

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Jason Stanford

Without anyone really noticing, America is being treated to a relatively fair-minded campaign. Both sides are behaving well. This is why what Newark Mayor Cory Booker said last Sunday made no sense.

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Sam Stein

Wealthy Super PACs Attract Small-Dollar Donors

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.23.2012

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WASHINGTON -- In the age of super PACs, campaign entities that can raise and spend unlimited sums of money, gone are the days when a broad fundraising...

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Why Obama Should Be Attacking Casino Capitalism -- Both Romney's Bain and JPMorgan

Robert Reich | Posted 05.22.2012

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Robert Reich

Bain Capital and JPMorgan are parts of the same problem -- a particular kind of capitalism that uses other peoples' money to make big bets which, if they go wrong, can wreak havoc on the economy. The president should be leading the charge against both.

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The $25 Million Creep-Out

Richard Walden | Posted 05.22.2012

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Richard Walden

Operation USA, one of the world's most agile and innovative relief agencies, on average, runs on about $1.5M (cash) per year. That sum allows us to de...

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Obama Hits Romney On Bain Capital Head-On

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 05.21.2012

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President Obama, speaking at the NATO Summit in Chicago on Monday, questioned whether Mitt Romney's business experience at Bain Capital made him fit t...

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Managing Disappointed Expectations: A Major Challenge to President Obama's Re-Election

Clarence B. Jones | Posted 05.21.2012

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Clarence B. Jones

Meeting the "Disappointed Expectations" challenge has emerged as a front and center obstacle to President's Obama's re-election.

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Is Anyone Really Surprised the Extent to Which Republicans Will Go to Defeat President Obama?

Clarence B. Jones | Posted 05.17.2012

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Clarence B. Jones

The Fred Davis plan is only the tip of the iceberg of what the opposition is planning to defeat President Obama. Nothing should surprise us about those who have a fundamentally different vision about the future of America and for our children and grandchildren.

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Howard Fineman

Obama's 'Perfect Beast' vs. Romney's 'Hard Times' Pitch

HuffingtonPost.com | Howard Fineman | Posted 05.16.2012

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CHICAGO -- Jim Messina, President Barack Obama's campaign manager, is a soft-spoken Montanan who loves order, detail and teamwork. In 2008, when he...

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Romney Blames Obama For 'Prairie Fire Of Debt'

AP | THOMAS BEAUMONT | Posted 05.16.2012

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DES MOINES, Iowa — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Tuesday painted President Barack Obama as a reckless steward of the country'...

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Obama Gets Jump In Support From Key Voters

Reuters | Posted 05.09.2012

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* Obama's approval rating up slightly to 50 pct * Edges Romney on healthcare, economy, foreign policy * Independents war...

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Sam Stein

David Axelrod: Romney Would Be Slamming Us If The Bin Laden Raid Failed

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.06.2012

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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- President Obama's top political adviser insisted on Sunday that they were not overtly politicizing the killing of Osama bin Laden ...

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Poll: Obama And Mitt Romney In Dead Heat In Florida And Ohio

The Huffington Post | Sam Stein | Posted 05.03.2012

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President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are virtually tied in two of the quintessential swing states, a new poll finds. Obama leads Romney by a relativ...

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Obama, Romney Campaigns Release Dueling Web Videos

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 04.30.2012

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President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's campaigns both released web videos Monday, underscoring the narrative each the cand...

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WATCH: Obama Campaign Launches Bin Laden-Focused Attack On Romney

Posted 04.27.2012

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The Obama campaign continued to hammer GOP presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney on foreign policy Friday, releasing a new video questioning whether th...

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Biden To Go After Mitt Romney On Foreign Policy

Reuters | Posted 04.26.2012

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By Jeff Mason NEW YORK, April 26 - Vice President Joe Biden will paint Mitt Romney's foreign policy vision on Thursday as backward-looking and tied...

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Obama: Romney Can't Say 'Everything I've Said For The Last 6 Months, I Didn't Mean'

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 04.25.2012

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President Barack Obama framed the 2012 election in some of the starkest terms to date in an interview published Wednesday by Rolling Stone. Obama s...

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Obama, Romney Have Barely Crossed Paths

RealClearPolitics | Scott Conroy | Posted 04.20.2012

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On Labor Day 2007, Mitt Romney and Barack Obama each spent the afternoon in the quintessential New Hampshire town of Milford as they worked to earn vo...

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Obama vs. Romney: Class Warfare

Bob Burnett | Posted 04.13.2012

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Bob Burnett

Understanding Romney's perspective helps crack his campaign code. When Romney says Obama made the economic crisis worse, he means Obama did not follow Republican advice and do nothing; Obama did not stand by and let the economy crater.

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