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Obama Is a Master of Social Media -- New App Fuels His Campaign

Eric Yaverbaum | Posted 06.02.2012

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Eric Yaverbaum

In late May, the Obama campaign unveiled its latest innovation in the usage of social media: The Dashboard. It serves as more proof that Barack Obama is a master of the deployment of social media in political campaigns.

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Sam Stein

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.01.2012

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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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What The Romney Campaign Doesn't Say About MS

The New Republic | Posted 05.31.2012

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A new internet video from the Romney campaign focuses on Ann Romney’s diagnosis with Multiple Sclerosis and how it affected the rest of the family. ...

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Help Us Track How Politicians Target Voters

ProPublica | Posted 05.31.2012

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ProPublica

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

Bob Cesca | Posted 05.30.2012

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Bob Cesca

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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Romney Clinches GOP Nomination With Texas Win

The Huffington Post | Sabrina Siddiqui | Posted 05.29.2012

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It's hard now to recall all the early season discussion around a brokered convention or prolonged Republican primary. All of that officially ended Tue...

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Romney: Going Negative, Subtly

James Zogby | Posted 05.26.2012

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James Zogby

It is important to note some worrisome signs indicating that Mitt Romney and his campaign may have opted for a more subtle approach to establishing the "otherness" of Barack Obama.

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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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Thou Shalt Not Divide

Michael Meyerson | Posted 05.24.2012

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Michael Meyerson

There is always a temptation to appeal to the sectarian interests of one's audience. America's leaders must resist that temptation and teach that people of all faiths, and those of no faith at all, are equally valued and respected.

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Matt Sledge

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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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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Top Romney Adviser Also Gives Big To Super PAC

AP | STEPHEN BRAUN | Posted 05.23.2012

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WASHINGTON — Oklahoma oil billionaire Harold Hamm didn't wait long to make a nearly $1 million donation to a group supporting Republican preside...

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Bain's Not Just Fair Game, It's the Only Game

Michael B. Keegan | Posted 05.22.2012

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Michael B. Keegan

Let's have a conversation about whether or not Romney's success in making money for investors through his position at Bain qualifies him to be president. Making money for investors doesn't mean that you know how to make the economy work for all Americans.

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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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Scott Brown Runs Away From Romney

AP | STEVE LeBLANC | Posted 05.21.2012

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BOSTON -- Massachusetts Republicans Mitt Romney and Scott Brown have a history of supporting each other throughout their political careers. But with ...

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Maher: Liberty University Is Not A Real School

Benjamin Hart | Posted 05.22.2012

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At the end of "Real Time" Friday night, Bill Maher lambasted Liberty University, the Virginia religious university that has become a mandatory stop fo...

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Jump Ball!

Mark R. Kennedy | Posted 05.19.2012

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Mark R. Kennedy

With the primary season fading from memory, the first skirmishes of the general election are just beginning. At this point, it's too close to call.

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Romney Takes Questions

Posted 05.17.2012

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GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Thursday said that he disapproves of a Republican super PAC's plan to link President Barack Obama to Rev. Je...

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GOP's Health Care Plan Remains A Mirage

New York | Posted 05.17.2012

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How long can the Republicans keep up the pretense that they plan to come up with their alternative health-care-reform plan? I'm going to go with "fore...

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Mitt Romney Is Playing the Mainstream Media Like a Fiddle -- and the Problem Is That They Are Actually Dancing to the Music

Dee Evans | Posted 05.17.2012

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Dee Evans

To the media I ask this question: Name one presidential candidate in recent history who had not sat down for any Sunday talk shows or non-Fox related cable news shows less than six months out from a presidential election? Name me one!

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Election Monitor: Obama Campaign Sets Out to Define Romney

Steve Lombardo | Posted 05.15.2012

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Steve Lombardo

In the last 10 days, team Obama has gone on the offensive, using a two-pronged issue strategy: one economic, and one social, that for about 48 hours put the Romney campaign on its heels.

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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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George W. Bush: 'I'm For Mitt Romney'

Posted 05.15.2012

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Former President George W. Bush endorsed Mitt Romney on Tuesday, reports ABC News. "I'm for Mitt Romney," he said to ABC News as an elevator closed...

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