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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney spun one-sided stories in their first presidential debate, not necessarily bogus, but not the whole truth. They made some flat-out flubs, too. The rise in health insurance premiums has not been the slowest in 50 years, as Obama stated. Far from it. And there […]

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Three new national polls show President Barack Obama is taking the lead over Republican candidate Mitt Romney in two major battleground states. The polls conducted by NBC News, The Wall Street Journal, and Marist College show Obama taking a drastic lead in Ohio while also winning over Florida and Virginia. Virginia and Florida are two […]

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On the heels of the first of three presidential debates, national polls continue to fan the flames on who will be the likely choice. The most recent national poll shows that President Barack Obama takes the lead over Republican candidate Mitt Romney 49 percent to 45 percent. The Quinnipiac University survey also found that President […]

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DENVER (AP) — After dozens of hours of practice, Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney arrived in Colorado on Monday for his first debate with President Barack Obama, telling thousands of voters he thinks the debates will be about "something bigger" than just who appears to emerge the winner. "In my view it's not so much […]

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Mitt Romney's disparaging 47 percent comments have been a hot topic since "Mother Jones" leaked the secret audio almost two weeks ago. Now, President Obama is using Romney's own words as the voice in his new ad that is being aired in battleground states. The video features images of blue collar workers, the elderly, and […]

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According to the Gallup daily tracking poll, Obama has received a 52 percent approval rating. The data was taken from interviews conducted on September 4-6.  This is the highest approval percentage reported for Obama on the Gallup tracking poll since May 2011, just after the killing of Osama bin Laden. The latest results represent a […]

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On the heels of a powerful address and endorsement from former President Bill Clinton, President Barack Obama aims to persuade economically strapped middle class America to return him to the White House closing out the Democratic National Convention. "Nothing's more powerful than voices calling for change," Obama told supporters on a pre-speech conference call, reasserting […]

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NAVAL STATION MAYPORT, Fla. (AP) — First lady Michelle Obama chose a naval station in the electoral battleground of Florida to announce Wednesday that 2,000 businesses around the country have hired or trained more than 125,000 military veterans and spouses in the past year, exceeding a White House goal of 100,000 by the end of […]

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WASHINGTON (AP) — One-time Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich is asking the delegates he won during the GOP primary race to support the presumptive nominee, Mitt Romney. In an open letter to delegates released Tuesday, Gingrich says it's time for all Republicans to come together to defeat President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden. […]

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RENO, Nev. (AP) — President Barack Obama accused rival Mitt Romney of being oblivious to the burdens of paying for college on Tuesday, telling young voters in battleground Ohio that his opponent's education policies amount to nothing more than encouraging them to tap their parents for money or "shop around" for the best deal. "This […]

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An Ohio GOP official believes the state’s early voting process should not accommodate African Americans. Doug Priesse who sits on the board of elections for Franklin County voted against the weekend voting rules that were formerly used in the 2008 election. "I guess I really actually feel we shouldn’t contort the voting process to accommodate […]

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WOLFEBORO, N.H. (AP) — Mitt Romney on Wednesday said requiring all Americans to buy health insurance amounts to a tax, contradicting a senior campaign adviser who days ago said the Republican presidential candidate viewed President Barack Obama's mandate as anything but a tax. "The majority of the court said it's a tax and therefore it […]