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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Mitt Romney swiftly and firmly distanced himself Thursday from a group exploring plans to target President Barack Obama’s relationship with a controversial former pastor. But the revival of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright as a campaign issue momentarily placed race at the center of the presidential contest and showcased the independent groups […]

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Mitt Romney is trying harder than ever these days to stay on script — and keep his traveling national press corps at arm’s length. The latest clash came Wednesday when aides to the presumptive Republican presidential nominee blocked the reporters who cover Romney daily from asking him questions at the […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Divisive Republican primaries, an out-of-nowhere GOP retirement in Maine and an unexpectedly competitive race in North Dakota add up to an unpredictable battle for control of the Senate this fall, confounding early forecasts that an era of Democratic rule was inevitably coming to an end. Adding to the uncertainty, tea party-backed challengers […]

The NAACP is launching a push to make sure African Americans and other minorities get to the polls this November and register voters. Head man Ben Jealous announced the campaign recently at Clark-Atlanta University at the national launch of the NAACP’s “This Is My Vote!” campaign, with the goal being to register scores of new […]

In November 2000, Wallace McDonald didn’t get a chance to cast his vote for president when he showed up at a Tampa, Fla., precinct. What he got was a visit from the ghost of the state’s Jim Crow past. Seems the 66-year-old black man, who had been voting for the past 30 years, was listed […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — George W. Bush is backing presumptive Republican White House nominee Mitt Romney. The former president offered a four-word endorsement of Romney as the doors of his elevator were closing after a speech Tuesday in Washington. Bush said: “I’m for Mitt Romney,” ABC News caught up with Bush after the speech, prompting his […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama tried Monday to tarnish Mitt Romney as a corporate titan who got rich by cutting rather than creating jobs, opening a new effort to undercut the Republican’s claims that his background of business success is just what America needs in a time of deep economic uncertainty. At the center […]

The Obama campaign unleashed a three-pronged attack against Mitt Romney Monday with a biting television ad, a new video and a website that criticizes Romney’s business acumen while questioning whether Romney is capable of overseeing the nation’s economy. The campaign released a six-minute video featuring the story of GST Steel, which was purchased by Romney […]

Black pastors took to their respective pulpits around the nation Sunday morning to blast President Obama over his personal support of gay marriage. But very few of them ventured into commentary suggesting that their congregations withdraw their political support from the President.