2012 Election
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Presidential debate 2012: ABC7/React Labs Instant Reaction lets you respond in real time
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For the first time starting during Wednesday's presidential debate, ABC7 is partnering with React Labs to offer ABC7/React Labs Instant Reaction – a revolutionary way to interact with the debates and your fellow voters.
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Pennsylvania voter ID requirement delayed by court
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A judge is postponing Pennsylvania's tough new voter identification requirement, ordering that it not be enforced in the presidential election.
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President Obama, Mitt Romney first debate set for Wednesday
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The presidential candidates are leaving the heavy lifting of campaigning to their running mates Tuesday as they spend one more day preparing for their first debate, scheduled for Wednesday night.
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Obama, Romney presidential polls, breaking down the numbers
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Two days before the first presidential debate and Mitt Romney is within striking distance of President Obama. That’s according to some of the latest polls.
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Obama, Romney: presidential debate countdown
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Final practices are underway for next week’s presidential debate. It will be the first time President Barrack Obama and Mitt Romney go head-to-head.
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Mitt Romney leading in Virginia among veterans
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While Mitt Romney is behind in in the polls in Virginia, he is winning among veterans, a massive block of possibly 800,000 often reliable voters.
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Mitt Romney says it will be 'shock' to beat Obama's lead in Pennsylvania
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Mitt Romney says it will be a "shock" if he were able to overcome President Barack Obama's lead in Pennsylvania.
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Stephanie Cutter: Obama campaign official interviewed live on NewsChannel 8
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NewsChannel 8's Mike Conneen interviews Stephanie Cutter, deputy campaign manager for President Obama. In addition to national and international politics, Cutter answers questions about D.C. voting rights.
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Mitt Romney speaks with ABC7's Scott Thuman
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ABC7’s senior political reporter Scott Thuman talked one-on-one with Romney Thursday, where the former governor assesses his chances in battleground Virginia.
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Barack Obama, Mitt Romney campaign in Virginia
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The president rallied voters in Virginia Beach while Mitt Romney told veterans in Springfield that across-the-board defense spending cuts scheduled to take effect in January under a deal Obama made with Congress are "a kind of a gun-to-your-head opportunity."
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Polls show Obama leading in Ohio, Florida
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The president has led Romney in a series of recent surveys in Ohio, with a Washington Post poll showing Obama with a lead and a CBS/New York Times poll also showing Obama ahead here.
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Obama, Romney turn attention to Middle East
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Tuesday was all about foreign policy for President Obama and presidential-hopeful, Mitt Romney. Romney spoke at the Clinton Global Initiative, while Obama spoke at the United Nations.
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Joe Biden say Romney, Ryan represent radical brand of conservatives
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Joe Biden said Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan represent a radical and obstructionist brand of conservatism that would sacrifice education and Medicare to help the wealthy.
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Romney seeks comeback from rough week, turns to swing states
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Mitt Romney's presidential campaign strove to turn the page on a week of public stumbles and Republican hand-wringing Sunday, promising a redoubled effort in the most competitive states.
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Mitt Romney releases 2011 tax return
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Mitt Romney and his wife, Ann, paid $1.94 million in federal taxes on last year's income of $13.7 million, for an effective tax rate of 14.1 percent, his campaign said Friday.
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Ann Romney's plane makes emergency landing in Colorado
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A plane carrying Ann Romney, Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney's wife, made an emergency landing Friday afternoon after smoke filled the cabin. No injuries were reported.
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Virgil Goode can stay on the ballot, attorney general says
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Republican Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli says conservative former U.S. Rep. Virgil Goode can stay on the state's presidential ballot from the Constitution Party.
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Roscoe Bartlett aide in trouble over candidacy papers
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Payroll records show an aide to Roscoe Bartlett, Alex Mooney, has been on Bartlett's staff since June. In March, however, he filed a so-called "statement of candidacy" for the 2014 race with the Federal Election Commission.
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