2012 Election
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President Obama paints Romney as ignorant of Americans
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Obama and Romney were crisscrossing Florida on Thursday, with their travel plans nearly overlapping in Miami.
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Ralph Nader calls for D.C. presidential debate
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Former presidential candidate Ralph Nader says President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney need to answer tough questions about the District's voting rights.
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Paul Ryan attacks Obama's handle on economy
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Campaigning in Virginia Wednesday, Ryan attacked President Obama's stewardship of the economy, but he declined to answer questions about Mitt Romney's secretly-taped remarks at a fund raiser.
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Mitt Romney video: Obama continues to hammer away at Romney's comments
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President Obama's political allies continued to hammer away at GOP challenger Mitt Romney's video dismissing the half of Americans who don't pay income taxes.
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Tim Kaine takes lead over George Allen in Virginia, new poll shows
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In the midst of the U.S. presidential election race, the contest for the U.S. Senate is also on—particularly for the Democratic Party that is working to keep its hold of the majority.
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Mitt Romney tries to stem damage from new controversy
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Mitt Romney struggled Tuesday to limit political fallout from his dismissive comments about nearly half of all Americans seen in a leaked video of one of his private fundraiser.
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Mitt Romney fundraiser video gives candidate new headache
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Republican Mitt Romney is trying to head off a new distraction for his campaign after a video surfaced showing him telling wealthy donors that 47 percent of all Americans "believe they are victims" entitled to help from the government that permeates their lives.
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Randy Newman: 'I'm Dreaming' political sarcasm points finger at race
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Songwriter Randy Newman's new song "I'm Dreaming" features lyrics like: "He won't be the brightest, perhaps, but he'll be the whitest, and I'll vote for that."
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Baltimore Ravens LB Ayanbadejo, other NFL players support gay marriage
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Several NFL players, including Baltimore Ravens linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo, are speaking out in support of gay marriage in Maryland and three other states where the issue is on the November ballot.
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Mitt Romney down in key swing states, polls show
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In Ohio, Romney is down 7. In Florida he is down 5 and in Virginia, our battleground state, Romney is down 5. So how does he turn it around?
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Internet voting an 'inevitability,' according to experts
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According to the Maryland Reporter, several leading election experts who participated in a panel held by the University of Maryland Center of American Politics and Citizenship think that Internet voting an inevitability.
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Michelle Obama campaigning in Virginia
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The battle for Virginia took center stage in the race for the White House Thursday. First lady Michelle Obama campaigned in Richmond and Fredericksburg, and GOP challenger Mitt Romney was in Fairfax.
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Mitt Romney's Libya comments: Criticism, fallout continues from Romney statement
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In Fairfax Thursday, Romney said "the world needs American leadership" and he would lead a nation better able to shape events rather than being at the mercy of them.
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Michelle Obama to visit Virginia
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The Obama-Biden campaign announced Tuesday that first lady Michelle Obama would visit two cities in Virginia this week.
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Mitt Romney, President Obama pause political ads on 9/11
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Both President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney plan to take down their negative ads in honor of the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Neither planned to appear at overtly political events, although Election Day is never far from their agendas.
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Obama raises more than Mitt Romney in August
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President Barack Obama raised more money than Mitt Romney in August and has a slight in some polls.
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Ann Romney interview: Candidate's wife speaks with ABC7's Rebecca Cooper
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Ann Romney tells ABC7's Rebecca Cooper about meeting Virginians, the difficulties of campaigning and why Mitt Romney should be the next president.
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Clint Eastwood explains RNC speech in interview
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"When I saw the stool sitting there, it gave me the idea," Clint Eastwood says in his first interview after the RNC. "I'll just put the stool out there and I'll talk to Mr. Obama and ask him why he didn't keep all of the promises he made to everybody."
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