2012 Election
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Joe Biden calls to congratulate Paul Ryan
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Vice President Joe Biden has telephoned Republican Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, congratulating him for being Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney's running mate.
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Oops. Mitt Romney mistakenly says Ryan is next president
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Mitt Romney mistakenly introduced Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan on Saturday as the next president of the United States. Ryan, of course, has been tapped to serve as Romney's vice presidential nominee.
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Romney, Obama allies trade charges on negative campaign ads
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Mitt Romney accused President Barack Obama and his allies of launching personal attacks and perpetuating lies about him in TV ads. But his own new ad accuses the president of waging war on religious freedom.
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Virginia finds 10,000 deceased people on list of registered voters
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The Virginia State Board of Elections said there are about 10,000 dead people on the state's list of registered voters.
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Republican National Convention keynote speaker remains unknown
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Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida and Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin are both big names in the party believed to be among those Romney is weighing for the vice presidential slot or for the keynote address for the Republican National Convention.
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Mitt Romney, RNC brought in over $101 million in July
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Mitt Romney and the Republican National Committee say they netted more than $101 million last month.
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Twitter launches political index for 2012 election
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The political index takes into account any mentions of either candidate's last name, as well as direct mentions to their official Twitter handles, @barackobama and @mittromney.
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Mitt Romney's London Olympics missteps
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Mitt Romney's trip to London has been marked with missteps. Can he recover?
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Obama not seeking new gun laws, White House says
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Obama, in a speech to an African-American group this week in New Orleans, embraced some degree of additional restrictions on guns.
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Obama, Romney swap sharp foreign policy criticism
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In a rare face-off on foreign policy, President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney are swapping sharp criticism but exposing few clear policy differences on key national security matters.
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Mitt Romney accuses Obama of leaking bin Laden raid information for political points
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is accusing President Obama of leaking classified information about the raid that killed Osama bin Laden for political gain.
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Battleground Virginia: Obama, Romney duke it out in Old Dominion
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A new poll shows President Barack Obama was leading GOP Challenger Mitt Romney by 8 points in March, 5 points in June and this month it's now dead even.
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NPR, Planned Parenthood, AmeriCorps tagetted in GOP House budget
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AmeriCorps, National Public Radio, public television and Planned Parenthood are all targeted in the House GOP budget.
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Obama, Romney ad attacks wound candidates
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Romney's been on his heels for days, and the president's team keeps swinging away. “Mitt the Money Man” is the image they want.
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Obama, Romney clash over Bain
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The nastiness and rhetoric in the current election have hit new heights.
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President Barack Obama calls on Romney to answer questions about Bain
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In an exclusive interview with ABC7's Scott Thuman, President Barack Obama calls on GOP challenger Mitt Romney to answer questions about Bain Capital.
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President Barack Obama talks Romney, campaign, chili, doodling, shooting pool
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In an exclusive interview, President Barack Obama talks to ABC7's Scott Thuman about Mitt Romney, the campaign ... and shooting pool, cooking chili, and doodling during meetings. WATCH: ABC7 News at 6:30 and 11 p.m. and ABC7 News Weekly at 11:35 p.m.
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Mitt Romney booed at NAACP annual meeting
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"I am going to eliminate every non-essential, expensive program that I can find - and that includes Obamacare," Mitt Romney told the annual meeting of the NAACP. The crowd booed and they weren't his only boos of the day.
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