US Presidential elections 2012

Halloween mask sales predict Obama wins

Halloween mask sales predict Obama wins

By Nate Beeler 27/10/2012 06:43

Halloween mask sales of President Barack Obama have been outselling those of his Republican challenger Mitt Romney by a 60 percent to 40 percent margin, according to Spirit Halloween, America's largest seasonal Halloween

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Halloween Costumes Inspired by Politics

Halloween Costumes Inspired by Politics

By David Fitzsimmons 21/10/2012 08:46

Halloween is less than two weeks away. Do you know what you’ll be dressed as come that ghoulish night? Luckily, a presidential election year offers lots of pop culture memes to adopt into a costume Oct. 31

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Romney scratching his head over Obama, Big Bird

Romney scratching his head over Obama, Big Bird

By Christo Komarnitski 15/10/2012 08:13

Mitt Romney and his Republican allies have struck a tone of exasperation about President Obama’s use of Big Bird as a campaign issue ever since Romney invoked the giant, yellow “Sesame Street” character

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Romney closing gap in Ohio as poll numbers, crowds rise

Romney closing gap in Ohio as poll numbers, crowds rise

By peter schrank 14/10/2012 06:30

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is recovering ground in the critical swing state of Ohio as he rises in the polls and crowd numbers swell after his strong debate performance last week against President Barack Obama.

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US election campaigns step up attacks ads

US election campaigns step up attacks ads

By Pat Bagley 09/10/2012 07:40

US President Barack Obama's campaign intensified attacks Sunday on Mitt Romney' Romney's people on Sunday hit back, and did so sarcastically, depicting Obama's people as childish sore losers

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Breathe Barack!

Breathe Barack!

By Sergey Yolkin 05/10/2012 05:37

Billionaire George Soros has donated $1 million to the “superPAC” supporting U.S. President Barack Obama’s reelection, the Hill news paper reported, citing sources at the candidate’s campaign headquarters.

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Obama Team Studies Romney ahead of Debate

Obama Team Studies Romney ahead of Debate

By Daryl Cagle 02/10/2012 08:19

Barack Obama and Mitt Romney prepare for Wednesday's first debate.Obama is being coached by a group of veteran Democratic operatives and inner-circle White House advisers for crash course on Republican rival Mitt Romney.

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Obama heading for a landslide victory

Obama heading for a landslide victory

By Arcadio Esquivel 29/09/2012 11:15

Three new polls from The New York Times/CBS News/Quinnipiac University show President Obama with double-digit leads over his GOP rival Mitt Romney in Ohio and Pennsylvania, as well as a nine-point lead in Florida

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To Romney from the Depths of Rogozin’s Heart

To Romney from the Depths of Rogozin’s Heart

By Sergey Yolkin 29/09/2012 10:16

Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin jokingly suggested sending an Antonov An-2 aircraft, “the door of which is sometimes wide open too,” to Mitt Romney’s electoral staff in an off-the-cuff reaction

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Romney takes Republican criticism to heart

Romney takes Republican criticism to heart

By Randall Enos 25/09/2012 15:59

Romney is taking to heart criticism from his own party about the amount of time he has spent raising funds versus speaking to voters. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney vowed.

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Obama Hits Romney With '47 Percent' Ad

Obama Hits Romney With '47 Percent' Ad

By Randy Bish 25/09/2012 09:59

The Obama campaign has for the first time launched a TV attack ad against GOP rival Mitt Romney using the now-infamous leaked fundraiser video that shows Romney disparaging “47 percent”

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Rising Gas Prices in US

Rising Gas Prices in US

By Milt Priggee 22/09/2012 12:18

Gas prices has become another liability for President Obama.There's been an unusual surge in gas prices this month, with the average pump price hitting $3.86 per gallon.

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Mitt Romney finally releases his tax returns

Mitt Romney finally releases his tax returns

By Dave Brown 22/09/2012 09:26

Mitt Romney’s personal income-tax records confirm the obvious: He is a wealthy man – part of what Occupy Wall Street calls the “1 percent” and definitely not part of the “47 percent” of Americans that the Republican

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US debt pressures Obama campaign

US debt pressures Obama campaign

By Randy Bish 18/09/2012 11:03

Obama inherited a $10.6 trillion national debt, which topped $16 trillion Sept. 4. The federal government is spending $100 billion more than it takes in every month and has racked up $1 trillion-plus deficits

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Bush knew more about Bin Laden's plans

Bush knew more about Bin Laden's plans

By Adam Zyglis 12/09/2012 13:14

New details of the attack on the World Trade Center continue to emerge after 11 years from the government's vault of classified documents indicating George W. Bush knew more about Bin Laden's Plans.

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Full tilt to Election Day

Full tilt to Election Day

By Olle Johansson 11/09/2012 09:14

Barack Obama told us that we are the change and that change will take time.Thursday was the final day of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina. I was a floor delegate for the 4th Congressional District and the only delegate from Isabella County.

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Job report pose a challenge for Obama

Job report pose a challenge for Obama

By Pat Bagley 11/09/2012 07:29

US Jobs growth slowed sharply in August, dealing a blow to President Barack Obama as he seeks re-election and setting the stage for the Federal Reserve to pump additional money into the sluggish economy.

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Barack and Bubba

Barack and Bubba

By Nate Beeler 10/09/2012 13:31

In case anyone doubted it, the big dog still hunts. Bill Clinton's nominating speech at the Democratic convention whipped the crowd into such a frenzy, the delegates might have been calling for him, and not Barack Obama, with their chants of "Four More Years!"

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Obama unites hope with realism

Obama unites hope with realism

By Martin Sutovec 10/09/2012 07:40

US President Barack Obama offered no fast solutions for a nation whose spirit has been sapped by economic insecurity. he asked Americans for patience in rebuilding the weak economy.The Obama speech in many ways failed to capture the energy and excitement of his 2008 nomination

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Democracy protects nations from hyperinflation

Democracy protects nations from hyperinflation

By Osvaldo Gutierrez Gomez 09/09/2012 12:30

Chalk up another piece of evidence for the inherent stability of democracy as a form of government: of the 57 known cases of hyperinflation in history, hardly any have taken place in a democratic country, according to a recently published paper by two American economists.

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