WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is casting Mitt Romney as a greedy, job-killing corporate titan with little concern for the working class in a new, multi-pronged effort that seeks to undermine the central rationale for his Republican rival’s candidacy: his business credentials.
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Since his first House campaign a dozen years ago, would-be Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake has worked diligently to cast himself as a conservative gadfly, willing to buck GOP leaders and even a Republican president.
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(Reuters) – The Connecticut Democratic convention on Saturday endorsed Congressman Christopher Murphy for an open U.S. Senate seat, but former Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson failed to win the Republican party convention endorsement in that state.
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NEW BRITAIN, Connecticut (Reuters) – Connecticut Democrats on Saturday backed Congressman Christopher Murphy to be the party’s nominee for an open U.S. Senate seat in November’s election, but the vote margin was not enough for him to avoid a primary contest in August.
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It’s probably not the endorsement that incumbent Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch needs right now, as the Republican is locked up in a primary challenge from Dan Liljenquist. But Saturday on Melissa Harris-Perry’s MSNBC show, former Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter, the co-author of “Life Among the Cannibals: A Political Career, a Tea Party Uprising, and the End...
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GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker said Friday that Republicans gathering for the annual state convention this weekend should be focused on ensuring he and five other Republicans survive June 5 recall elections, even as an intraparty fight over endorsing GOP candidates for the U.S. Senate election threatens to be a distraction.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A top Republican lawmaker on defense issues on Friday rejected Pentagon chief Leon Panetta‘s criticism of budget maneuvering in Congress, underscoring the difficulty of finding a compromise on security spending at a time of sharp political polarization.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Republican Mitt Romney is trying to return the focus of his campaign to the sluggish economic recovery and his vision for America after spending a day restating his opposition to gay marriage and shrugging off a report that he had bullied a gay classmate in prep school.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Republican Mitt Romney is trying to return the focus of his campaign to the sluggish economic recovery.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama‘s campaign is using his support of gay marriage to draw a contrast with Republican rival Mitt Romney.
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