September 2012
Sep 26, 2012
Romney, Obama zero in on Ohio, a GOP must-win
By Charles Babington, Associated PressOhio has emerged as the presidential race's undisputed focus. Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are making multiple stops this week alone in a state that's trending toward the president, endangering Romney's White House hopes.
Read moreHow to measure for a president
By John Dickerson, Slate MagazineIt’s hard to say what the Founding Fathers would think of the modern presidency. But there’s no doubt they’d be horrified by the modern presidential campaign. In their day, no man worthy of the presidency would ever stoop to campaigning for it. George Washington was asked to serve. Decades later his successors were also expected to sit by the phone. "The Presidency is not an office to be either solicited or declined," wrote Rep. William Lowndes of South Carolina in 1821. Rutherford B. Hayes wanted to be so free of the taint of self-interest he didn’t even vote for himself in the election of 1876. As late as 1916, President Woodrow Wilson called campaigning "a great interruption to the rational consideration of public questions.”
Read morePolls show Obama is widening his lead in Ohio and Florida
By Jeff Zeleny and Jim Rutenberg, The New York TimesFor weeks, Republicans in Ohio have been watching with worry that the state’s vital 18 electoral votes were trending away from Mitt Romney. The anxiety has been similar in Florida, where Republicans are concerned that President Obama is gaining the upper hand in the fight for the state’s 29 electoral votes.
Read morePost polls: Obama has lead in Ohio, edge in Fla., hampering Romney path to victor
By Dan Balz and Jon Cohen, Washington PostPresident Obama is threatening Mitt Romney’s best route to victory in the electoral college, grabbing a significant lead over his Republican challenger in Ohio and a slender edge in Florida, according to two new polls by The Washington Pos
Read moreSep 25, 2012
Six senators sound bipartisan alarm over sequester
By Janet Hook, The Wall Street JournalSix Republican and Democratic senators are urging their party leaders to find a way to avert the spending cuts slated begin Jan. 2, a rare bipartisan warning that that the so-called sequester could have a “devastating impact’’ on defense and domestic programs.
Read moreIn Massachusetts Senate race, Warren and Brown take off the gloves
By Karen Tumulty, The Washington PostThe most closely watched Senate race in the country has taken a sharp turn off the high road.
Read moreWhile U.N. beckons Clinton, Obama takes in ‘The View’
By Helene Cooper and Steven Lee Myers, The New York TimesPresident Obama on Monday flew up to New York from Washington, rode in his motorcade to ABC’s studios and sat down for an interview on “The View.” Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton was not far away, in the Waldorf-Astoria, meeting with President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan.
Read moreIn Arab Spring, Obama Finds a Sharp Test
By Helene Cooper and Robert F. Worth, The New York TimesPresident Hosni Mubarak did not even wait for President Obama’s words to be translated before he shot back.
“You don’t understand this part of the world,” the Egyptian leader broke in. “You’re young.”
Read moreSep 24, 2012
The path to war with Iran
By James Kitfield, National JournalIn an endless campaign season filled with forgettable speeches and debates, few Americans will recall March 4, 2012 as particularly noteworthy. On that Sunday afternoon President Barack Obama appeared before the America Israel Public Affairs Committee, where he was expected to give a boilerplate talk about close U.S.-Israeli ties. Instead Obama announced a new policy that put the United States and Iran on a collision course from which neither side has veered.
Read more from National JournalAfghanistan troop surge ends at tumultuous point
By Martha Raddatz, ABC News Read moreRomney: Debates will set record straight
Nia-Malika Henderson, The Washington PostMitt Romney is set to kick off the most important stretch of his presidential campaign, a time when he said he will use his three debates with President Obama to set the record straight on his vision for the country and to stump more vigorously in swing states.
Read moreTide shifts to Obama in most competitive states
By Charles Babington, Associated PressIn a presidential race seemingly frozen in place for months, the advantage has shifted toward President Barack Obama after a series of miscues by Mitt Romney, punctuated by the Republican challenger's comments about people who pay no income tax.
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