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Mitt Romney's May Day plan seemed pretty reasonable for a man who had been systematically and successfully clearing his path to the Republican nomination for more than a year. Republicans had been quietly dinging President Obama throughout the previous weekend…

Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., and Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell campaign with Mitt Romney in Portsmouth, Va., on Thursday. Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images. With a mixed jobs report out Friday, Mitt Romney is keeping up his attacks on President Obama's…

President Obama speaks at Ohio State University earlier this year. Photo by Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images. President Obama and Mitt Romney are locked in a dead heat in two states that will likely play a deciding role in November's election: Florida…

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As much as I know women are not all alike, that they can differ dramatically from one another in their thinking about politics (and everything else, for that matter), I keep coming back to this "non bloc" of voters for…

Mitt Romney speaks in Wisconsin in April. Photo via Getty Images With six months to go until Election Day, the 2012 presidential contest is only now beginning to take shape. In the coming days the campaigns of President Obama and…